Yes, it's controversial to say this. And I wish it was controversial to violate someone's rights instead. Social validity is not subjective. It's contextual. And the context is fundamental rights.

In a way, it's a sort of messed up social validity metric too. If counter control is present, this could be a key indication that the rights of the individual are being violated.

Because of this, they perceive any inconvenience caused by accommodations as harming them because they see vital supports as being a privilege rather than a NEED.

His response was strange. He said, "See Kyle!" and pointed to the second floor but with his entire hand. I walked away because it kind of freaked me out how intense he was, but I am confused. Who is Kyle?

This is a joke, both this story & the cowards who justify dehumanize others & laugh about it.

and I'm not accusing anyone of anything

perceived threats that aren't "actual" can be the problem just as easily, and so communication and feelings of safety become the issue

or is he fleeing because he likes the stim of running?

it all requires some serious root-cause analysis & risk mitigation

a missing Autistic person of color is the recipe for a lot of disaster

I hope they find him safe again, and I hope whatever is resulting in these disappearances is rectified before something worse happens

so sad! so scary!

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