Debunking Autism Myths: Myths #1 + #2
- “Girls Don’t Have Autism”
- “People with Autism Don’t Have Empathy”
My daughter, Freya, and I are autistic and want to debunk myths about autism.
Please note that in this video, we were new to a lot of the languaging around autism; so unfortunately, you’ll note some ableist language like functioning labels.
Part of me wanted to re-record these videos after I began to understand the importance of self-advocacy, the neurodiversity movement, and how we refer to ourselves with identity first language … however, this highlights where we were in our personal journeys at the time and illustrates just how much there is a gap between diagnosis and exposure to the ND movement and self-advocacy.