the world is a hostile, terrifying place for autistic people everywhere, for so many reasons, that even in a middling-size book like this I’ve only scratched the surface. For as long as this continues, autistic people of all backgrounds and life experiences are going to suffer. They will suffer reduced life expectancy, reduced lifetime income, reduced opportunities, reduced likelihood of starting a family, reduced ability to live a life that’s true to them, reduced safety on the streets, reduced provision at school, at work, on public transport, in every town, city and country in the world.
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