No, not everyone is a little bit autistic.

No, everyone is not “a little autistic.” My brain literally processes input differently than yours does. All input. Verbal, sensory, emotional, social….everything. You may understand some of the symptoms I experience that are related to my autism, but you can never understand what it’s like to have an autistic brain. And that’s okay, because I’ll never understand what it’s like to have a non-autistic brain either. But please don’t patronize me or anyone else with that “everyone’s a little autistic” line. It’s dismissive and insulting.

A post on closetautism said it much more eloquently here.

No, not everyone is a little bit autistic.

I haven’t updated my blog in a while, so this is the first post of many I plan to save from Facebook obscurity. While this one was rather brief, I’ve written a lot of more substantial content on Facebook that I never brought over to my own platform. Thanks for sticking with me through the long silences!

Christina Gleason (976 Posts)

That’s me: Christina Gleason. I’m a writer, editor, and disability advocate. I'm a multiply disabled autistic lady doing my best in this world built for abled people. I’m a geek for grammar, fantasy, and casual gaming. I hate vegetables. I cannot reliably speak, so I’ll happily conduct business over email or messaging instead.


By Christina Gleason

That’s me: Christina Gleason. I’m a writer, editor, and disability advocate. I'm a multiply disabled autistic lady doing my best in this world built for abled people. I’m a geek for grammar, fantasy, and casual gaming. I hate vegetables. I cannot reliably speak, so I’ll happily conduct business over email or messaging instead.

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