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Dr_Obvious , to actuallyautistic German
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@actuallyautistic
I think I read once that can also show in an aversion of accepting gifts or favors. Do you know any ressource on that?

It came to my mind that I often don't like being invited. Like recently a colleague wanted outof nothing to pay for my coffee. And instead of saying thanks I make it complicated.

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@Fizzfizzpopop @SnepperStepper @Dr_Obvious @actuallyautistic not the same.

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@Fizzfizzpopop @SnepperStepper @Dr_Obvious @actuallyautistic PDA is something that happens as gut reaction to being rushed or given orders.
Its fairly common and moderately annoying.
Its a specific trait trait that some autistic people, including me, have.

ODD means "bad kid, break them"

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@Fizzfizzpopop @dramypsyd @SnepperStepper @Dr_Obvious @actuallyautistic As someone who got the diagnosis ODD

I haven't heard them used interchangeably
ANnd if i do I am going to make a stink about it.

mighty_orbot , to actuallyautistic
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Why do neurotypicals get mad if I don’t ask them how they’re doing, when the whole reason I don’t ask is because they consistently volunteer the information anyway?

@actuallyautistic

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@mighty_orbot @actuallyautistic because they want to know that you are aware of their current state.
Without verbal confirmation that communication goes one way.

"touching base" check-in rituals are actually pretty common in other species too.
NTs just have a really annoying way of doing it

Sci_Fi_FanGirl , to actuallyautistic German
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Dear fellow @actuallyautistic people,

Can you relate? Sometimes there are upcoming events and I know they'll overwhelm me completely. I'd like to avoid them, but sometimes I don't dare to ask because I don't want to be the person that always asks for a special treatment (German: Extrawurst). I'll complain all the way, but I don't opt out.

I know I have to work on this. It's not about a solution.

Is it internalized ableism? Camouflaging? People pleasing? Insufficient coping at the event?

CatHat ,
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@Sci_Fi_FanGirl @actuallyautistic ableism (aka thinking that its selfish to ask them to uncenter themselves)

And probably masking

anomalon , to actuallyautistic
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I just came across this image in my folders and it still cracks me up.
"Mommy, what is pathologization?"

@ActuallyAutistic @actuallyautistic

CatHat ,
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@Vincarsi @melindrea @anomalon @ActuallyAutistic @actuallyautistic most people were illiterate.

The only books MOST people had were bibles.
Depending on the year it probably would have been latin.

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@Vincarsi @melindrea @anomalon @ActuallyAutistic @actuallyautistic

Changling not witchcraft.
And you probably wouldn't have had exposure.
Elizabeth 1 was literate in several languages at like 5. It wasn't unheard of for girls to read.

seanwithwords , to actuallyautistic
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I have a question for my @actuallyautistic friends...

is the constant internal dialogue a function of Autism's "bottom-up" processing, or a function of shame-based masking?

I'm wondering if I'll ever be able to just act or speak without that layer. should I be trying to act/speak thru the layer of dialogue or should I just let it happen & be less anxious about it?

I guess I'm wondering if it comes from my masking coping strategies or if it's more ingrained and unavoidable

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@seanwithwords @actuallyautistic both.

ScottSoCal , to actuallyautistic
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@actuallyautistic

OK, in the vein of "weird things I wouldn't normally ask"...

There's been discussion about those of us who don't get accurate signals from our bodies. Does anyone else suppress the need to urinate? If I get the urge to go, but I'm in the middle of something, I just turn it off. Later it'll come back, sometimes critically, but for that time I just no longer feel it. Is this a weird thing that only I do?

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@ScottSoCal @actuallyautistic not just you.

dramypsyd , to actuallyautistic
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As I’ve learned to unmask and be my authentic self, some people like me less, but I like me more. I think it was a worthwhile trade off.

@actuallyautistic

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@dramypsyd @actuallyautistic same.

