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Hear the trailer for the Special Edition: What We Have to Say that will come out on July 27th, 2025.
Dyslexic Accessible Transcript: Special Edition: What We Have to Say
Spanish Accessible Transcript: Edición especial: Lo que tenemos que decirRemolque
German Accessible Transcript: Sonderausgabe: Was wir zu sagen habenTrailer
French Accessible Transcript: Édition spéciale : ce que nous avons à dire Bande-annonce
Chinese Simplified Accessible Transcript: 特别版：我们要说的话预告片
Special Edition: What We Have to Say Trailer
On July 27th, you will hear Autistic Adults like Sam Farmer tell you about their reactions to Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.’s announcement that next fall “we will know what causes the Autism epidemic.”
Sam Farmer
I cringed because this is very dangerous, harmful false rhetoric, at least to those of us who feel as though our Autism is our way of being, core to self-identity, at least in my case.
You will hear from Autistic Adults like Joyner Emerick tell you what their concerns were about the creation of an Autism registry or data base.
Joyner Emerick.
I was immediately particularly and intensely fearful about the implications for Autistic people like my younger child. And I was overwhelmed with simultaneously a feeling of a need to do whatever I needed to do to protect him, and with such terror, like somatic terror in my body, that I felt almost unable to think or process or act.
You will hear Autistics like Jillian Nelson share their thoughts about how Autistics and our allies can advocate for all our intersectional communities.
Jillian Nelson
If we are going to be protecting the intersectionality of the Autism community. We need to not just be speaking out about the Medicaid bills. We need to be talking about the immigration bills. We need to be talking about trans health care. We need to be talking about housing. We need to be talking about every single bill that impacts any marginalized group.
You will also hear thoughts from Becca Lory Hector, Michael Fuell, and myself.
Don’t miss the Special Edition: What We Have to Say on July 27th.
Thank you for listening to Today’s Autistic Moment.
