robert_the_contemplative As an autistic person, I can’t say how painful it is to read all of this conjecture about “how we came to be” As if being autistic is the worst thing ever. I'm not a problem. A curse. Or a statistic. I'm beautiful, fearfully and wonderfully made. My autism isn’t the problem, this country is.

Tweet but Emily Zanotti @emzanotti My children are not on the autism spectrum because I took Tylenol while pregnant. They're on the autism spectrum because I, a person who will wear only one type of shoe and can't eat food that is "too potato-y," had babies with a man who has an encyclopedic knowledge of European aristocracy but a limited ability to process social cues.

Tweet but Emily Zanotti @emzanotti My children are not on the autism spectrum because I took Tylenol while pregnant. They're on the autism spectrum because I, a person who will wear only one type of shoe and can't eat food that is "too potato-y," had babies with a man who has an encyclopedic knowledge of European aristocracy but a limited ability to process social cues.

robert_the_contemplative As an autistic person, I can’t say how painful it is to read all of this conjecture about “how we came to be” As if being autistic is the worst thing ever. I'm not a problem. A curse. Or a statistic. I'm beautiful, fearfully and wonderfully made. My autism isn’t the problem, this country is.

Tweet but Emily Zanotti @emzanotti My children are not on the autism spectrum because I took Tylenol while pregnant. They're on the autism spectrum because I, a person who will wear only one type of shoe and can't eat food that is "too potato-y," had babies with a man who has an encyclopedic knowledge of European aristocracy but a limited ability to process social cues.