Self-Identification is the Future of Autism Assessment

<p>They know the standard evaluation of&nbsp;<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 &lsquo;masculine&rsquo; topics like ancient Roman history or barometric pressure.</p> <p>They know Autism&nbsp;<a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0272735821001306" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">evaluations are racist</a>, deeming Black Autistics &ldquo;oppositionally defiant&rdquo; or even &ldquo;borderline&rdquo; rather than acknowledging any social alienation or sensory pain they&rsquo;re experiencing, and believing they must be overstating the difficulty they face in moving through the world.</p> <p><a href="https://devonprice.medium.com/self-identification-is-the-future-of-autism-assessment-1e73528e8b10"><strong>Read More</strong></a></p>