Trevor Carroll
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Maddi Gamble :
So do they want autism and Asperger’s to be combined or not. Because ofc when that happened the spectrum got wider.
2026-07-29 11:11:51
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strangemario :
i guess we should replace "low support" with "low bothering", because nt ppl assess how autistic you are based on the level of inconvenience you give them
2026-07-29 07:00:45
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juanstyler915 :
I think they mean level 1 autism
2026-07-29 23:33:02
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Buffalo :
when I was at the very beginning of my diagnosis journey, I sought out a therapist bc I had a lot of autistic traits that could also be explained by childhood trauma (which I knew I had in spades). When we started discussing the various traits I displayed and my confusion of it also being childhood trauma responses, she simply asked "do you think the childhood trauma could have happened bc people didn't know how to respond to this child who was different from them?" mind blown, okay, yes, that makes perfect sense. I am AuDHD and my childhood trauma comes from people telling me how awful I am for being AuDHD and demanding I mask my true self. Didn't start to really heal the childhood stuff until I stopped the continued trauma I was accepting from society 💙
2026-07-28 23:27:17
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ricetracy28 :
I haven’t been able to bring myself to read it yet. I know it’s going to upset, frighten, and depress me. I’ll never fit anywhere.
2026-07-29 04:22:12
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Jessica Aldrich :
How did I know this was from The Atlantic…
2026-07-29 01:21:49
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Seldin :
I think people often mistake trauma response with autistic symptoms. I know that the way I process emotions and have difficulty in social interactions could be correlated to similar difficulties in people with autism. Emotional trauma and abuse is difficult, and it does ingrain certain neurological pathways, but therapy can reprogram them. I may be wrong, but Autism can be managed and mitigated but you can't really change the way your brain responds like I have been able to through therapy and diligence. I believe the over-identification is indicative of our education lacking an emphasis on critical thinking. We often don't know how to properly challenge our perceptions so we take the easiest explanation without proper understanding or investigation. I would be interested to hear your take on this.
2026-07-28 23:45:54
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Tommy Lin :
Depending on how we manage our environment. Support can change constantly. When I am in a safe environment and great routine, I would consider myself low support needs. When those outside factors changes, I am easily high support need when I am harmful to myself. The scale of autism flows differently for everyone.
2026-07-29 18:41:10
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Ilene :
Will not read it😏
2026-07-30 00:44:11
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cynicalwhitefemale :
They only cause my autism ‘mild’ because I have eyes and live in the world and know that if I say what I’m really thinking all of the time they’ll stop calling me mild and start calling me fired.
2026-07-29 11:33:40
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andrew harter :
I hear you and would take your side of the argument with zeal, but come on we all know autistic folk who can “pass” for normies. It’s always been a thing. If you are very attractive or good at sports etc then can pass with less stigma less requisite masking. That’s a fair and accurate statement 🙃
2026-07-29 13:37:07
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Hannah :
I saw this article and started shaking I was so angry
2026-07-29 13:56:45
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Foofoocuddlypoops :
Non-visible autism isn’t any less than visible autism. Idk where the misconception that autism has levels of disability came from
2026-07-29 05:26:30
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Dianoiaysus :
The Paplantic strikes again
2026-07-29 05:22:31
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ATELIER NDD :
They’ve swapped out autistic to reffed to who use to be labeled before 2000s as mentally r-e-t-a-r-d-e-d
2026-07-28 23:58:47
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broeureka007 :
your explanation of autism is the most accurate ive heard so far. contrasting it against the piece was perfect.
2026-07-28 20:53:01
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MD :
You only have to look at the rates of mental illness, unemployment, trauma, etc in autistic people to see how truly detrimental being autistic can be, even for so called “mildly” autistic people
2026-07-29 07:59:20
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Simon :
mild autism for the observer. severe masking and cptsd for the autistic individual.
2026-07-29 07:22:17
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eclecticautie83 :
And writers like that seem to be trying to further hatred against us from "martyr mommies" who think that only their nonspeaking high support needs kid is *really* autistic.🙄
2026-07-29 00:22:00
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✨Madge✨ :
Looking back through the years, I realize that I hid and camouflaged so many symptoms. For my dyslexic traits, I applied certain strategies so people couldn't tell that I struggled with reading and my sense of direction, and I still use some of those reading strategies occasionally when I can't decipher a particular word. For my autistic traits, I'd suppress stimming and pretend I wasn't experiencing sensory overload. For my CP, I'd wear baggy pants, loose dresses, and skirts. I'd try not to give in to fatigue while maintaining bodily composure—I still do this when making content. Some with conditions such as CP have specific physical mannerisms, such as subtle physical swaying and difficulty maintaining physical control; I have this as well. I hid all of this, hence the wild exhaustion. As for "mild," I don't use that term to describe autism; I usually say levels one, two, or three to convey the degree of support needs. My sibling is diagnosed, but these terms were not widely used during our time, though they would be classified as a Level 3 using this reference.
2026-07-29 00:38:31
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Rebecca Schuman :
It’s so infuriating and invalidating and medically inaccurate for funsies
2026-07-29 04:25:10
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Justin :
That’s the value of the university system and peer reviews.
2026-07-28 22:54:57
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Trina Albus | Beauty Devices :
This article was no good. It triggered my cptsd and it felt like more gaslighting
2026-07-29 13:43:03
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KYX :
I’ve heard a licensed therapist use “mild autism” not as a diagnosis but for explaining to non-professionals a form of autism that “only” shows mild symptoms, more like a synony for “(just) on the spectrum”
2026-07-29 07:38:54
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Madicorn🏳️🌈 :
The Atlantic is so bad.
2026-07-29 07:29:47
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