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Autistic joy.

Most public writing about autism is heavy. It has to be. The systems are failing us and the record needs to stay visible. But a campaign that only speaks in the register of harm has not understood what it is defending.

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Most public writing about autism is heavy. It has to be. The systems are failing us and the record needs to stay visible. But a campaign that only speaks in the register of harm has not understood what it is defending.

We are allowed to be happy. We are sometimes very happy. Joy is not a distraction from the work. It is the reason for the work.

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