User:Mozart999

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About me
I am a 17-year-old living in the United States East Coast. I had regressive autism and was diagnosed at a young age.

Things I like

 * Birds (especially parrots)
 * Animals in general
 * Classical music
 * History (especially from 1600s onward)
 * Drawing
 * Pokémon
 * Linguistics
 * Numismatics

What I think about autism

 * Autism has existed for a very long time and possibly even as long as mankind has, it is not a new condition at all and just because it didn't have a name until the 1940's doesn't mean it didn't exist.
 * I would be considered high-functioning but I do not use functioning labels.
 * I do not use the term Asperger's.
 * I prefer identity-first language over person-first language.
 * I really hate the word "autist" because I strongly associate it with edgy people who use it as an insult.
 * I support neurodiversity.
 * People are born autistic, nobody gets/becomes it.
 * Autism is a part of you, you don't "have" it and removing it will change you into a completely different person.
 * I strongly oppose the anti-vaccine movement and I believe it is extremely offensive and harmful.
 * Therapies that focuses on forcing the child to act neurotypical are abusive.
 * There is nothing inherently wrong with speculating that a historical figure was autistic and due to how common autism is, I can guarantee you that some of them actually were on the spectrum (I will write a blog post about it later).

Pages I made

 * Absolute pitch
 * Amethyst Schaber
 * Asperger's and Self-Esteem: Insight and Hope Through Famous Role Models
 * Comfy
 * Daniel Tammet
 * Diagnosing Jefferson: Evidence of a Condition that Guided His Beliefs, Behavior, and Personal Associations
 * Donald Triplett
 * Float
 * Jilly Juice
 * Leo Kanner
 * Loop
 * Lydia Brown
 * Norm Ledgin
 * Synesthaesia
 * Thomas Jefferson
 * Thomas Wiggins
 * Uta Frith
 * Writers on the Spectrum: How Autism and Asperger Syndrome Have Influenced Literary Writing