This post was copied from my Facebook. It was originally written in 2021, but will be updated and iterated as new evidence comes to light, or for style, or for any other reason.
29 March — 4 April is World Autism Awareness Week. April is Autism Acceptance Month.
Approximately 1 in 40 people are autistic (Mozes, 2018). That’s about
- 64,000 people in Brisbane (population of the Hills District plus Albany Creek, Brendale, Bridgeman Downs, Bunya, Eatons Hill and McDowall)
- 129,600 Queenslanders (fewer people than Toowoomba, more than Mackay — if we were a city, we would be the 7th most populous city in Queensland).
- 644,100 Australians (fewer people than the Gold Coast—Tweed Heads area; more people than Newcastle, NSW — if we were a city, we would be the 7th most populous city in Australia).
- 196.4 million people worldwide (fewer people than Nigeria, more than Bangladesh — if we were…
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