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Tag: Representation in Media

Autism in Media Rain Man Got a Bad Rap
Advocacy, Myths and Misconceptions

Autism in Media: Rain Man Got a Bad Rap

July 25, 2019

Welcome back to my Autism in Media series!  This is it, ladies and gentlemen, this is the big one.  Today I’m tackling 1988’s Rain Man, that scourge of autistic people everywhere who get asked if they can count cards and other such nonsense.  I was dreading […]

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Autistic people are capable of empathy - autistic empathy
Myths and Misconceptions

“Autistic Empath” Is Not a Contradiction

March 14, 2019

Let’s get one thing straight real quick.    “Autistic Empath” is NOT a contradiction.  Pop culture stereotypes have reduced autistic people to a robotic caricature, devoid of both emotion and empathy, and that is simply not true.  Like other people, we range from normal levels of […]

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