As a gay person who lives with autism, I am doubly offended
this post was submitted on 12 Feb 2025
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Little reminder that its the society that is the problem, not autism.
Let me rephrase this for you to make my point clear: „as an autistic person who lives with gayness“
Doesnt sound great, right?
Autism can be a huge problem for a person, I get it. But aside from very harsh cases, i think autism is being made a problem by society. I think its fair to not reinforce the toxic ideas of ableists.
This might hit me in the face, I know.
Some people view their autism as a disadvantage, some view it as neutral, some are in-between. It's never someone else's business to tell the autistic person how to view their autism. Even if you're autistic yourself, you don't get to police someone's self identification and experience and how they communicate it.
I can add some context from my own autistic experience: I think I'm no better or worse at communicating than a neurotypical, society's the problem in not accepting my style of communication. I'm literal, precise and direct, which comes off as rude, but should be acceptable. My sensory issues are an ailment though. Even a perfect society couldn't fix the fact that the sun shining in my face makes me cry.
Autism is a medical label given to a specific set of symptoms as perceived by others.
The answer to this is neurodivergence, which is how we identify ourselves and its much more inclusive.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neurodiversity
Both terms can be used though. I often say i am autistic as a fully embraced part of my identity, but much of that is because most people have never heard of neurodivergence.
