Published on 12, July, 2020
From BBC Ideas: ''There's no one way to be autistic'' https://www.bbc.co.uk/ideas/videos/theres-no-one-way-to-be-autistic/p0fqdsrd?playlist=amazing-animations
… although the masking bit is slightly reductive (that old problem of making it sound entirely wilful and not reflexive) but given it’s 4 minutes it’s not a bad job on the broad brushstrokes.
Thanks, it’s really well made, Sara’s book was the first thing I ever read on autism, I then listened to her podcasts Aut-hour where she interviews other autistic authors, really enjoyed them, I follow her on Twitter, there’s never a dull moment. My favourite quote is, “ you call it unmasking, I call it having unprotected autism.”
That’s a great quote - I’d never framed the concept quite like that even in my own head (though I was most of the way there, just needed that slight further tilt of the mirror that just the right phrase can assist with).