Lovely to see @samanticka.bsky.social get some attentio. She has done so much for the #ActuallyAutistic community and she's right: I know plenty of autistic lawyers, both who got diagnosed as kids and those who got diagnosed as adults after law school.
"There’s a stereotype that autistic people are generally drawn to STEM fields & that law is an anomalous profession for us to go into, but in my experience that is not true. I have known & worked with quite a few openly autistic lawyers." @samanticka.bsky.social:
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Sam Crane, a late-diagnosed autistic individual, discusses the stereotypes associated with autistic people in law, the role the law plays in disability advocacy, and the advice she would give to aspir...
