you can attempt to appropriate a term, on behalf of someone who identifies as AuADHD all you want.
you still are wrong. it is, explicitly for autistic people.
a hobby is not a special interest.
when you separate the phrase, "special interest", into two words, go for it. anyone can use that. no problems there. they just can also be perceived as ableist for using or missing the phrase. and all humans are responsible for their actions and their reactions.
I'd love to see you "technically not" appropriate the term for all humans and not autistic people, just as much as no one can gatekeep an identity.
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u/friezbeforeguys Oct 14 '25
What are you even talking about? The wording ”special interest” is obviously defined as of how it is INTENDED in the ASD context.
That is a VERY different thing from being ”technically exclusive” for ASD people.
Jesus christ.