 Within the online spaces, this idea of widespread infantilization usually comes in the form of criticising individuals for displaying traits that many deem to be childlike. You may be thinking, well, what's so bad about trying to reduce the perception of autism being childlike? And a lot of people may agree of you on that front. The thing that I've realised on TikTok is autism is highly presented in an infantilising way with traits that are often childlike and associated with cutie terminology, making it appealing and like a club where people submit applications to. The problem is autism isn't commonly like this at all and it shouldn't be rebranded into a safe haven for quirky behaviour. I think it's a lot more nuanced than that. When autistic people express themselves, they want to try and paint a realistic view of what they are like and try to encourage others to feel not so much shame that you know it's a very common experience for a lot of autistic people in their daily life due to their autistic traits.