BBC Piece

Eh hmmm it's better than the demonising shock mining junk they used to come out with 5 years ago. I really don't see why they need to do the "opposing views for "balance"" bit though. Especially saying about young NT researchers being put off doing autism research when they get called out it's like well boo hoo, you have to be pretty lazy as a researcher when being sensitive to the autistic community is as simple as consulting actually autistic people. Literallly #actuallyautistic and #nothingaboutuswithoutus have existed for years it's not like we are hiding and unwilling to proof read their stuff. To "not know" there are autistic people who can be asked to review your autism research paper before you publish it really puts the ignore in wilful ignorance.
I find it difficult to feel sorry for the NTs doing autistic research, because they do research so of all people they should know how what they say can harm more than help, and diddums they have a well paid job when tons of us autistic people are unemployed and on the poverty line. I'm really tired of NT people sitting in their place of privilege and then whining when people refuse to centre their feelings over the lived realities of autistic people.

JT said:

I know plenty of people likely on the spectrum, mostly creatives, that work in TV. They should ask us to make programs for them!

Exactly. And precisely why #nothingaboutuswithoutus got started.

Totally agree. Interesting to see the establishment struggle with simple concepts to the rest of us. The old redtape or established ways of working that stop logical thinking perhaps. 

Totally agree. Interesting to see the establishment struggle with simple concepts to the rest of us. The old redtape or established ways of working that stop logical thinking perhaps.