Imagine saying that you made a movie about autistic people because you love and respect autistic people,

but then with that same mouth trying to say that you don't think that autistic actors can handle the stress of portraying autistic people in said film.
If you're making a film about autistic people and you find that autistic actors "can't handle" portraying autistic characters chances are

2) the role is written as an external and abelist view of autism & actors can't connect to the inauthentic character....
2) the audition and/or set conditions had little respect for the actual needs of autistic actors

3) you did little or no research on how to work with neurodivergent people

4) working with the community you say you love isn't actually a priority for you
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