As a white autistic, my ‘suspicious’ behaviors got me stopped by police twice. Once for hiking, once for looking like I was ‘on drugs’ at a checkpoint.

If I was #AutisticWhileBlack, I could have been arrested, or worse. This is my white privilege.

#BlackAutisticLivesMatter

Black autistics are underdiagnosed.
Prisons are disproportionately black.
Autistics are prone to meltdowns, noncompliance and other ‘threatening’ behavior.

How many of those ‘criminals’ are really undiagnosed autistics? Do you see the problem here? https://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/commentary/2017/08/15/the-u-s-justice-system-has-an-autism-problem/">https://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/c...

If you can’t imagine what it’s like to be autistic while Black, neither can I.

So be an ally to Black autistics.

Listen, but don’t rely upon them to walk you through your relationship with racism.

@BeingKaylaSmith has a great thread here:

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