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This is what stigma around autism sounds like to an autistic person (comedy sketch) (youtu.be)
submitted 3 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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[–] [email protected] 19 points 3 months ago

"You could consider donating to some organizations researching what caused you to be this way, so maybe one day we will have pre-natal screening available."

[–] [email protected] 14 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Oh boy, this is great!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

Yeah, I want to show it to my allistic partner, but no doubt she will interpret it differently

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Here is an invidious link:

https://vid.lilay.dev/watch?v=cZiR4o6j4HY

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Thanks! Tired of removing the tracking "?si=" parameter from YT links

ETA: Fun clip, nonetheless. "Smoothness over clarity", huh.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

FYI Firefox has an option to do that automatically. One of us?