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What is an Autistic advocate?

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David Gray-Hammond
Jul 11, 2023
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In the Autistic community, a common term we hear is “Autistic advocate”. The popular definition is a person using their lived experience to further the cause of Autistic rights and the wider neurodiversity movement. Despite this however, advocacy is a complicated and important role.

As an independent advocate, I utilise various different models of advoca…

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