Who else has had a similar encounter?
Autism speaks supporter: "Autism speaks is so good." "That is so offensive, they are people with autism." "I work with children with autism I KNOW what I'm talking about." "My sisters friends brother in laws aunties godchild has autism so I get it." "Autism speaks lets people with autism speak." ACTUAL AUTISTIC PERSON: "Actually..." Autism speaks supporter: *ableism babbling* "You probably don't even have autism." "You need access to behavioural support." "You don't know what you're talking about." *dehumanising conversation.* (If you support autism speaks, listen to actual autistic people. It hurts when you think you are doing a good thing and someone says you maybe aren't doing the best. People don't like being told they aren't supporting properly when they think they are, honestly I don't blame you because logically thinking why would leading global charities be harmful to the people they claim to support? It's stupid! But they are so just listen to us.)