@FediTips @joshsusser Autistic person here - you may want to remove the ActuallyAutistic one from the list. It is, in my experience, mainly used by people to exclude those of us who are autistic but don't "perform autism" in the "right way" and so are excluded or told our experience and knowledge isn't valid. Gatekeeping, in other words, rather than community building.
And yes, I was diagnosed in the early 90s and used in a study published in the New England Journal of Medicine. No self-diagnosis here. (Not that a person can't self-diagnose; just noting that I did not.)
Edit for an example: I present with severe sensory issues, emotional bluntness, interest fixation, and mild stimming - mainly rocking back and forth when anxious. This is, in some circles, not an autistic set of traits even though it fits diagnostic and social criteria. The circles that are the fastest to reject me are the same ones who use "ActuallyAutistic" because it's a nonstandard presentation compared to what they claim autism is. (It's not a spectrum; it's more like a compass rose type thing, at least that's how I see it.)
