S#!T Ignorant People Say To Autistics

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5. I spend a significant amount of time with people with ASD...

I'm aware that there is a 'spectrum'. I thought the video was a little over the top too, but it is about ignorant things that people say - and only an ignorant person would offer to give someone a hug with a diagnosis of a disorder that includes 'not wanting to be touched'. Whether you believe its a defining characteristic or not, it's not that it's an insult to the autistic person, it's a display of ignorance on the part of the person making the offer. That recommendation is no less ignorant than the question 'have you tried not being autistic'.

I don't think the video was insensitive - I thought it was kind of blunt. I have a 22 year old autistic son and the video looks like a video he would make. She seemed authentic to me.