Super interesting, thanks!

This is great and important research! Thanks for sharing

Thanks for this simple breakdown. I have been learning about research philosophies recently and getting confused!

They did a review of the existing literature rather than doing their own original research. I can see what you mean with it feeling unnecessary for many of us who know the result already but it does feel important to clarify what all the research says in one place for others who need it.

Same! Making places more diverse and inclusive can make all individuals feel like they can be themselves, no matter if they are neurodiverse or not

It's also known as 'masking' and it's one of the big reasons why autistic people don't get a diagnosis until adulthood or at all. I didn't realise I was autistic until I learnt about masking and then I was like, oh this all makes sense!

Thank you!

Yes it is 😊

Of course not. You can be Autistic and also a nazi. Being autistic isn't a get out of jail free card

What a sweetie 😍

100%

The study also aimed to reduce 'maladaptive behaviours' such as repetitive movements (stimming) that many autistic people use for self regulation. Why are we still getting research like this??? Were any autistic researchers giving input into this at all?

Dogs don't judge us so it's easy to make eye contact with them. It's not going to make us more likely to make eye contact with other people lmao. What's the point in this study really? Again, this just encourages autistic people to mask so we are adhering to neurotypial standards. I'm tiiiired