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[Video] The irritating myth of “mild autism”

The term "mild autism" is not only inaccurate and misleading, but it's also harmful.

Why?

Because it merely describes how you experience my autism, and not how I experience it.

Moreover, it suggests a fundamental misunderstanding of what autism and the autistic spectrum is.

Just watch, listen, and learn.

Autistically,

Jon McCulloch, The Evil Bald Genius

Author, speaker, business owner, and autism advocate

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Jon

I'm Jon. Husband, father, business owner, author, speaker, and outspoken advocate for autism awareness. I struggled my whole life knowing I was different, but not knowing how or why. I was finally diagnosed in 2019, but had informally self-identified as autistic for a couple of years before that. I live on a remote farm in Ireland with my wife and an assortment of cats and dogs.