DivergentDumpsterPhoenix , to actuallyautistic
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It's a tough truth to face up to, but not every Autstic/neurodivergent person is a good person. Many of us find out the hard way that there are members of our own community who will do harm to us collectively and individually.

It's important that we acknowledge the truth that we can always do better as a community. We don't have to be perfect. We just have to do a little better each day.

@actuallyautistic @autisticadvocacy @audhd

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@omegahaxors @DivergentDumpsterPhoenix @actuallyautistic @autisticadvocacy @audhd asperger syndrome is an association with the VICTIMS of the nazi.
I find it utterly disgusting that people forget that his VICTIMS
Were NOT responsible for whether he thought they were useful

NEVER FORGET.

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@omegahaxors @nesi @DivergentDumpsterPhoenix @actuallyautistic @autisticadvocacy @audhd i

YOU want to decide how everyone autistic can identify?

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@omegahaxors @nesi @DivergentDumpsterPhoenix @actuallyautistic @autisticadvocacy @audhd

"Dont identify with the autistic children a nazi specified as being useful slaves"

That is a hard NO.
They didn't do anything wrong.

Yes its a hill i will die on.
No i am NOT going to allow you to say that the victims of a nazi are at fault or autistic people cannot reclaim the term as a memorial.

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@omegahaxors @nesi @DivergentDumpsterPhoenix @actuallyautistic @autisticadvocacy @audhd

Let me know when you stop telling everyone else what they believe.
For me "useful slave" isn't a sign of superiority.
Its a category of being pathologized.

Now please don't hesitate to piss off.

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@nesi @omegahaxors @DivergentDumpsterPhoenix @actuallyautistic @autisticadvocacy @audhd
I agree with you
Demanding that people change their internal understanding of themselves without consideration for their lived experience
Is EXTREMELY dangerous
AND ANYONE WHO FEELS ENTITLED TO ORDER OTHER AUTISTIC PEOPLE TO DO IT AUTOMATICALLY PLACES THEMSELVES AT THE TOP OF A HIERARCHY OF WHAT IT MEANS TO BE AUTISTIC.
Self identification IS VALID.
NO FORMAL DIAGNOSIS IS LESS VALID A WAY OF BEING AUTISTIC

CatHat , (edited )
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@nesi @omegahaxors @DivergentDumpsterPhoenix @actuallyautistic @autisticadvocacy @audhd Neurotypical people using it as a weapon happens. (See the discourse around tech bros)
About the "useful" slaves designation.
Are holocaust survivors at fault too?
Because i disagree. None of them CHOSE. Nazis chose. The victims were ALL victims,

No it's not a word to celebrate. But i find it abhorrent to suggest its a mark of shame to be associated with ANY of those victims

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@nesi @omegahaxors @DivergentDumpsterPhoenix @actuallyautistic @autisticadvocacy @audhd I think the problem is that recently diagnosed people do not LIKE the trope.
But NT PEOPLE STILL SEE US THAT WAY.
Almost human.
Functionally so.
Honorary person.

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@axnxcamr @nesi @DivergentDumpsterPhoenix @actuallyautistic @autisticadvocacy @audhd its ironic yeah. That person blocked me for saying that they shouldn't be trying to dictate what a word means after its been in use for decades and to people who have been using it for their entire life.
I expressed my own perspective but i haven't told anyone else what to call themselves.
I just want them to leave everyone else alone!

spika , to actuallyautistic
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My dude told me he had a meltdown in McDonalds this morning. The store was understaffed and didn't have a person working register, and they were only taking kiosk orders inside.

He gets told this after waiting at the counter for twenty minutes. No offer to help, just told to use the kiosk.

Except, there's a problem with this.... He doesn't know how to use the kiosks. He finds them overwhelming, panic inducing and he's extremely afraid something will go wrong in the process of using one. So, he doesn't ever use them and finds the mere suggestion upsetting.

So, he started to have a meltdown about being required to use the kiosk, got very short with the employee who told him he had to use it, and went to leave without buying anything because he didn't want to be having a meltdown in public, when another employee intervened offering to help.

