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Being Autistic Doesn't Make Greta Thunberg a 'Pawn'
As I was scanning the morning’s news on my Google account, I was jolted by a Blaze article reading, “Greta Thunberg isn’t a hero, she’s a victim…” Without even opening the message, I knew what was coming. As a disabled person, I’ve seen such tropes many times before. While Greta Thunberg and I have different disabilities, we are still lumped into the category of those who, by virtue of our conditions, are often assumed to lack the same agency and capacity as our neurotypical peers.