The word autism is thrown around meaninglessly by people everyday: but do they really have a true understanding of the struggles autistic people encounter in every day life. Do they know how it feels to be in the shoes of a person diagnosed with autism. It is not a ‘medical issue’ where there is a cure. Although people with autism could be in need of support by carers, they could also be completely independent and able to get on in life - just like everyone else. It is a spectrum condition and effects different people in different ways. Every 1 in 100 people in the UK are diagnosed as being autistic.