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I hope everyone here is having a good Autism Acceptance Month.
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April is “Autism Awareness Month”, so here are a few reminders for you to keep in mind:
Autism Speaks is a hate group.
The reasoning behind “Light It Up Blue” (that there are more autistic boys than girls) stems from a tendency in doctors to base their autism diagnoses on stereotypes and sometimes refuse to diagnose girls.
Most autistic people don’t want a “cure” for autism and don’t support Autism Speaks.
Autism Speaks has given abusive/ableist parents legitimacy by portraying autism as a terrifying, life-ruining affliction and sympathising with parents who have contemplated killing their children, or actually killed them.
The views of autistic people are more important in this topic than the views of our allistic family members and peers.
Autism is not a disease.
Very little (about 4%) of Autism Speaks’ proceeds go toward supporting autistic people. More of it goes toward catering.
Autism is not a tragedy.
What autistic people need is acceptance, not awareness.
Okay, so now that April Fool's Day is over, here's what I typed yesterday. This is the exact same stuff, just in English instead of wingdings (and I left out the first bit since it was just a ramble about the whole wingdings gag).
A︎u︎t︎i︎s︎m︎ S︎p︎e︎a︎ks︎ i︎s︎ a︎ h︎o︎r︎r︎i︎b︎l︎e︎ o︎r︎g︎a︎n︎i︎z︎a︎t︎i︎o︎n︎.︎ T︎h︎e︎y︎ m︎a︎y︎ b︎e︎ t︎r︎y︎i︎n︎g︎ t︎o︎ d︎i︎s︎t︎a︎n︎c︎e︎ t︎h︎e︎m︎s︎e︎l︎v︎e︎s︎ f︎r︎o︎m︎ t︎h︎e︎i︎r︎ p︎a︎s︎t︎,︎ b︎u︎t︎ w︎e︎ c︎a︎n︎'︎t︎ l︎e︎t︎ p︎e︎o︎p︎l︎e︎ f︎a︎l︎l︎ f︎o︎r︎ i︎t︎.︎ T︎h︎e︎r︎e︎'︎s︎ n︎o︎ w︎a︎y︎ t︎o︎ e︎r︎a︎s︎e︎ o︎r︎ "︎t︎a︎ke︎ b︎a︎c︎k"︎ t︎h︎a︎t︎ w︎r︎e︎t︎c︎h︎e︎d︎ "︎I︎ A︎m︎ A︎u︎t︎i︎s︎m︎"︎ v︎i︎d︎e︎o︎.︎ T︎h︎e︎r︎e︎'︎s︎ n︎o︎ t︎a︎ki︎n︎g︎ b︎a︎c︎k t︎h︎a︎t︎ ki︎n︎d︎ o︎f︎ a︎b︎l︎e︎i︎s︎m︎.︎ I︎f︎ I︎ r︎e︎m︎e︎m︎b︎e︎r︎ c︎o︎r︎r︎e︎c︎t︎l︎y︎,︎ t︎h︎e︎r︎e︎ a︎r︎e︎n︎'︎t︎ e︎v︎e︎n︎ a︎n︎y︎ a︎u︎t︎i︎s︎t︎i︎c︎ p︎e︎o︎p︎l︎e︎ o︎n︎ t︎h︎e︎ e︎x︎e︎c︎u︎t︎i︎v︎e︎ b︎o︎a︎r︎d︎.︎ A︎u︎t︎i︎s︎m︎ l︎i︎t︎e︎r︎a︎l︎l︎y︎ d︎o︎e︎s︎ n︎o︎t︎ h︎a︎v︎e︎ a︎ v︎o︎i︎c︎e︎ a︎t︎ A︎u︎t︎i︎s︎m︎ S︎p︎e︎a︎ks︎.︎
Let's band together and take them down. Expose them on a wide scale for what they really are, and spread autism acceptance while we're at it.
Let the fiery pits of hell swallow them whole.
April is “Autism Awareness Month”, so here are a few reminders for you to keep in mind:
Autism Speaks is a hate group.
The reasoning behind “Light It Up Blue” (that there are more autistic boys than girls) stems from a tendency in doctors to base their autism diagnoses on stereotypes and sometimes refuse to diagnose girls.
Most autistic people don’t want a “cure” for autism and don’t support Autism Speaks.
Autism Speaks has given abusive/ableist parents legitimacy by portraying autism as a terrifying, life-ruining affliction and sympathising with parents who have contemplated killing their children, or actually killed them.
