live, love, and be autistic

I lied. I can’t wait until I see the movie again. These are off the top of my head, but I’m sure I’ll add to it down the line somewhere, lol.

In case it’s not obvious from the title and the tags, there are SPOILERS BELOW THE CUT.

- befriending an object and becoming horribly distraught for days when you lose it

- putting all of your toys in rows and just looking at them instead of playing with them the “right” way

- constant echolalia because there was never anyone around to tell you off for it (until you were at school)

- staring at the wall/ceiling for hours and daydreaming until you forgot who you are

my whole life, people have told me that i am smart. but i was denied from the gifted program because I was “slow”, yet, somehow, my siblings got in. it was the autism. it made me too different to pass the fairly biased tests into a program that i honestly NEEDED to be in. 

then, in middle school, i took another gifted test when I moved to florida. again, I was slow, but you know what the gifted parents told us? to pay 1,000 to a psychologist to diagnose us as gifted. I’M NOT KIDDING. there’s a reason that all gifted programs have such rich kids in them. it isn’t because they deserve it. it’s because they paid for it.

My boyfriend and I are fleeing Hurricane Florence with my service dog (I am a Type One Diabetic) and all of our possessions packed into one car and we need some extra money because not only will both of us be out of work for up two weeks or longer because of this, but our landlord pulled the very last bit of our money from our account for rent. We have enough for our cheap hotel until Saturday (September 15th) but we have next to nothing left for gas to return home, get food, or pay for necessities when and if we can return! Any funds raised will be used for food (and not extravagant eating, I mean bread, peanut butter, and water considering all of it was sold out before we could get any of it), gas, and a place for us to stay during this event. Even $5 would be enough to help us at least get a loaf of bread to survive on.

MUSLIMS ARE GETTING PUT IN CONCENTRATION CAMPS IN CHINA

MUSLIMS ARE GETTING PUT IN CONCENTRATION CAMPS IN CHINA

There is an estimated one million people in these so called “re-education camps”. Uyghur people are being forced to assimilate into Chinese culture through marriage. Uyghur children are forced to learn Mandarin and Uyghurqi, the language, is prohibited to be taught in schools. There is a lot of Uyghur unemployment due to ethnic discrimination. Uyghur people are routinely, unjustly imprisoned, and many die. An elderly Uyghur poet was imprisoned. An Uyghur couple my family knows was beaten, and the wife suffered a miscarriage. These are just a few examples of discrimination.

Rebiya Kadeer is fighting for our voices to be heard. She is one of many who was unjustly imprisoned, due to her political activism. She was put on death row and was told to keep quiet or her family would be killed. More than 30 of her relatives have been unjustly detained in the concentration camps. Read her book (Dragon Fighter).

My culture is forcefully being erased. My people are dying. Who is listening? Who can help us?

This is ethnic cleansing.

This is the coming of the second Holocaust. I know that that word cannot be used lightly, which is why I am using it. I hope you all understand the severity of the situation.

Please spread the word. Be aware of this. Tell your friends, your family, anyone who will listen.

Uyghurs can’t reach out for help, but you can on their behalf.

-let them celebrate their holidays openly around you and encourage them to express themselves religiously. if they invite you over for a holiday, go!! they’re making an effort to let you learn more about them.

-consider any different diets they might be on (ex. kosher or even if it’s passover) when you have them over at your house. a little goes a long way with this one

-if christmas is around חנוכה that year, feel free to send them a חנוכה card!! it’s not really as big of a holiday for us but we do appreciate the effort put into making us feel included :)

-educate any of your friends that might make antisemitic jokes. even ‘grammar nazi’ jokes. standing up for jewish people goes further than when theyre just around. antisemitism isnt something that only exists when a jew is in the room.

-understand that, if they practice judaism, their beliefs arent like yours, and that that’s ok! a lot of people forget that not everyone is either a christian or an atheist whenever the topic of religion comes up. (but also remember not every jew practices or believes in judaism!!)

-if they tell you to warn them before you talk about nazis, do it. It’s really easy just to give someone a heads up before you talk about people who want them dead, especially if they’re openly jewish or a holocaust survivor descendent.

ways NOT to make a jew feel safe and comfortable:

“NAZIS are EVIL. they will KILL ALL THE JEWS. that’s just BAD. they will MURDER EVERY SINGLE JEWISH FAMILY. NO JEW IS SAFE. anyway reblog to make a jewish person feel safe and loved 🤗”