Dahlia

“OBVIOUSLY this was sarcasm. OBVIOUSLY this was rhetorical. it’s so OBVIOUS to all us allistic people. how could anyone not know that??? how dumb are you???? are you 5??? can you read??? how could you possibly not be able to intrinsically tell the tone of this text post??? you’re just playing dumb. you’re being willfully obtuse. you’re using weaponized incompetence.”

and if you dare point out that autism makes it hard to tell tone or intent:

“stop using your autism as an excuse! my brother/friend/cousin has autism and he still knows when someone is joking!”

like i’m so tired. i’m so tired. god forbid an autistic person display a textbook symptom of their disorder!

"There's no thoughts, no pain, no ego. No fear. They simply exist. Like furniture."

But then when he turns the light off, the wheelchair user turns his lamp on. When Mary hits The Pirate with the concrete piece, he yells in pain. Clark consoles The Pirate as though its feelings might be hurt. And when the memory of his wife sees The Pirate, she tries desperately to get away.