He didn't really want the help at that point because he was melting down and having trouble talking and just wanted to leave, but he did want food so he let her help and they got through the transaction the old fashioned way in person at the counter.

But not without him feeling deeply ashamed and embarrassed because he isn't able to use a McDonalds kiosk on his own or ask for help without being visibly upset about being asked to use the kiosk in the first place.

It's a story I share because I feel like it's the sort of thing that's an underrepresented experience within online conversations about autism and the autistic experience because I feel like the more common sentiment I see is how the kiosk ordering is great because you don't have to talk to a person.

I think an area of accessibility where many of us have a huge ableist blindspot around is how difficult an allegedly "easy" form of technology can be for some autistic people who don't have a lot of familiarity or comfort around tech.

@actuallyautistic

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@matt @spika @actuallyautistic no.
This is the problem
BEING SURPRISED AND THEN TOLD TO DO SOMETHING STRESSFUL, COMPLEX AND UNEXPECTED AND IN A SOCIALLY DEMANDING SITUATION

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@spika @CynAq @actuallyautistic sigh.
I mostly have internalized that the only thing that should be obvious is the fact that if i find myself surprised something isn't obvious or easy, that i obviously had not been thinking about it hard enough

dramypsyd , to actuallyautistic
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Idea for my @actuallyautistic peers, what if we all got together and filed a class action lawsuit against the law firms who keep trying to sue Tylenol for "creating" us and forcing us upon the world. I think we have a valid claim for emotional distress.

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@daedalousilios @dramypsyd @actuallyautistic its happening.
Apparently prior to anti-vax bs
the anti-flouride bunch also made a claim involving autistic pinial glands and third eyes or something
We are the favorite punching bag for that sort of shit

theautisticcoach , to actuallyautistic
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As many of you here, and as all of you who have met or worked with me, know, I am an Israeli.

I’m also a life long peace activist for Israel-Palestine.

Unfortunately, MANY of you have taken the last few days to attack me, call me a murderer, lecture me about the world I grew up and lived in for 35+ years of my life, dare to speak down to me and over me, erase my history and lifelong dedication for Palestinian rights, and even wished me to die.

Others of you have taken the opportunity to call me an antisemite, a race traitor, a horrible person, a hypocrite, a terrorist, and erase my history and lifelong dedication to Jewish life and making Israel a better place to live.

Yet, VERY FEW of you have asked how I am. How is my family? How are my friends? How are YOU?

Well, no. I have my family & friends in deep crisis. Many have lost their own other family and friends, parents, siblings, kids and lovers - some by bullets, others by fire, others by kidnapping. A comrade of mine lost his parents. An other had their 16 year old son taken into Gaza. Too many people I know or am connected to have been murdered or taken. And I use the word murder, not killed, because sleeping civilians in their home or at a party are not military combattants. Babies aren’t targets.

I also have Palestinian friends who have lost families in Gaza from the bombs currently falling from IDF planes. My heart aches for them too as theirs does for me.

But many of you only care about death when one side fits your own narrative and unformed and ignorant beliefs.

So no, I’m not OK. I’m not OK at all.

Keep reading in the next post

@actuallyautistic @mazeldon

CatHat , (edited )
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@theautisticcoach @actuallyautistic @mazeldon for people who are massively stressed, disengagement is a self defense mechanism.
Reaching out is difficult because theres nothing good on the horizon. Just pain.
It saddens me people lose sight of the fact that everyone is human and should be seen as such.
Im also angry on a personal level that you are getting bad faith attacks from people.

theautisticcoach , to actuallyautistic
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What does the term “special interest” mean to my comrades?

@actuallyautistic

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@theautisticcoach @actuallyautistic something that i am especially interested in

EmOiva , (edited ) to actuallyautistic
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Does everyone have a running commentary in their head for whatever they are doing or experiencing, or is that a neurodivergent thing?




