Let’s recognize autistic people with love and support
(03/29/23 4:56am)
“Are you familiar with autism?” At first, the question seemed strange. I studied autism spectrum disorders (ASDs), worked at a summer camp for people with ASDs, and presented research on the dissonance between medical and social models of ASDs. My ongoing independent work investigates neural synchrony as a possible neurobiological mechanism for ASDs. But the psychiatrist was not interested in my academic endeavors. He was asking if I was familiar with autism in myself.