Can I just say: of course women can be #autistic. Obviously there are autistic girls and women.

Those male gatekeepers, desperate to make autism all about them, are the worst sort of misogynists. Block & #39;em on sight; we don& #39;t need those guys.

This shouldn& #39;t have to be said but unfortunately there is a distressingly large number of autistic boys and men who hold *extremely* misogynistic views. Pretending they don& #39;t exist is no good: they are there and they& #39;re doing damage.

I think (hope) it& #39;s mostly a case of them having very poor male role models and the insidious effect of online bigotry - in which case we need to try to improve things moving forward. Part of this is losing the daft idea all #autistic people are angels.

If you come across one of these fuckers in the wild, feel free to tag me and I& #39;ll try to engage with them. Gotta try, if I& #39;ve got the spoons. But please don& #39;t engage with them if you& #39;re tired or stressed as they are EXTREMELY toxic. Like Uber toxic.