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Increasing Autism Awareness?

AutisticBeaut2025

What would you say would be the best way to increase Autism Awareness? 
It seems to me that unless you have been diagnosed yourself or know someone with the condition then that is how you become educated about ASD otherwise you aren’t going to be aware or know much about it, so how could it be increased? Any ideas? 
I personally think that if a famous person who is very highly well known comes out as autistic then it may get the ball rolling and people might ask themselves if they are too on the spectrum? 
What do you all think?xx

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  • I don't think education always helps. I had a friend who had done a course and thought she knew all about it, yet dismissed a lot of difficulties.

    Living with it, or an autistic person helps. I knew someone who didn't get it until she had a child with autism. 

    You can explain how it is to my superiors at work often and then when I say something they still compare it to an allistic experience. 

    One place I do find understanding is the new church I have been going to for a while. The reason for this is that some of the congregation have grown up children who are autistic. It was helpful during my recent burnout to have people around who got the difficulty. 

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  • I don't think education always helps. I had a friend who had done a course and thought she knew all about it, yet dismissed a lot of difficulties.

    Living with it, or an autistic person helps. I knew someone who didn't get it until she had a child with autism. 

    You can explain how it is to my superiors at work often and then when I say something they still compare it to an allistic experience. 

    One place I do find understanding is the new church I have been going to for a while. The reason for this is that some of the congregation have grown up children who are autistic. It was helpful during my recent burnout to have people around who got the difficulty. 

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