Infantilization of Autistic People

munsonlvr

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i don’t understand why neurotypical people feel the need to infantilise autistic people, does anyone have any sort of idea?

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CDog

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I think part of it is that there are a lot of misconceptions about Autism. When I was younger a teacher of mine had told me that Autism was when someone stopped growing (mind-wise) at a certain age. So someone who was 18 could have the “mind of an 8-year-old”. Of course, that is not how Autism works as I now know. I’m not sure if this specifically is a common misconception but it could definitely be part of that, I’m sure.

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  @CDog that actually makes a lot of sense, thank you!
  
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