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I've known people to bounce right off @medium.com because the first thing you see is a massive SIGN UP NOW banner that covers the entire text. PLEASE just click the X in the corner of that banner to close it if you don't want to sign up!

This is very nearly enough to stop me writing on the site. :(
Autism is not a disease, so "the framing of autistic characteristics and behaviours as ‘symptoms’ is misleading, harmful and helps nobody." Instead, others should strive to understand autistic experiences and proceed accordingly. From @fergus.oolong.co.uk:

oolong.medium.com/autism-sympt... #autism
Autism ‘Symptoms’ are no such thing
Why the framing of autistic characteristics and behaviours as ‘symptoms’ is misleading, harmful and helps nobody
oolong.medium.com
January 17, 2025 at 8:44 AM