Why Autism Awareness Month can be traumatising for autistic people – Autistic Not Weird

On Monday 30th March I published a blog post on why I would not be celebrating Autism Awareness week. https://stevenhpape.blog/2020/03/30/autism-awareness-autism-acceptance-and-why-i-am-not-participating-in-autism-awareness-week/ This is along the same lines from someone with more knowledge than me... Over to Captain Quirk: It doesn’t seem quite right, does it? That a month designated for raising public knowledge of autism would …

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Just finishing: Steve awareness month.

Just finishing: Steve awareness month. That is Autism Awareness Month almost over for another year. I have kept back from posting this year, it felt too compulsory and I do not like being compelled. The special month and day thing adds to the pressure. We are already under pressure to "act normal," whatever they mean …

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