Guest Column by Katrina Janco | We need autism acceptance at Penn
(04/10/19 1:43am)
April has arrived, and with that has come Autism Awareness Month. On the surface, this seems like a great thing. As an autistic person, however, April consists mostly of people showing how ignorant they are about autism. Imagine, after revealing you are autistic, the almost universal response is, “You have autism? Really? I never would have guessed - you don’t look like you do at all!” What is that supposed to mean, exactly? (Hint: it’s not actually a compliment). Overall, April is exhausting, not liberating.