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possibly controversial disability community opinion: long-term caregivers should be considered somewhat part of the disability community and i'm kind of tired of excluding caregivers from discussions about ableism and systemic issues when caregivers also get the short end of the stick right alongside us every. single. time.

"some caregivers are ableist and caregiving doesn't inherently make you a good person" and "caregivers are regularly affected by ableism and systemic issues" are two things that are both true.

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once again thinking about how fucked up it is that special ed used me and other disabled children as unpaid, coerced labor. i worked enough to be making $100 a week. i was "paid" in fake money redeemable only at the school cafeteria, which i worked at, and was forced to do things that distressed me. they gave us $1 a week, if they remembered to give it to us at all.

this was while i would sometimes go the entire day without eating because i didn't have the money to buy food and the free food was not sensory safe. we also worked outside the community - grocery stores, warehouses, shoe stores security tagging items. all under the guise of job skill development, we did $100 of labor a week without ever getting paid. and we were demeaned while we did it. and we were just teens.

so no, i don't want to hear about how special education is good. not with the way me and my peers were treated and taken advantage of. death to institutionalization, in all forms.

"If you want to call yourself Autistic you should at least be seeking a medical diagnosis!"

I don't think you understand.

Diagnosed Autistics can be denied entry to certain countries and even deported from them.

Diagnosed Autistics can have their children taken from them.

Diagnosed Autistics can be denied life saving organ transplants.

Diagnosed Autistics can be forcibly institutionalized and subject to torture in the name of "treatment".

Historically, the Nazis would sort Autistic children into groups to be either "re-educated" or murdered.

Now, RFK Jr wants to create a "national autism registry".

Not only are diagnoses extremely difficult to obtain depending on your race, gender, where you live etc, they can put you in danger if the wrong person finds out about them. Autistics have valid reasons for not wanting their autism on official record. We are still an actively persecuted minority group.

abled ppl who insist they aren't ableist are actually so chill with eugenics until you call it eugenics

"well offering euthanasia to people with disabilities who can't afford to live is–" eugenics. it's eugenics.

"why do disabled people have children? I mean they're just consigning them to this painful life–" eugenics <3

"but their quality of life is so reduced how can they justify bringing kids into–" ✨eugenics✨

"maybe medicine has advanced too far. I mean why are we keeping people with [insert condition here] alive when their quality of life–" EUGENICS

idc if you're ✨concerned✨ for my ✨quality of life✨ that's a) not your problem and b) something which could be improved by providing better accommodations for disabled ppl and making sure we have to deal with less ableist bullshit and ableist assholes like yourself.

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Out in public, visibly disabled people on a regular basis get mocked, harassed, assaulted, have boundaries violated and bodily autonomy disrespected, not to mention photographed and filmed for social media without permission. Truly if one thinks "looking disabled" gives you more privileges and lets you be taken more seriously then they need a reality check slapped into them at this point.

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“Your mental illness is an explanation, not an excuse” man that’s wild because it seems like mentally ill people aren’t allowed to make any mistake ever

#mad pride #ableism #systemic ableism #saneism

If you’re seeking an autism diagnosis I need you to understand a few things pleeaase hear me out

Not meeting the actual criteria is the only valid reason for them to deem you allistic!!!

just so we’re clear, the actual criteria says nothing about avoiding eye contact, flat affect, flapping hands, or anything along the lines of outwardly seeming “autistic enough” (because it is a neurological condition, in your brain, which is not visible. there is no such thing as looking or seeming autistic because autism doesn’t look or seem any one way, it is extremely different for everyone)

If they cite any of these commonly cited reasons (or anything other than the actual criteria)…RUN. Do not take them seriously. Consult a less ignorant clinician. Seek help elsewhere

If you are actually worried about not seeming autistic enough, say something like “I’m high masking and am not able to unmask on command, will the assessment account for this?” when you meet your assessor

If you know you are uncomfortable with confrontation or unable to hold your ground in that kind of situation, look into getting a patient advocate.

Allistic people do not spend time and energy obsessing over whether or or not they’re autistic. They just don’t. So if you really truly think you are and you want a clinical diagnosis, do not give up. Do not take no for an answer. You know yourself better than anyone.

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