Autism Understood: Our Listening And Our Language Is What Counts Now

NOTE: With World Autism Awareness Day 2018 coming up shortly, I want to make sure that the maximum platform is given to those actually in the autistic community. I’ll keep this post short and do my best to signpost to further information with an authentic autistic voice behind it. I have a younger brother who is autistic but never really engaged with autism much until after I was 18. Before then, I still remember grappling with countless awkward moments overhearing descriptions of autism t