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diff --git a/content/entry/i-am-autistic-not-retarded.md b/content/entry/i-am-autistic-not-retarded.md index 99a6069..0a23e8d 100644 --- a/content/entry/i-am-autistic-not-retarded.md +++ b/content/entry/i-am-autistic-not-retarded.md @@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ The word "retard" implies a deficit without a trade-off, so a person who is mark That's because society is built for neurotypicals. Everything is twice as hard for us not only because our abilities differ, but because we're set up to fail. Employers won't hire us unless we maintain a fake neurotypical alter ego. Our coworkers refuse to work with us. We struggle to find acceptance everywhere we go. Social predators target us. We're expected to understand passive aggressive 4D social mind games we don't relate to and we're scolded when we show our real self. -We're not broken. Our progress is stifled by a society which could accomodate us, but refuses to. As a traveller, I can say with confidence that some regions are easier to function in as an autistic person than others. If being retarded means functioning poorly in society, then where I happen to be geographically makes me more or less retarded. That just seems absurd. Not to mention all the neurotypicals that function poorly in society. +We're not broken. Our progress is stifled by a society which could accommodate us, but refuses to. As a traveller, I can say with confidence that some regions are easier to function in as an autistic person than others. If being retarded means functioning poorly in society, then where I happen to be geographically makes me more or less retarded. That just seems absurd. Not to mention all the neurotypicals that function poorly in society. ## Social Abilities For high-functioning autistics, there's a fine line between disability and capability. For example, I speak and understand English and Spanish. I can hold conversations with hundreds of millions more people around the world than monolingual neurotypicals. So if we're just talking quantity, I'm more socially functional than many neurotypicals. |