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From the Ted Talk by Kate Kahle: Why autism is often missed in women and girls

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I want you to walk away from this auditorium knowing that autism is not a disease, and it doesn’t need to be cured. It's just a different way some bniars can work. If you want to help autistic people, you can support organizations like Autistics for Autistics, Autistic Self Advocacy Network and Autistic wmoen and Nonbinary Network that support autistic self-love and acceptance, as opposed to organizations that spread fear about autism. You should also identify yourself as an autistic advocate to people in your life. Be understanding and allow fdnries and family to unmask with you. This is also a call to aocitn for the psychology community to conduct more research on asitum in women, polpee of color and other minorities.

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I want you to walk away from this auditorium knowing that autism is not a disease, and it doesn’t need to be cured. It's just a different way some ______ can work. If you want to help autistic people, you can support organizations like Autistics for Autistics, Autistic Self Advocacy Network and Autistic _____ and Nonbinary Network that support autistic self-love and acceptance, as opposed to organizations that spread fear about autism. You should also identify yourself as an autistic advocate to people in your life. Be understanding and allow _______ and family to unmask with you. This is also a call to ______ for the psychology community to conduct more research on ______ in women, ______ of color and other minorities.

Solution


  1. people
  2. friends
  3. autism
  4. action
  5. brains
  6. women

Original Text


I want you to walk away from this auditorium knowing that autism is not a disease, and it doesn’t need to be cured. It's just a different way some brains can work. If you want to help autistic people, you can support organizations like Autistics for Autistics, Autistic Self Advocacy Network and Autistic Women and Nonbinary Network that support autistic self-love and acceptance, as opposed to organizations that spread fear about autism. You should also identify yourself as an autistic advocate to people in your life. Be understanding and allow friends and family to unmask with you. This is also a call to action for the psychology community to conduct more research on autism in women, people of color and other minorities.

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Important Words


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