Autistic people are born into a neuronormative world where who we are is treated as a broken object rather than a human being. We need to recognise the need for community-connectedness (Botha, 2020 discusses this in their PhD thesis) and it's importance in reducing minority stress.

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When people spend their life being pathologised and treated like they are deficient, it affects their identity and sense of Self.

If you want to know why Autistic people are more prone to , start by looking at how you frame the and you use frames them.

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