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It's #AutisticSpeakingDay and I don't have the energy for the long post that's in my head and heart right now.

But here's a short one.

Academic Violence:
1) at [conference], I listened to multiple panels describe autism as a tragedy. Something to pity. Autistic traits as something to avoid. Something to program out.

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2) at [conference], I learned that if I don't tell interviewers I'm autistic, they won't hire me because I won't look at them right. If I tell them I'm autistic, they won't hire me because of assumptions that I'm not a team player.

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