#privelege

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Meanwhile there are people who desperately need a diagnosis for vital services and can’t get it due to cost. There are higher support needs autistic people who were visibly disabled as children who never got a diagnosis of autism or another developmental disability because of severe medical neglect.

I know people with higher support needs that have showed obvious signs of autism from VERY early childhood to the point schools repeatedly pointed it out. The parents never tested their children or listened to the schools’ concerns. I know a person with high support needs that was in and out of institutions their entire childhood and doesn’t have a diagnosis of autism because their adoptive parents hid or destroyed their medical records and tried to pretend they had a non disabled child.

These people are unable to get access to the services and supports they desperately need. They are left completely stuck. They can’t get disability benefits or paid support people because they don’t have a diagnosis. Most are only even alive because of a close partner takes care of them. If they had been diagnosed when they started showing obvious signs it would have been in early childhood or when they entered school.

A diagnosis isn’t a privilege for medium, high, and even some low support needs people. It’s a fucking necessity. When some medium and high support needs people don’t have a diagnosis they can die because they don’t have services and can’t care for themselves.

When a late diagnosed low support needs person who can mask very well and has a high paying white collar career doesn’t get a diagnosis they don’t get emotional validation and can’t wear headphones at work.

Ok I know that isn’t entirely accurate and I’m being harsh. I just want to show that the stakes are nowhere near the same. I know low support needs people struggle. But higher support needs people can literally die without support.

And when some people whine about “oh my precious validation” they miss the fucking point. They don’t understand how for lots of autistic people a diagnosis is the only way they can get support in any official way. When professional diagnosis is framed as a way to prove yourself right, instead of as a way to get services it hurts autistic people. Especially the most marginalized autistic people and autistic people who need a diagnosis out of necessity.

Also high support needs people who did get a diagnosis in early childhood are NOT privileged. The main reason they did get an early diagnosis is usually that their symptoms were so visibly disabling people couldn’t ignore it.

Calling a professional diagnosis a privilege feels like calling food or housing a privilege. Technically it is a privilege if you enough food because many don’t. But food is a RIGHT, not a privilege. Because it’s required for survival. For some autistic people a professional diagnosis is required for survival. So it’s not a privilege. It’s a right.

If anything making it until your 30s until anyone notices anything is wrong is the privilege. Because that means that your autism wasn’t causing a significant delay in milestones like talking, toileting or other activities. There may have still been some delays looking back, but they weren’t so obvious that everyone noticed and intervened.

Say the things they are not safe to say. Make sure the communities who cannot speak safely are heard. Needless to say, I am not telling you to take credit for their words but to make their voices heard above the noise. If you can afford to be arrested, get yourself out there. Stand up before there is no one to stand up for you.

Change is not achieved by peace when the policymakers are not giving us the option to be peaceful.

Astrology observations throughout the years. Take what resonates. ♡

Libra Moons 🌙:

Things may come easily to them, b/c they’ve earned that due to previous lifetimes of giving, charity, mediating situations, other good deeds, and possibly some (or a lot of) people pleasing. You could have even been royalty in a past life. They are very blessed. In general, they may have been very much financially well off in past lives and could have lived very comfortably & in tranquility (this can also apply to ones with Libra in the 4th house). You may have "had it made" growing up and even up to adulthood. Ex: Doja Cat's parents were both basically already somewhat famous (artist mother + dancer/musician and actor father) and they lived mostly lived in L.A. of all places. Although, her father currently resides in South Africa. Doja even admitted to never having a job in her life, on top of being able to drop out of H.S. at only 16 and then later rising to fame not too long after, after of course much hard work musically + dance wise, real dedication through her music and local performances, until she eventually blew up from “Moo,” 🍼 which was originally just a meme song. She’s a Virgo moon, but her moon is at the Libra degree, so she’s both. Ariana Grande is another prime Libra Moon example, basically already being born into wealth + spoiled and not really having to work much in her life, until she decided to pursue her own career music career, aside from acting on Nickelodeon which seemingly came to her pretty easily to her, especially based off of her looks. Jennette McCurdy (Ariana’s former co-star) even admitted to being jealous of her for some of these reasons.

Libra is, the most beautiful 🎀 sign of the zodiac, after all. Not saying that’s how she got famous, but I’m sure it definitely helped or played a part in it, along with her Venusian personality, just like Doja. Let’s not forget, pretty privilege does exist in the industry lol. This also applies to ones who have the moon at 6°, 15° or 24°. Chloe Bailey is another great example, who has been knowing + connected to Beyonce, basically since she was a baby and she is now Beyonce's trainee + upcoming successor. May or may not apply to ones who have the moon in the 7th house. I have a younger cousin who has a Libra Moon and his house, car, etc was basically just handed to him by his family, not to mention generational wealth that will soon become his, once he inherits it later on. Your mother may praise or brag on you a lot (similar to Leo moon's, but diff with the bragging part), especially about how poise or graceful you can be. You could have many privileges (including pretty privilege lololol) and your mother could have spoi🥛ed you or you can very well be seen as spoiled by others from the outside looking in. Your mother may be very proud of you as well, Mr. or Ms. Libra moon. ♡

Note : Ice Spice 🧊 also has her moon at the Libra degree and she rose to fame extremely fast, blessed enough to become an industry plant. :)