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The TikTok-ification Of Autism Language
On the app, creators — including neurotypical people — freely use terms like stimming and hyperfixation. As an autistic person, I wondered: Does that help or hurt the community?

The TikTok-ification Of Autism Language On TikTok, creators freely use terms associated with autism and neurodivergence: stimming, vocal stims, hyperfixations. As an autistic person, I wondered what to make of it.