Eric Garcia

And, you know, the thing that I would say is that so that term profound autism, that is an ongoing debate that's going on right now because the Lancet in 2021, 2022 put out a commission arguing that there needed to be a separate label called profound autism for those kind of, as I mentioned, level three autistic people or what we would call high support needs.

And, you know, the thing that I would say is that so that term profound autism, that is an ongoing debate that's going on right now because the Lancet in 2021, 2022 put out a commission arguing that there needed to be a separate label called profound autism for those kind of, as I mentioned, level three autistic people or what we would call high support needs.

And their argument is that the diagnosis of the spectrum is too broad. And that creating the 2013 diagnosis of ASD erases the needs of some people, of those high support needs people. And folks like myself are occupying the conversation.

And their argument is that the diagnosis of the spectrum is too broad. And that creating the 2013 diagnosis of ASD erases the needs of some people, of those high support needs people. And folks like myself are occupying the conversation.

And their argument is that the diagnosis of the spectrum is too broad. And that creating the 2013 diagnosis of ASD erases the needs of some people, of those high support needs people. And folks like myself are occupying the conversation.

Is that because you can speak for yourself, whereas a non-speaking child cannot necessarily speak for themselves?

Is that because you can speak for yourself, whereas a non-speaking child cannot necessarily speak for themselves?

Is that because you can speak for yourself, whereas a non-speaking child cannot necessarily speak for themselves?

Yeah, that's their argument.

Yeah, that's their argument.

Yeah, that's their argument.

And so they feel like they've been made invisible now.

And so they feel like they've been made invisible now.

And so they feel like they've been made invisible now.

They feel like they've been made invisible, and I think that they feel like the... while we've been highlighting a lot of the accomplishments of people like myself that were ignoring their needs. And the ironic thing, and so there's this idea that there's a need to create a separate labor, profound autism.

They feel like they've been made invisible, and I think that they feel like the... while we've been highlighting a lot of the accomplishments of people like myself that were ignoring their needs. And the ironic thing, and so there's this idea that there's a need to create a separate labor, profound autism.

They feel like they've been made invisible, and I think that they feel like the... while we've been highlighting a lot of the accomplishments of people like myself that were ignoring their needs. And the ironic thing, and so there's this idea that there's a need to create a separate labor, profound autism.

And a lot of autistic self-advocates, including some non-speaking autistic self-advocates, argue that this would just add to stigma. And that by labeling someone as profoundly autistic, that would lower expectations and say that they would never be able to achieve all those things. And the thing that I would say is that a lot of times I might. My overture, my, you know, I'm not an activist.

And a lot of autistic self-advocates, including some non-speaking autistic self-advocates, argue that this would just add to stigma. And that by labeling someone as profoundly autistic, that would lower expectations and say that they would never be able to achieve all those things. And the thing that I would say is that a lot of times I might. My overture, my, you know, I'm not an activist.

And a lot of autistic self-advocates, including some non-speaking autistic self-advocates, argue that this would just add to stigma. And that by labeling someone as profoundly autistic, that would lower expectations and say that they would never be able to achieve all those things. And the thing that I would say is that a lot of times I might. My overture, my, you know, I'm not an activist.