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00:00 Roger the cat
02:26 It's just a word?
04:20 But autistic people use it?
05:30 Other generations are not innocent
09:58 This makes me sad...
11:05 I can't believe people do this
12:08 Words don't matter?
15:45 If you use it...
16:17 More 'interesting' things said in TikTok

Sources :

Roger: https://www.tiktok.com/@svphoenixstud...

Reddit:   / is_he_acoustic  

Urban dictionary acoustic: https://www.urbandictionary.com/defin...

Know your meme acoustic: https://knowyourmeme.com/editorials/g...

Using gay as an insult: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/newsbeat2...

F word is Pain relief: https://www.sciencefocus.com/thehuma...

‘what people say or write produces specific versions of the world, one’s self, and others, and language conveys, shapes, and perpetuates ideologies: https://link.springer.com/article/10....

Wikipedia r word: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Retard_...)

Euphemism treadmill: https://www.cambridgeblog.org/2020/08...

Touch of the tism:   / thoughts_on_people_calling_autism_the_tism_a  

*Books I'd Recommend about Autism :

Aspergirls by Rudy Simone:
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Different not Less by Chloe Hayden (read if you want to cry):
https://amzn.to/40fKx2m

Unmasking Autism by Devon Price:
https://amzn.to/3LhMV3j

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DISCLAIMER: I am a secondyear psychology student and a latediagnosed #actuallyautistic individual. I am not a qualified healthcare professional.

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