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your own discussions. Talk about the different ways you could approach each question and encourage young readers to be mindful of other people’s feelings and perspectives.

Autism awareness is good for everyone. Feeling accepted by others is important, but being accepting of others is just as important. We believe everyone should play an active role in creating an environment that acknowledges and values difference. We invite you to create safe and facilitating spaces to share this book and nurture an ethos of collaborative responsibility.

Note

1We use the term ‘autistic’ throughout this book because individuals on the spectrum have told us they prefer to be called ‘an autistic person’, rather than ‘a person who has autism’. One reason for this is that you can’t separate a person from the way their brain works, it’s an intrinsic part of who they are. Saying that a person ‘has autism’ suggests that autism is something separate that a person can ‘have’, rather than something they ‘are’. When you ‘have’ something, it implies less permanence and more potential for things such as cures. Many people are proud of their autistic perspectives and they feel that ‘being autistic’ is not a negative thing, nor does it stop them from having many other qualities and attributes.

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