Forget the shoes, forget the mile long walk... just stop judging each other.
If a person calls themself 'autistic' and you tell them they have to use 'person first language'... you're not putting the person first.
Autism; It's not new just because you haven't heard of it until now.
Autism is not a choice. Acceptance is. Imagine if the opposite was true.
Never ask for someone's thoughts on autism unless you are prepared to hear a story that doesn't resemble your own.
One of the hardest things for a person with autism to do is believe in themselves. But autistics have every right to be as proud as anyone.