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by amai 163 days ago
„ Research participants reported that barriers are not autistic traits, but environmental factors. Bullying. Lack of understanding. Sensory hostile environments with harsh lighting and noise. Forced masking that creates exhaustion and pain. Social rejection for being authentically autistic. Prejudice.“

So autism is not really an illness? It is just sensitivity to certain environmental factors?