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TikTok is teaching the world about autism – but is it empowering autistic people or pigeonholing them?

  • Written by: Sandra Jones, Pro Vice-Chancellor, Research Impact, Australian Catholic University
TikTok is teaching the world about autism – but is it empowering autistic people or pigeonholing them?Screenshot / Tiktok.com

A quick look at some TikTok stats shows more than 38,000 posts under the hashtag #Autism, with more than 200 million views. The hashtag #ActuallyAutistic (which is used in the autism community to highlight content created by, and not about, autistic people) has more than 20,000 posts and 40 million views.

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