Not even Elon Musk can avoid pervasive autism abuse

Foreign Dispatch

Elon Musk was targeted by a Twitter executive for being autistic. Photo: Hannibal Hanschke

Charlotte Colombo
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Today is Global Awareness Accessibility Day, dedicated to improving access and inclusion in digital spaces for everyone out there who identifies as neurodivergent or having a disability. But today, a video is going viral of a senior Twitter executive calling Elon Musk a “looney tune”, “mentally handicapped” and “special needs” on account of him being autistic.

In many ways, the leaking of this clip, rife with ableist slurs, isn’t even about Musk, but about how deep-rooted ableism remains.