Is anyone keeping a list of all the rich assholes who are suddenly claiming to be #autistic? I default to believing people when they say they are autistic, even without a medical diagnosis, but some of this feels like it could be someone pretending to be autistic as a cover for a history of bad behavior. And I really don't like the implication that being autistic causes people to act so much like monsters that you can't tell the difference.
I usually have great sympathy for late-dx folk and respect self-dx, but sometimes I wonder if these people who lie all the damn time might possibly be lying about being autistic, too. Hah, I remember when the problem was rich assholes claiming to be Highly Sensitive People or have a Non-Verbal Learning Disorder to avoid the stigma of an autism label. I'm so confused now.
#ActuallyAutistic
I usually have great sympathy for late-dx folk and respect self-dx, but sometimes I wonder if these people who lie all the damn time might possibly be lying about being autistic, too. Hah, I remember when the problem was rich assholes claiming to be Highly Sensitive People or have a Non-Verbal Learning Disorder to avoid the stigma of an autism label. I'm so confused now.
#ActuallyAutistic
josh susser •
But it never works to say something like "Sorry for the miscommunication. I'm autistic and these things happen. Let's try that again." That almost always results in ignorant allistics saying "You can't use autism as an excuse for being an asshole! You're probably lying about the autism too!" They do that because they think their way of communicating is the only correct one, and if we use our natural autistic communication style they see it as wrong and disrespectful, and so we must be assholes for talking to them that way.
Nothing simple or easy about this stuff. I wish people weren't so damn ignorant about autism.
#ActuallyAutistic
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