AutisMLM

One of my autistic kids just walked in and was like, "Huh, I just thought of this, so I haven't thought this through, but the behaviors most asociated with autism are things autistic people do when we're upset."

Not great, society.

She described a situation in which neurotypical parents were asking autistic adults questions and some parents were like "My kid doesn't have meltdowns. Does that mean he isn't autistic?" And autistic people were like "no, that means he's happy."

Just want to highlight this:

(Someone else's reply:) we can't distinguish autistic behaviour from trauma because our current society produces no un-traumatised autistic people.

They've deleted comments 3 times now that have been speaking up about it. There are still some left but this is making me very sad. I wanna get rid of my paw patrol beanie babys now :( Next for Autism is trying to completely get rid of autism and "find a cure." Our brains are different. There is no cure. Plus all the people that want a cure aren't autistic!! Nobody asked autistic people about what we thought.

I want to be happily autistic. I want to enjoy my special interests. I want to stim. I want to be happily autistic in peace.

(no dni banner bc i don't mind who interacts w this post!!)

(a list of do's and don'ts)

Don'ts

Don't touch our chair without permission

Don't crouch down to talk to us

Don't tell us how brave we are

Don't ask us to 'do a trick'

Don't push us unless we ask

Don't say "it's not too bad" when we complain about inaccessibility

Don't have a go at us or call us fake for standing/walking (ambulatory wheelchair users to exist)

Don't ask us what is wrong with us or why we need the chair

Don't do stuff for us

Don't ask for a go in the chair

Do's

Do be kind

Do treat us like a human being

Do move out of the way if there is little space or a narrow path

Do ask if we need help

Do talk to us like any other human being

Do be supportive

Do ask us if you want to sit down, we are usually happy to move somewhere with seating

Do speak to us, not our carer or service dog

Do ask appropriate questions i.e. how accessibility can be improved, what we think about the weather, if we caught the game last night

At night:

- low light

- low sound

- were always awake at night and sleeping in the day

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