Ask an Autistic #10 - How To Be An Ally

What does it mean to be an ally? How can I be a good ally to Autistic people? In what ways can an allistic ally support the Autistic community? What does it mean to "presume competence"? Answers to all of these questions (and a surprise visit from Kitty!) in this episode of Ask an Autistic!
Source for the statistics on intellectual disability in Autistic people: www.autismacceptancemonth.com/...
Non-verbal Autistic advocates working towards autism acceptance:
Amy Sequenzia
nonspeakingautisticspeaking.bl...
Ido Kedar
idoinautismland.blogspot.ca/
Amanda Baggs
ballastexistenz.wordpress.com/
Naoki Higashida
www.amazon.com/Naoki-Higashida...
Carly Fleischmann
/ carlysvoice
Mike Weinstein
www.goldenhatfoundation.org/ab...
Henry Frost
ollibean.com/tag/henry-frost/
Dora Raymaker
doraraymaker.com/doraraymaker....
Peyton Goddard
peytongoddard.com/
Sharisa Kochmeister
www.users.dircon.co.uk/~cns/sh...
Resources for allies:
www.autismacceptancemonth.com/...
autisticadvocacy.org/2012/10/...
www.autistichoya.com/2012/03/w...
neurocosmopolitanism.com/april...
www.autismacceptancemonth.com/...
www.autismacceptancemonth.com/...
blogs.plos.org/neurotribes/201...
The transcript for this video's captions was provided by Alec, and he's great! You can check out his blog here: dysfunctionalqueer.tumblr.com (mature content & trigger warning)
My blog: / neurowonderful
My facebook page: / amythestschaber
The track used in this video was "Like Music" by pheraph
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