Hi friends 👋🏻 We are getting close to the end of Autism Acceptance Month and it struck me that I hadn’t written a single thing about Autism this month. Of course, we should be accepting of people all the time, but awareness and acceptance months exist to teach people and here I am to teach. What originally made me think about how I want to see Autism-based media to change was actually an episode of American Dad! which features a running joke of Steve possibly being Autistic because he really likes trains, and this was punctuated by him stating a locomotion fact in a fast monotone voice while rocking back and forth in his seat. I wasn’t upset by this but rather disappointed because I didn’t expect that kind of “joke” from American Dad!. Obviously, I can’t speak for every single Autistic person because we’re all different and experience life in different ways from one another. This is just what I want to see personally. Resources: Autism Self-Advocacy Network (ASAN) National Autistic Society UK Please do not use Autism Speaks when researching Autism. They are a hateful group that does not help Autistic people, focuses solely on children, and have a campaign that […]