The views of autistic people are more important in this topic than the views of our allistic family members and peers.
Autism is not a disease.
Very little (about 4%) of Autism Speaks’ proceeds go toward supporting autistic people. More of it goes toward catering.
Autism is not a tragedy.
What autistic people need is acceptance, not awareness.
Some Reminders for Allistics
So, I know it’s not Autism Acceptance Month YET but I don’t think I can wait until then to jot this down.
Here are some reminders for allistic allies that are incredibly important:
1. “Aspie,” “autist,” and “sperg” are NOT your words and they never will be. Stop using these words if you aren’t autistic.
2. Aspergers and autism are the same thing. If you were diagnosed with “aspergers” you have autism. Aspergers is not a “less severe” form of autism. There is no such thing as a “less severe” form of autism.
3. Furthermore, the term “aspergers” has a checkered past, and the word is considered problematic at best. If you were diagnosed with aspergers and still want to call yourself an “aspie” or still want to say you have aspergers, that’s up to you, but allistics shouldn’t have a say in what an autistic person calls themself.
4. STOP USING “HIGH FUNCTIONING/LOW FUNCTIONING” TO DESCRIBE US! It’s incredibly insulting to refer to an autistic person based on how well we supposedly “function.”
5. No, it’s not “person with autism” it’s “autistic person” or whatever the autistic individual wants to refer to themself as.
6. Words like “moron,” “imbecile,” “lame,” etc. have roots in ableism, and while it’s not required that you purge them from your vocabulary, it’s incredibly important that you keep in mind their ableist past when an autistic or otherwise neurodivergent person tells you they are uncomfortable with certain words.
7. You cannot reclaim the r-slur unless you are neurodivergent, and using the r-slur as an insult, no matter who you are, is ableist and hurts ND people.
8. As with number 7, using autistic as an insult is also ableist no matter who does it, and harms ND people (autistic people in particular).
9. ABA, no matter how much it’s evolved over the years, has hurt and continues to hurt autistic people.
10. Autism manifests differently in everyone. While there are a lot of common symptoms we share, not everyone experiences autism the same way. Someone’s 5 year old autistic son will likely not behave the same way as a 30 year old autistic woman, but that doesn’t make either of them less valid.
11. Hold your faves accountable when they say or do ableist stuff. William Shatner and Sia are prime examples of famous people who are ableist specifically towards autistic people.
12. Stuff like MMS and other unscientific “treatments” for autism are NOT a thing of the past, and autistic kids are STILL being fed industrial bleach and other harmful things to this day.
13. Vaccines do NOT cause autism. They never have, and they never will. The man who came up with that myth lost his medical license BEFORE making those claims. Furthermore, those claims he made had very little if no science at all backing them up. The results were purposefully skewed in his favor.
14. ALL autistic people deserve love and respect. That includes those of us with severe anger issues, adults who have meltdowns, autistic people who wear diapers, nonverbal autistic people, those of us who have stimming behaviors that aren’t considered “cute” or “charming,” etc.
15. For the love of heck, STOP using the terms “special interest” and “hyperfixation” for things you really REALLY enjoy if you are NOT neurodivergent! Special interest is an autism specific term, so only autistic people can use it. Hyperfixation is for EVERY neurodivergent person, but NOT for neurotypicals.
16. Also, if you are not neurodivergent, you cannot call your love for satisfying behaviors “stimming.” Neurotypical people do not “stim.”
17. Sesame Street may be a classic, but in recent times, they have also shown support for Autism Speaks, which is an ableist organization that aims to eradicate autism instead of support those of us who have it. Liking Sesame Street or The Muppets doesn’t make you ableist, but it’s important to denounce their decision to partner with Auti$m $peak$.
18. Auti$m $peak$ aims to profit off of the suffering of autistic people. Their goal is not to provide help and support, their goal is to find a “cure” for autism, rather than provide actual support for autistic people. They often incorporate harmful tactics to try and “fix” autistic children, and they completely ignore or flat out deny that autistic adults exist. There is so much more wrong with A$ that I don’t have the time or patience to go into. Just do your research and listen to actual autistic people before you decide to side with an organization.
19. ADHD people and autistic people tend to share similar experiences, but ADHD and autism are NOT the same thing.
20. “Cringe culture” directly harms autistic people. I know by now the term “cringe culture is dead” has probably gotten grating, but in order to make the world more comfortable for autistic people, we have to dismantle the idea that certain behaviors are “cringe.” Cringe culture harms pretty much everyone (albeit indirectly for some people), but it is especially harmful to those of us with autism.
