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Neurodiversity strives to amplify autistic voices – Scot Scoop News

The last days of April mark the end of Autism Speaks’ World Autism Month, dedicated to spreading acceptance and delivering services to the autistic community and…

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Just like pronoun usage helps people of all different genders feel seen, appropriate autism terminology is a critical ingredient in promoting neurodiversity.
Terms like high-functioning or low-functioning, commonly associated with the autistic community, are being abandoned in favor of more supportive language.
These phrases were created by people who are seeing things from the outside in an effort to categorize what they perceive as being closer or farther away from normal, Pervez said. Someone…

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