Self-Identification is the Future of Autism Assessment
<p>They know the standard evaluation of <a href="https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/15332985.2015.1031858" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">Autism is sexist</a>, with assessors excluding women for reasons like wearing makeup, having a boyfriend, being superficially polite, or not being fixated on suitably ‘masculine’ topics like ancient Roman history or barometric pressure.</p>
<p>They know Autism <a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0272735821001306" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">evaluations are racist</a>, deeming Black Autistics “oppositionally defiant” or even “borderline” rather than acknowledging any social alienation or sensory pain they’re experiencing, and believing they must be overstating the difficulty they face in moving through the world.</p>
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