21. The color blue and the puzzle piece symbol are no longer acceptable ways to show support for autistic people, as both have ties with Auti$m $peak$ and various other ableist ideas. Nowadays, we use the color red and the infinity symbol instead.
22. Many autistic people have trauma tied to being called “weird,” “annoying,” “mental,” “freaks,” etc. so keep that in mind when you talk to/about us or use those words to describe someone.
Allistic people are encouraged to reblog, but don’t add anything (including unnecessary stuff in the tags).
Autistic people can add whatever they want.
HAPPY AUTISM ACCEPTANCE WEEK !!!
ok um. I wanted to do something for autism month (i might do something else other than this who knows) and my brain, instead of thinking of anything clever, went “AUTISTIC SWAG. THE GORLS WITH THE AUTISTIC SWAG” and before I had the chance to go “brain what the fuck does that even mean” I’d sketched a bunch of animated ladies I think are autistic wearing sunglasses with a color pallet I tried to make look like the autism flag. so. there. AUTISTIC SWAG.
Let's GOOOOOOO!!!
Happy Autism Acceptance Month, everyone! We are proud to have some autistic members on our team and to have Mimi representing kids on the spectrum! Show some love to the autism community today!
as things start gearing up for Autism Acceptance Month I am going to make an effort to share stuff from nonverbal, high support needs, and other words for "severely" autistic people (especially from marginalized groups like autistic people of color) and I think others should too. I chose to do this because I am very deeply opposed to the way low support people have gone about destigmatizing autism.
me, I am the epitome of the white "geeky" autistic that I read about in books from specialists and historians: I had no speech delay, I'm capable of many self-maintenance tasks like hygiene and food, but I still am not independent and I struggle greatly with social situations, show repetitive behavior, and have sensory integration problems.
by making it seem like autism is just a label for quirky people that get really into tv shows, prefer small silverware, and fidget sometimes, you've come all the way back around to encouraging ignorance. you've started to push people with more disabling autistic traits into the background of your activism or even tried to pretend your activism doesn't apply to them.
obviously it's important to acknowledge and share the ways that autistic people who can speak and maintain independence still struggle immensely in a neurotypical world, because that is something the vast majority of people still don't understand. but we need to do better at emphasizing the ways people's autism affects their lives, and advocating for the rights of people with different needs than our own.
this might seem harsh to say but it really seems like some of you are ashamed to be associated with people from different parts of the autism spectrum than you. why claim the label then?
when you see someone talk about an experience you didn't have, always make an effort to learn something from it.
come together with people from all points on the autism spectrum. make friends with them and listen to their voice, whether it's spoken or not.
it is called neurodiversity for a reason. our brains are extremely diverse, and that's why it's important to make sure you are not your only source.
if you look at one person on the spectrum, even if that person is you, that is one autistic person, and you can't make claims about autism based on that person alone.
neurotypical director: here is my movie about autism
autistic people: damm, that’s really offensive and genuinely harmful
neurotypical director: what? No no no, I worked with an autism awareness organization to make it
autistic people: what organization?
neurotypical movie director: autism speaks
autistic people: …
Neurotypical director: I showed scenes of a small autistic child getting restrained, this is really helpful for the community
autistic people: what the fuck?
neurotypical director: here is my movie about autism
autistic people: damm, that’s really offensive and genuinely harmful
neurotypical director: what? No no no, I worked with an autism awareness organization to make it
autistic people: what organization?
neurotypical movie director: autism speaks
autistic people: …
HAPPY AUTISM AWARENESS DAY!!!
❤️🧡💛💚🩵💙💜🩷
THIS.
If autism is a disease, wouldn’t we all be dead by now?
Yeah? That’s what I thought. Be quite and shove that Autism Speaks support up your ass.
Serious talk
So my mom wants to know why Auti$m $peaks is a bad organization. She wants evidence on it to. If you could provide some insight, it might convince her otherwise. Thank you and don't forget to go #redinstead.
HAPPY AUTISM ACCEPTANCE MONTH !!!
probably shoulda made this earlier in the month but SHHHHH it's my month i do what i want
they r both autistic!! fresh is AuDHD and cal is just autistic :3
(via "Autism Is Not A Flaw It's A Skillset Funny Positive Quote" Cap for Sale by TheArtOfPat)
A humorous and uplifting quote that highlights autism as a valuable skillset, promoting a positive perspective on differences.
am I a bad autistic adult if I voluntarily go to social skills therapy?
