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What ways of communicating are accepted and valid?

ANY: using Augmentative and Alternative Communication, using speaking, sign language, gesture, typing, etc.

What is a common statement after some is diagnosed with autism in adulthood? (get ONE right)

This diagnosis is the best thing that ever happened to me / this changed my life for the better / now I understand myself and can be fully myself.

Young Canadian autistic woman who is TikTok famous

Paige Layle

Name one of four openly autistic NBA (basketball) players

Tony Snell, Gary Neal, Royce White or Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf

American professional surfer known for his unique "double-jointed" style of turns and spins, from Maui, Hawaii

Clay Marzo

British model and TV personality

Christine McGuinness

Famous mathematician and scientist (suspected to be autistic)

Albert Einstein

Japanese video game designer and director who is the creator of the Pokémon franchise.

Satoshi Tajiri

American professional stock car racing driver who competes part-time in the ARCA Menards Series, driving the No. 13 Toyota Camry for MBM Motorsports.

Armani Williams

Rubik’s Cube speed-solver with numerous Guinness World Records titles including the fastest time to solve cube sizes from 4x4x4 through to 7x7x7 and the fastest average time to solve a Rubik’s Cube one-handed.

Max Park

What does neurodiversity mean?

Neuro= brain. Diversity= differences, ie. natural variation of brains in the world, part of normal biological variation

Best known as owner of Tesla and X (formerly Twitter)

Elon Musk

3rd oldest daughter of Bruce Willis

Tallulah Willis

American actor whose breakout role was on Prison Break

Wentworth Miller

Australian comedian who was late-identified as autistic

Hannah Gadsby

Name at least three amazing traits of autistic people

Often creative, better focus, topic experts, loyal & honest, detail-oriented, more understanding, & more interested in social issues.

Argentine professional soccer player who is suspected to be autistic (not confirmed)

Lionel Messi

Environmental activist from Sweden

Greta Thunberg

Australian actress who played Quinn on Heartbreak High (reboot)

Chloe Hayden (girl with hair in buns)

Actor who starred on Seinfeld

Jerry Seinfeld (self-diagnosed)