@actuallyautistic

CatHat ,
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@EmOiva @actuallyautistic i do, but obviously i can't speak for poor illogical Neurotypical people

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@pathfinder @actuallyautistic hearing this is interesting
Because i also made those same mistakes or didn't know what i was supposed to do. I never saw being autistic as WHY i didn't get it, i had a foundation for knowing that Normals were the problem, but it took contact with a wider community of people who AREN'T Normals for me to understand that sometimes i didnt have to regard basically everyone as a threat. I knew i wasn't the only one but my experience was like a half dozen

CatHat ,
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@pathfinder @actuallyautistic things like chronic gi problems, hygiene issues, general frustrations i got called childish for.
A lot of infantalizing shit. Threats of being declared incompetent
All of that i was trained to hide as part of not showing that something ELSE was "wrong with me"
showing weakness always got me more harm as a kid
Unmasking took recovering from burn out when i discovered a significant fraction of masking was gone.
Hat is partly a deliberate choice to unpack the rest

cynaq , (edited ) to actuallyautistic
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I just did that test.

I went in blind and didn't think I'd score too high because as far as I understand what monotropism proposes, I didn't think it fit my profile very well. I tried to answer the questions as accurately as I could, without overthinking.

Well...

The result says I'm more monotropic than 73% of autistic people and 98% of allistic people.

I guess I was misunderstanding what monotropism would feel like, if these results are anywhere near accurate, because I'm quite surprised, to say the least.

Would anyone else like to chime in and discuss this with me a bit? This result was not at all what I was expecting.

@actuallyautistic

Edit: this is the questionnaire https://dlcincluded.github.io/MQ/

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@cynaq @actuallyautistic me as a kid..

I have a one track mind. It might have multiple cars running in the train of thought
But theres only one train.

sahat , (edited ) to actuallyautistic
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so, we have two different groups now. @actuallyautistic and @allautistics. I understand that not all autistic people were there when the discussion took place, that resulted in the hashtag.
In short: A lot of NTparents took over the discussion and steered it in a direction that was toxic to autistic people themselves, talking over them, not with them in a massively ableist way. Promoting harmful stuff like ABA and the like. A lot of that took place on Twitter. Hence the tag to make sure we speak to each other, not to people that want to help us eradicate the autism from ourselves or any such nonsense.
To new people it sounds a bit exclusive though. Hence the hashtag, that plopped up. ActuallyAutistic is meant to be inclusive of all autistics, regardless whether they have a diagnose or whether they know for sure. As long as they are in it for themselves. And is also fine for people that want info and learn directly from the horses mouth, cus they have autistic loved ones, kids etc. (many blood related people are some kind of neurodivergent too, anyways, whether they know it or not). it says "actually" too exclude people that would be disrespectful towards Autstic people. That's all. But it's understandable that it does sound exclusive to some, without explanation. The new people are in that vulnerable phase where they question themselves a lot. Am I really autistic or am I just an imposter. If you haven't been diagnosed as a kid, you have probably had this phase and it can take years and maybe it never ends. I still have these moments of" Ohh whow, I actually have this trait also. It just looks different in me". Well . It always looks different. Cus we aren't all white males with stereotype autism and its highly individualized.There's a ton of autistic people running around that aren't diagnosed and probably never will be. Your chance at being diagnosed as a woman is maybe one in four, depending on where you live, your status, your skin color, your traits. Some traits are more often leading to diagnose than others. Imposter syndrome is the norm not the exception. That's why we often hear" if you wonder whether you are autistic or not, you most probably are". NT rarely wonder about this. And we've all been through this stage. And BTW no one cares if you change your mind or if you're insecure. It's absolutely fine. You're invited.
So. I think we should have one. having two is inconvenient. And most people still hang out in the ActuallyAutistic- one. So either you all feel invited or we think of a name, that includes both, the history and the new people that have arrived. Just sayin'. I know it's probably gonna solve itself by one of them attracting more people and then being the remaining one, but I just wanted to repeat about the history and I don't want new people to get confused over this. Just so you know: There was no disagreement. It's just a question of history moving on and flow of information from old to new not always being perfect. If we need a change of defining terminology that's fine, but let's not get confused or feel divided ok?
Maybe it's ok. to have two, maybe the AllAutistics helps find people that are in the same state of finding out. Whatever helps is fine. I'm just writing this out so no one has to feel confused or not welcome. And BTW, there is a reason why people write hashtags in CamelBack., that's much more readable to screenreaders. Love to you all.
Edit: I missed out on the hashtag and the @autisticme . Sorry folks.

