An infinity logo made of different colours of flowers is surrounded by text which reads: The Autistic Spectrum- is not as big as they think. She was the little girl without access to mouthwords refusing to eat her school dinner. The dinner was her 'favourite', i.e. it was Friday so it was chips, and she wasn't being asked to eat anything other than chips. Staff were frustrated. Why wouldn't she eat? I was the
autistic adult who would not have been able to eat my favourite food either amongst the commotion of the school dinner hall and with the scent of the freshly cleaned floors infecting the taste of the food. I carried her chips to the table outside where, once she had stopped crying, she ate the lot.
I can voice this because I have access to mouthwords. I understood her experience because it is my experience.
To help autistic people listen to autistic voices.
Look out for the book: The Scale of the Spectrum - coming soon for more stories like this one.
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