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Is autism an excuse for bad behaviour?

Autistic Not Alien

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I think using autism as an excuse for bad behaviour is itself very naughty. When famous people do this, it harms autistic people because it implies that autism is a bad thing. Autistic people have enough difficulty gaining acceptance and understanding in this world – the ‘autism made me do it’ excuse makes advocacy and survival even harder. I've just posted a video about this [content removed by Moderator due to breaches of the online community rules and guidelines].

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  • in reply to Alien0n3arth

    I agree AH, I really dislike these sort of rhetorical questions, when asked them I often refuse to engage with them which angers the questioner, they always say its a simple question, but I don't see it that way, these sorts of questions often have no right answer and seem to be asked to make the responder feel bad. Also in real life there are so many variables, it's never "simple".