 If you are autistic, you need to listen to this. You may have heard of or had the displeasure of coming across these autism cringe videos. Certain creators are getting their kicks and views by highlighting different individuals from the community. You'll find a cocktail of virtue signaling, ignorance and hypocrisy littered within a lot of this content. These people say that self-identification is a very silly and impulsive thing that people do, but they go about undiagnosing individuals based on very little evidence. Many claim to be standing up for autistic individuals, but in the process, stereotype, stigmatise and infantilise a whole group of people. Although played off as a joke, it's gearing people to shame and judge people in a very, very harmful way, which in time will prove a very big barrier for autism advocates increasing autism acceptance and awareness. This needs to stop right now. Have you been exposed to this content too? Let me know down in the comments.