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Stuart Duncan Quotes: If a person calls themself 'autistic' and you tell them they have to use 'person first language'... you're not putting the person first.
         

If a person calls themself 'autistic' and you tell them they have to use 'person first language'... you're not putting the person first.


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One of the hardest things for a person with autism to do is believe in themselves. But autistics have every right to be as proud as anyone.



Yes some people say ignorant things about autism but silencing them solves nothing. They need to be educated. That's how things change.

Yes some people say ignorant things about autism but silencing them solves nothing. They need to be educated. That's how things change.



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If you can't see the gift in having a child with autism, you're focusing too much on the autism and not enough on the child.



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Goodwill is earned by many acts; it can be lost by one.



Having a child with Autism can mess with your head: You feel like you can move mountains for them yet you're powerless at the same time.

Having a child with Autism can mess with your head: You feel like you can move mountains for them yet you're powerless at the same time.





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