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diff --git a/content/entry/shit-neurotypicals-say-to-autistics.md b/content/entry/shit-neurotypicals-say-to-autistics.md index 1ea8a67..01cbbd6 100644 --- a/content/entry/shit-neurotypicals-say-to-autistics.md +++ b/content/entry/shit-neurotypicals-say-to-autistics.md @@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ title: "Shit Neurotypicals Say to Autistics" date: 2023-01-04T00:00:00 draft: false -makerefs: false --- > "I don't have a problem with autistic people, but I hate weird people." @@ -46,7 +45,7 @@ I may have to ask you to repeat yourself multiple times or explain yourself in a I may not seem autistic if you only talk to me for a few minutes. That's because I've spent my whole life forging an entire fake neurotypical personality through brutal trial-and-error just to survive socially. I've gotten good enough at it over the years to fool you, but it is all just an act. -You don't realize how insulting it is when you deny my autism. It's insulting for a few reasons. To begin with, it's why you say it. You see autism only as this awful, crippling affliction. While it is crippling, it also lets me do things that neurotypicals can't. Like I said in my previous entry[1], it's more of a trade-off than a pure disability. The biggest reason autism is so crippling for me is the way other people treat me. We have to be very careful in distinguishing how much of autism is a disability because of inherent deficits and how much is a disability because of society's unwillingness to accommodate people who don't conform to the norm. +You don't realize how insulting it is when you deny my autism. It's insulting for a few reasons. To begin with, it's why you say it. You see autism only as this awful, crippling affliction. While it is crippling, it also lets me do things that neurotypicals can't. Like I said in [my previous entry](/2022/12/26/i-am-autistic-not-retarded/), it's more of a trade-off than a pure disability. The biggest reason autism is so crippling for me is the way other people treat me. We have to be very careful in distinguishing how much of autism is a disability because of inherent deficits and how much is a disability because of society's unwillingness to accommodate people who don't conform to the norm. I have been mocked by family members because of my autism. I have been ostracized by my peers and targeted by bullies all through my education. During most of this, I had no clue I was autistic. I had suspicions in my late teens, but even then I didn't realize how much it was shaping my life or how my life could've gone differently had someone noticed and got me the support I needed earlier on. When you deny that I'm autistic, you're denying my past and present reality. @@ -106,7 +105,3 @@ There are people out there who look for things to be offended by, but I'm not on ## Conclusion There are more things I could add to this list, but I think I've covered the main points. My hope is that neurotypicals reading this will gain a newfound respect and understanding for autistics and that other autistics reading this can relate to what I'm saying. - - -Link(s): -[1: I Am Autistic, Not Retarded](/2022/12/26/i-am-autistic-not-retarded/) |