If you think this is Infantilising Autism, you're WRONG.

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00:00 It's happened again?
01:17 TikTok bullying
03:10 Stop making autism seem childish?
04:22 Why do people hate stimming?
07:34 Should autistic people watch kid's shows?
14:30 Why are autistic people infantilised?
17:25 But are autistic people more childish?
21:50 You should mask more?
22:45 Something to make you happy!

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📒 Sources 📒:

Sienna's Stimming TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@anotherautist...

Sienna's Response: https://www.tiktok.com/@anotherautist...

Bluey IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7678620/

Chappell Roan Femininomenon:    • Femininomenon  

The missing generation by Jessica Wright: https://www.spectrumnews.org/features...

Rate of Left Handed: https://slowrevealgraphs.com/2021/11/...

The secret behind why parents — and kids — love 'Bluey': https://www.npr.org/2022/08/07/111591...

People kept telling me to watch 'Bluey'. I still want not prepared: https://www.upworthy.com/tag/bluey


TikToks:

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Wikipedia Infantilization: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infanti...

Infantilizing Autism: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25520...

DSM-5: https://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/autism/hcp...

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DISCLAIMER: I am a second-year psychology student and a late-diagnosed #actuallyautistic individual. I am not a qualified healthcare professional.