#autpunk

if you see people who are unintelligent as lesser, in any way, that is ableist. hard pill to swallow for those who aren't developmentally disabled, i know. i don't want to coddle y'all about it anymore, though.

it’s not a flaw in my being! it’s just my autism! needing a comfort object doesn’t make you lesser. it doesn’t make you weak or childish or a failure. i wish courage to anyone who needs it to bring your comfort items with you wherever they can help!

when i point this out, i often get the question of why i hold autistic people to such a high standard. if allistic people can talk about high support needs autistic people like this, then so can they. no, you fucking can't. no one should, and i call out everyone who does so. not having empathy is not an excuse. i also struggle with empathy. insulting and insinuating disabled people are subhuman cannot be explained by a lack of emotional empathy or other autistic traits. it can only be explained by the fact you are a horrible person.

If you were elsewhere on the internet in the mid-2010s, you'd know why.

It’s the last day of April and the last day of Autism “Awareness” month, but (un)fortunately for me every other month of the year is Autism Rage-At-Ableist-Oppression month! You can get these as stickers on my Redbubble

[Image ID: A drawing of four children stand in a line. They are all smiling. Far left is a boy with tan skin and vitiligo. He has short brown hair and wears headphones and chews a necklace. He wears a jacket and pants, and his shoes are untied. Next to him is a boy with dark skin and short black hair. He wears shorts and a shirt. He wears an AAC device around his neck and is waving his hands in the air. He has four fingers on one hand and is barefoot. Toward the center is a girl with dark skin and short black hair. She wears a shirt with buttons, a skirt, and a helmet. She also wears shoes and socks and holds a fidget in her hand. She is shaking her other hand in front of her face with her eyes closed. Far right is a girl with light skin and blond hair in two ponytails. She wears a compression vest, leggings, and socks. She also wears glasses and has a hearing aid in one ear and a cochlear implant on the other side of her head. In front of her are coloured blocks. Above the four children are large red letters reading “Autism Swag”. Underneath are smaller letters reading “Adapt, accommodation, accessibility, acceptance!” End ID.]