VALUES What values does someone being autistic invite you to think about? (Values are kinds of things that people value – fairness, justice, safety, respect, traditions, a nation or group a person belongs to, creativity, anything like that.)
Dig a little deeper with any of these questions: Are they your values? Others’ values? Whose? Does autism affirm or challenge VALUES or raise puzzles about these values?
IDENTITIES Who is autism awareness speaking about? And who is this awareness trying to speak to? (Not necessarily the same people!)
Dig a little deeper with any of these questions: Is anyone left out of the story that should be in it? Do you fit in or not so much for this story? Why?
ACTIONS What actions might autism awareness encourage? (Actions could include doing something concrete, refraining from doing something, just learning more, etc.)
Dig a little deeper with any of these questions: Who’s actions – yours, others, what others? Why?
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