Dec 27, 2021
AUGH I want to SCREAM FROM THE ROOFTOPS
Pointing is communication! Crying is communication! To stop crying is communication! Just because a disabled person cannot, for whatever reason, communicate with what you recognize as words does NOT MEAN that they cannot communicate! I don’t know if there are any humans that have NO way of communicating!
#this is in response to an argument on TikTok about curing autistics from several months ago now#‘I should be allowed to want a cure for my niece because she can’t communicate’#shut up. you can’t communicate with HER.#there are some severe disabilities that may limit a person’s ability to communicate to pointing#or crying#or blinking#but I have NEVER heard of someone being completely incapable of communicating#and it is so. extremely. ableist. to consider only speech or letter boards communication#speech includes sign languages btw <3#ppl can communicate. autistic folks can communicate.#and if you do not know whether they want a cure#AFTER being exposed to the greater autistic community and not just you and your probably equally ableist family#then YOU? have no right to demand one#if you are allistic you have NO RIGHT TO DEMAND A CURE FOR AUTISM#I DO NOT CARE. WHY YOU WANT ONE. I don’t care that you want to ‘help’ your autistic relative#demanding a cure only harms us#and demanding a cure because YOU haven’t figured out the concept of communication is YOUR problem#and YOUR ableism
