‘Look at moy, look at moy’ were the famous words of Kath Day-Knight.

But for some autistic people looking you in the eye is a really hard thing to do. Talking to a stranger can also be difficult.

In this 𝘊𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦 𝘠𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘙𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 café scene autistic actor Ryan New sensitively shows how crushing it feels when someone talks over you, or about you.

At least 1 in 100 Australians is autistic, with many more undiagnosed. Autistic people are our family members, friends, colleagues and neighbours.

So learning about some of the impacts of autism makes sense. There are many little things we can all do to make the world a friendlier place.

The 𝘊𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦 𝘠𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘙𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 website gives lots of tips that are useful whether you know a lot or very little about autism.

Some of these tips are simple respect and kindness between humans. For example, staring can make people feel uncomfortable.

Others are autism-specific.  

It’s a really big ask, but could you please click over to the campaign website and view some of the ways we can help make people feel more comfortable?

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