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@sahat @actuallyautistic @autisticme @allautistics the Actually autistic hashtag is dominated by white, middle class probably gifted recently figured out that they are autistic people from places like north America and Europe.

CatHat ,
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@sahat @actuallyautistic @autisticme @allautistics in my experience it is not because of the recently diagnosed thing.

CatHat , to actuallyautistic
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@337guanacos @BrokenArrow @jrdepriest @ahrimans_erbe @pathfinder @actuallyautistic my mother regarded that kind of thing as silly and found a way to make it things interesting.
Me asking why was interesting so she helped me try to find out.
"Everything is interesting" as a philosophy of life.

CatHat , to actuallyautistic German
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@homelessjun @ahrimans_erbe @yourautisticlife @actuallyautistic synesthesia? I don't experience it so idk if That's it.
but it sounds a bit like it? Some autistic people experience it.

CatHat , to actuallyautistic German
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@ahrimans_erbe @pathfinder @actuallyautistic your post about being autistic af seems like a statement or the obvious.

I don't really think allisics know anything about us anyway.

ahrimans_erbe , to actuallyautistic German
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@actuallyautistic
I am currently figuring out that I am and more specifically having .

CatHat ,
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@pathfinder @ahrimans_erbe @actuallyautistic *examines this in "Normals make no sense and people like me are obviously NOT Normals.

Its NOT a universal autistic experience.
"We" isn't specified here.
Think about the the connotations of that.
Honestly this is probably the weirdest thing about people who only recently figured out they are autistic.
Its also the MOST problematic.

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@ahrimans_erbe @pathfinder @actuallyautistic
"We" is a very subjective term.
its not a universal experience to be recently diagnosed.
Aka recently figured out something that's always been true.
Self dx formal dx is pretty irrelevant. Autistic people start off autistic.

But some people have known about it for a long time.
In my case like 25 to 30 years.

CatHat , to actuallyautistic
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@markusl @pathfinder @sentient_water @roknrol @Finch @fictionalbutnot @jeanoappleseed @actuallyautistic yes. But specific reasons WHY? The motivation for lying and the lies themselves differ depending on which needs you must lie to yourself to achieve.
Start with "im MORALLY superior" because I dont make (____) mistake.
That's always a lie.

spika , to actuallyautistic
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There are just some mornings where I wake up and it feels like my brain and body are ringing the alarm bells that something is terribly wrong but I can't puzzle out why I'm overcome with panic and dread.

@actuallyautistic

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@26pglt @CynAq @spika @actuallyautistic it would be nice if we could avoid passing judgement on one another. But i haven't found that.
Im not claiming to be better. I find myself passing judgement when i see other autistic people say things that match things ive heard as Normalisms.
Usually
Lateral ableism and condemnation of "bad behavior" easily attributable to trauma.

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@26pglt @CynAq @spika @actuallyautistic Not you! Your reaction is the one i dont see enough of.
First.
Im also an educated and white woman but i went through sped and saw who was tracked THROUGH special education into institutions and the injustice system in America.
The lowest "remedial" track was mostly hispanic and Black. Not white.
Second
People having ptsd reactions frequently attract condemnation from other autistic people

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@26pglt @CynAq @spika @actuallyautistic i apologize for not making it clear i was speaking generally and not about what you said.

