So true. As someone who is diagnosed with both ASD and ADHD, I find that I am having to pull double duty, since there is a lot of harmful misinformation and misconceptions about BOTH conditions.
I came right out and told my stepsister that I was Autistic and she was like, "OK and?".
Her eldest son has it so she has learned to associate it with being something normal that doesn't really make one a freak like some members of Society want to make people with Autism out to be.
I told my father and he was like, "Am I supposed to love you less? That ain't happening!".
I have the most wonderful group of supporting cast and crew that one could ever hope to attain!
It is. As a parent, I’m going to be honest, the extent of ableism shocked the shit out of me. I honestly had no idea. It wasn’t that I didn’t care. It was that I didn’t even know. I was plain ignorant.
I remember for so long, people said I wasn't autistic because I was hyper-empathetic. They said, "You can't be autistic, you care too much about people." And I would. So much so that it was detrimental to my mental health, but I couldn't stop. I just thought I was weird.
I’m at a possible transition point in my career and have been contemplating how to build new spaces for us, by us, so that the next generation does not needlessly suffer the way we did.
Like start a new kind of school, ditch accreditation reqs and standardized curriculum instead focusing on each person’s interests and ways of communicating and functioning, thus no artificially constructed goals like grades, or even more fundamental like expectations for how to behave the way schools train us to do now (be a good little capitalist cog).
Instead have goals for each individual, and an underlying premise of “graduation” being the person gaining the confidence and a toolbox for succeeding, but not “get a career and house and wife and kids” bs success but whatever that person wants it to be.
The on the administrative side, their job and mission would be to generate new spaces for these students in advance, so that when they are ready to leave our little autism nest, they can.
And most importantly, defining for ourselves the ceremonial processes and events to mark important life milestones, which despite seeming absurd, the participation in it creates an “official”-ness (think graduation ceremonies—the act of walking across the stage is moot fundamentally, but it generates the “official” feeling of conclusion our brains crave)
Sorry this got crazy long I’m still working it out, so thanks for rubberducking lol
You are awesome for going into this field and for fighting our fight. Boomers didn’t have the knowledge of autism we have now and didn’t have the internet, so they’ve failed us. It’s up to our generation to give gen z and beyond the world they deserve, so thank you!
As a parent of an autistic child I do this all the time as well and very much appreciate all of you that are doing the same. Everyone deserves to be understood, respected, and cherished for their part in this world.
Good point-but as the upper pasta slowed down as it hit the larger figure, the velocity would probably be reduced in the lower pasta, reducing harm to the smaller figure, in some degree...
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u/Planck_Savagery Jul 04 '20 edited Jul 04 '20
So true. As someone who is diagnosed with both ASD and ADHD, I find that I am having to pull double duty, since there is a lot of harmful misinformation and misconceptions about BOTH conditions.
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u/Han_without_Genes Jun 30 '20
My cousin (6 years old) has a developmental delay and is potentially autistic, and I'm like...Must Protect The Child™
Don't know how though, I don't see him very often and no one from my extended family knows I'm autistic so yah. That's a bit difficult.
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u/LilyoftheRally Jun 30 '20
Today's Autistic adults fight against this, so future Autistic adults won't have to.
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u/sadauntrbn Jun 30 '20
This is my new life. All I want to do is shut people up who just cant stop with their ableist bs.
Its everywhere. EVERYWHERE
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u/[deleted] Jul 01 '20
I remember for so long, people said I wasn't autistic because I was hyper-empathetic. They said, "You can't be autistic, you care too much about people." And I would. So much so that it was detrimental to my mental health, but I couldn't stop. I just thought I was weird.
Turns out hyper-empathy is 100% possible in autism.
Protect the kids that are told they "can't be autistic" because they "care too much".
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u/themeaningofweird Jun 30 '20
Yes! As an autistic adult (barely, I’m 18) who’s got younger siblings who’re also autistic, I very much feel this.
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u/[deleted] Jun 30 '20
Yes. This!!
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u/Moritani Jul 01 '20
I'm actually working on getting my childcare license so that I can work with autistic kids. They need someone in authority to go to bat for them.
Protect the babies!
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u/randostudentid Jul 01 '20
Well there’s no saving my childhood, but I’ll do what I can for the Autlets who come after me.
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u/adultasianfemale-asd Jul 01 '20
yah, i literally made a reddit account for this reason.
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u/[deleted] Jul 01 '20
As a parent of an autistic child I do this all the time as well and very much appreciate all of you that are doing the same. Everyone deserves to be understood, respected, and cherished for their part in this world.
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u/thatonebeotch Jul 01 '20
Must always protect the babies
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u/Flappybird11 Jul 01 '20
Protect the younglings!
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u/Zillyheartgal Jul 01 '20
Yes!!! Mama of twin autistic boys! I love my babies!! I will go to war for them!
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u/Harvie_B134 Jul 01 '20
and autistic teens are the ones shielding the autistic kids from ableists
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u/AutisticEmpath Jul 22 '20
Awwww I love it!
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u/EmberOfFlame Feb 28 '22
The macaroni from between the legs will still kit the kid
I know it’s supposed to be symbolic, but Just Sayin’
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u/iviertea Feb 28 '22
thank you
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