#lateral ableism

I just saw a video of someone saying something along the lines of “being without ADHD medication is like being without a wheelchair! If people were waiting this long for wheelchairs and having to crawl around their homes then something would be done immediately, so why can’t I get ADHD meds??”

yeah, you're autistic, but do you make fun of people who have "childish" or "immature" interests? do you look down on people who talk to themselves or use obvious, unmasked repetititive movements in public and/or avoid being associated with then? do you berate people who can't understand social cues and/or nuance and/or aren't adept at realizing when they're crossing boundaries as you are because you think that they "should know better"? do you treat people who can't always or ever tell that someone else is bullying / mistreating them like they're too clueless to have autonomy? do you look on in disgust at people who aren't toilet trained / don't maintain hygiene / have "gross habits"? do you view others who don't try as hard to mask and / or aren't as adept as "putting on a show" or "faking" their autistic traits?

I don't know which autistic person needs to hear this, but...

atp i feel like i hear “pull urself up by ur bootstraps” more often from my disabled peers than from abled people. and it’s often from a person who refuses to accept their own disability bc theyve lived an ostensibly ‘functional’ life (working and living alone etc), and most importantly, who believes the reason they can live independently is moral virtue and strong willpower instead of sheer chance. we’ve all met someone like this. ur coworker/classmate with the same chronic illness as u who tells u to “just get over it” when ur suffering. ur obviously autistic parent who insists that neither of u need accommodations actually.

"Decision paralysis" No!! That's not a form of paralysis!! Shut!! Up!!

A sentiment I see sometimes, mostly in the high masking level 1 LSN autistic community, is the disdain for all labels about how impaired you are, especially the autism levels and support needs.