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Category: Ableism

Ableism involves prejudice and discrimination against people with disabilities.

Missiles Over My Head: Autistic & Clueless

Missiles over my head. A drawing shows me, happy and clueless, in a complex crowd
April 11, 2025September 21, 2025 ~ MissLunaRose ~ Leave a comment

Social cluelessness has sometimes protected me from a harsh world. It's not an autism myth. It's my life.

Why Autistics Don’t Trust Autism Speaks’ Rebranding

July 3, 2020June 18, 2022 ~ MissLunaRose ~ 22 Comments

Autism Speaks' rebranding uses language and symbols of optimism, but beneath it is the same rotten core.

Does it Take a Special Parent to Raise an Autistic Kid?

September 23, 2019May 26, 2025 ~ MissLunaRose ~ 10 Comments

When parents pat themselves on the back for having an autistic kid, how does that affect autistics?

Why I’m not upset with people who self-diagnose autism

May 9, 2019July 31, 2025 ~ MissLunaRose ~ 17 Comments

Some people claim that self-diagnosed autistic people are gobbling up resources and making people take real autistics less seriously. But are they really? Let's get to the heart of the matter.

I’m Not “High-Functioning”

April 22, 2019December 30, 2023 ~ MissLunaRose ~ 11 Comments

As an autistic person, my life can be very hard, and my disability impacts me in so many ways.

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I’m Luna (MissLunaRose), a writer, wikiHow artist, and autistic person making her way in the world.

I mostly write about autism and fiction.

If you’d like to read the fictional stories I write, visit me on Wattpad.

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