HAPPY AUTISM ACCEPTANCE MONTH !!!
probably shoulda made this earlier in the month but SHHHHH it's my month i do what i want
they r both autistic!! fresh is AuDHD and cal is just autistic :3
Dear Med Students,
I am an autistic adult. In light of several terrible doctor's appointments in a row, it's become clear that they teach you all absolutely nothing about autism. Here are some things you need to know.
I am not a child. Do not use your baby voice on an adult, regardless of whether or not they have a developmental disability.
I know when someone's dismissing me. We pick up on nonanswers like "we'll cross that bridge when we get there" very easily, because we depend on concrete answers for peace of mind.
I know what my own sexual orientation is.
I understand more than I can express to you. There is a substantial gap between what I am capable of understanding and what I can get back out of my mouth in a way that makes sense to neurotypical people.
Pain scales mean nothing to me. It's like asking me to count backwards in Sumerian. You are asking me to apply an arbitrary scale to an abstract feeling that I may experience atypically because of my whacked-out sensory system. Ask me questions about what the pain prevents me from doing instead.
My sensory system is different than yours. I cannot tell what is "normal" bodily sensation and what is not. My body interprets many inputs, like loud noises, as pain. On the other hand, I may have almost no sense of where my body is in space at a given moment. If you had to differentiate all that from a symptom of another medical condition, you'd be confused and inarticulate too.
things you shouldn't say to (or about) an autistic person:
you don't know any better
stop pretending like you don't know what I'm saying
how don't you understand? it's so simple
r slur. dont say it period.
stop being so dramatic, it's not that big a deal
stop using your autism as an excuse
*explaining things in a condescending tone like we're children*
smol bean, so precious and innocent
well it's not like they can understand anyway
*talking about us like we're not there*
you're faking for attention
but you're not that autistic
but you're really good at talking!
everyone's a little autistic
stop doing those weird motions! you're drawing attention!
you're a buzzkill
it's so hard to talk to you
oh so you're like a robot! a machine!
nevermind. (you basically admit that we're not worth the extra few seconds it would take to include us.)
*laughing or shrugging us off if we say we don't understand*
don't take things so seriously (especially when we talk about ableism. never say this.)
you're reading too much into it
wow so you're like not even human
oh so like sheldon cooper?
I know a lot about autism. I've watched rain man
but you're not screaming or flapping your hands?
but then how are you talking
oh so you must be really good at math
so are you like really good at chess?
I bet you're really good at playing a lot of instruments
ohmygosh, the good doctor is my favorite show! it's sooo good
sometimes when I'm in a bad mood and I'm tired, I can't tell what people's faces mean, I'm probably a little autistic too haha
you're just a little awkward/it's just social anxiety
you're exaggerating
so can you tell what this face means? *makes some random constipated expression*
you're just quirky!
don't be so sensitive
they're not all the way there...
I thought you'd be ranting or info-dumping about your special interest 24/7
I met an autistic person before but you guys are nothing alike
but you're not a boy?
but you're not white?
I read somewhere on [insert obscure, non-factual blogging website] that you could cure it by lighting incense. (stop trying to shove cures at us. they don't work, and we don't want one anyway.)
that's so tragic
your parents are so strong!
but then how are you making eye contact with me?
so you don't feel any empathy?
are you like a psychopath?
autism moms are superheroes
you're emotionless
so you must be really nerdy and into sci-fi huh
I bet you'll cure cancer! (unless they have explicitly stated their interest in medical research or stem, don't assume that that's where their interest lies)
why are you so anti-social?
have you even tried to make friends?
it's not that loud, I'm not gonna turn it down
don't rely on aids! you'll get there through hard work and determination. aids will only slow you down in the long run
you're insane
you're no fun. you're like a cranky old person
this show has really good autism rep!
what do you mean it's not good representation? I think you're being too harsh and judgmental
but you're actually really nice? I thought autistic people had no filter
no you're not, I would know
that must be so hard for your family
so are you low- or high-functioning?
do you read really fast like reid from criminal minds?
I wish I was autistic
you're really akward
you're bad at conversations and social cues. (thanks, I hadn't noticed.)
no, don't call yourself "autistic"! say "person with autism", because you are more than your disability ❤
but you don't look autistic
autistic people, feel free to add more :)
allistic people are encouraged to reblog, but don't clown