No Labels on My Clothes, No Labels on Me: Why Functioning Labels Need to Be Cut Off and Tossed

• By: Becca Lory Hector, CAS, BCCS Autism and Neurodiversity Researcher/Consultant/Speaker/Author/Advocate
• March 26th, 2021
• actually autistic, functioning labels, high functioning, labels, language, low functioning, self-esteem, sensory issues, social isolation
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Autistic folk spend an inordinate amount of time discussing the torture of labels on our clothes. In a discussion about sensory issues, right after we discuss how much we loathe the grocery store, the hatred of tags on our clothes comes up. It’s amazing how something so small, can invisibly...