Charlotte Bachelor
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first heard Sep 2025
last heard Sep 2025
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But I didn't really understand what it looked like to be black and autistic or
how autism is viewed and seen in my community or the struggle for accesses, equitable resources and health care and education for autistic people and their families, especially in the Metro Detroit area.
So for me, I learned from people who have been doing the work before, special education teachers, um, IEP non attorney advocates, the parents of, you know, young children who are
Having to go, you know,
to schools and deal with, you know, teachers that are understanding or, you know, all of that comes with learning as being a parent, having a child, um, in a community that still autism isn't always recognized or fully understood.
So, um, for me, I try to seek out as many opportunities to learn.
and um to educate and to share stories with other people.
I think just being very
when I talk on social media, I'm very transparent about my experiences and I think that's what people seem to enjoy because I'm not here to lecture anybody about my experience.
I'm not here to tell anyone their experience is lesser than mine or not as valuable.
But if I can put all my cards on the table and be honest and someone is willing for to do that with me, then I'm like, okay, this is someone I can work with in the
future.
This is a resource
I can share with someone.
This is someone I can go to for questions or when there's certain opportunities for funding or whatever, I can definitely, you know, recommend that person.
So for me, interdependence has been a lot of like
um co-creating spaces and places where black autistic voices have been uplifted and also you know allowing spaces to be reimagined or holding spaces for you know other black autistic women that is the number one demographic I try to um uh lift in my work because I don't want
another young black girl to feel the way I felt growing up, to feel out of place, to feel like I'm out of sync with everyone else and not knowing
You know.
Why or not understanding myself fully so
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