Opinion: Regarding the Sydney Morning Herald’s front page: May 20, 2023.

EDIT: It’s encouraging to see that the digital version of the article has already steered the headline and opening paragraphs away from focusing on autism rates, instead discussing the recently released statistics about the number of Australian children on the NDIS. There are, however, still a number of loaded implications and poorly phrased quotes throughout, that I hope will be addressed in time. There are days when it feels like neuroaffirming behaviours and society’s understand…