April
- Luke Verhoeff
- Apr 6
- 1 min read
April is an interesting month as an autistic person.
Many speak about Awareness.
Like hello, I exist. It’s a bit dehumanizing to be honest. If you really need a reminder people like me exist, you have some serious work to do.
I don’t love Acceptance either. I shouldn’t have to beg to be accepted. I’m a human with a different neurotype, that’s it.
I don’t know what I would rather call this month. Autistic Visibility month? Still not quite right.
What I do know is you should be listening to and amplifying autistic voices. Not only this month but all year, we are autistic beyond April believe it or not.
I challenge you to find five new autistic creators to follow this month.
Share our stories.
Engage in our advocacy.
Make autistic creators part of your world.
Autistic Creators:
Damon
Danny
Ben B
Matthew
Patrick
Vincent
Gregory
Jakob
Swarit
Luke B.
Anantha
Amplifying Nonspeakers Voices
Niko
Jordan
Elizabeth
Ethan
Dylan
Noah
To watch Luke spell this blog post one-letter-at-a-time click here:
138 words in 15 minutes; 9 words per min