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Autism blog – How autistic is poo smearing?

August24

Autie by autistic artist Donna Williams I recently had someone challenge the degree of my autism on the basis of not having been a poo smearer. Well, whilst Temple Grandin (known as ‘The Woman Who Thinks Like A Cow’) has spent decades entertaining audiences with tales of being a poo smearing toddler, it seems that poo smearing is yet another autism stereotype.

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