CatHat , to actuallyautistic
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@adelinej @actuallyautistic @crashglasshouses @notavampyre @uq @ratcatcher why not create a space segregating those of us who are damaged so the rest of you dont have to see us?

CatHat , to random
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I get really sick of newly "hatched" auts.

REALLY sick of hearing about how you have the experience to make value judgements about the experience of being diagnosed as a child.

I get that the diagnosis is a revelation.
And it is. I agree .
But i want to puke remembering how that "privilege" was used to justify telling kids "IF you manage to prove that you are able to emulate a person you can be awarded honorary adult status"

Otherwise you count as something between a child and an animal

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Consider that "functionality" ...
Implies functional consciousness. some Self awareness but not true UNDERSTANDING of it.
Data from TNG is a good example of a "positive" depiction along those lines.

ALL OF THIS IS CENTRAL TO THE EXPERIENCE OF BEING DIAGNOSED AS A CHILD.

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So yeah!

Asperger syndrome, high functioning autism. Etc...
For people who got THOSE labels as kids
The message of being QUALITATIVELY different from other "subcategories" was drummed in without pause from day one.
Some of us reacted by deciding it was complete bullshit to some degree or another.
But i am lucky enough that MOST of my family on BOTH SIDES are probably some sort of undiagnosed ND.

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I had luck. My classmates and friends in elementary school were not.

I think there's a reasonable probability that one or more of the kids i was in sped with iended up being sent to jrc.

All of this
ALL is evoked when thinking about being diagnosed BEFORE the idea of autism SPECTRUM being a thing

CatHat OP ,
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So
Now lets spell out the NEXT bit.
"You can't define yourself with your labels"
All the "not disabled enough" crap

Consider the word "Aspie" IN HISTORICAL CONTEXT
autism being a Spectrum isn't a thing.
"High functioning" is massively dehumanizing. And we dont HAVE being a disorder or a syndrome
Aspie was the common way to label oneself because that was the identity first way to claim the diagnosis as an identity

CatHat OP ,
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So hink about that...

Most self dx/adult dx people I've run into seem to be convinced that "being autistic" means the same thing now that it did when i was a kid. They DON'T seem to want to process the implications of how much things have changed since then.

Being an Aspie conceptually wasn't very different at the time from being a high masking Aut now.

CatHat OP ,
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Now im going to address the reason i made this thread

The phrase
"Aspie Supremacy"

First off
The concept of subtypes was CREATED to force "useful" autistic kids to compete for the privilege of being allowed to survive.
The fucked up messaging designed to make us desperate to prove we are NOT useless was built in on PURPOSE.
And that message ALSO is reinforced by ableist thinking in general.
Diagnosis or no, internalized ableism ISN'T avoidable

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And here's the part which adult dx people are NOT going to like.

If there WAS a hierarchy within the autistic community based solely on being autistic.
The privileged category would be people who masked well enough to reach adulthood without being outed.

If You were diagnosed as being autistic without needing much support before autism was recognized as a SPECTRUM...
Most white people would have been labeled either high functioning or aspies

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@independentpen @pathfinder @actuallyautistic with much the same level of danger.

Its much more like a movie set.
Sure its pretty.
The roaches are sparrow sized and they can fly.

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The server covenant needs to be updated

Active moderation against racism, sexism, homophobia and transphobia

Users must have the confidence that they are joining a safe space,
free from white supremacy, anti-semitism and transphobia of other platforms.

this is a smoke screen.
Liberation must be for EVERYONE. Or all it does is change who gets to be on top.
NO SUPREMACY should be encouraged
We need a universal ban on hate for ANY protected group

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@OutOfExile_IDR_Voice @disabilityjustice @disability yeah.

IF I HEAR ONE MORE CLAIM OF HOW THERES SOME INVISIBLE MAGICALLY ENFORCED RANKING OF "HIGHER VALUE". ON SOME DISABILITY HIERARCHY BASED ON "REASONS" I AM GOING TO SCREAM

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