From Ametrine Lavender, Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire, UK
Robert Sugden says otroverts, people who naturally don’t conform to groups, will never form their own groups for the obvious reason. But a few decades ago, people would have said the same about autistic people. Yet since the arrival of the internet, they have formed online groups to share experiences, developing guidelines that have since helped enable real-world spaces developed “by and for autistics”(Letters, 13 September).
It has made all the difference to many autistic people to have social spaces where we can be our authentic autistic selves in autistic company, and in the company of respectful, neurotypical allies keeping to the same rules.
