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10:49am May 30, 2012
autisticproblems: Autistic Problem 84: When people perceive you as articulate or intelligent, find out you’re autistic, and immediately assume that you must be an aspie. Including when the person doing the assuming is an aspie. [submitted by astrofiz] Happens to me online a lot. Not so much offline, unless they’re doing the thing where my wheelchair convinces them I look really weird entirely because of something physical. I hate this one because it only reinforces their already wrong ideas about autism and AS.

autisticproblems:

Autistic Problem 84: When people perceive you as articulate or intelligent, find out you’re autistic, and immediately assume that you must be an aspie.

Including when the person doing the assuming is an aspie.

[submitted by astrofiz]

Happens to me online a lot. Not so much offline, unless they’re doing the thing where my wheelchair convinces them I look really weird entirely because of something physical. I hate this one because it only reinforces their already wrong ideas about autism and AS.

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  1. nekobakaz reblogged this from autistic-mom
  2. freewheelingsherlockian reblogged this from autisticproblems
  3. anahita-susan-lulu-irisu reblogged this from autisticproblems and added:
    they don’t even know what an aspie is actually! not a single one, and i have trouble explaining it to them.
  4. serpentchild reblogged this from autisticproblems and added:
    Asperger’s diagnosis here. If I tell someone who knows of me as an highly intelligent college student that I have...
  5. withasmoothroundstone reblogged this from autisticproblems and added:
    Happens to me online a lot. Not so much offline, unless they’re doing the thing where my wheelchair convinces them I...
  6. storyowls reblogged this from autisticproblems and added:
    Fun fact: Autism=/=Asperger’s syndrome.
  7. unquietly reblogged this from autisticproblems
  8. street-howitzer reblogged this from autisticproblems and added:
    Double points if the person goes on to reassure you that “you’re not THAT bad”, or “I never would have guessed”.
  9. alyssabethancourt reblogged this from dreaminventor and added:
    Thank you very much for saying this:
  10. dreaminventor reblogged this from thenameoftheworms and added:
    I know a few people, that I admire very much, who are autistic. They’ve gone through college. They’ve been at the top of...
  11. sickelgaita reblogged this from thenameoftheworms and added:
    who fucking knows what aspergers is anyway there are several boxes you could put me in but I wouldn’t fit perfectly in...
  12. thenameoftheworms reblogged this from autisticproblems and added:
    “You can write somewhat coherently on the internet! CLEARLY YOU ARE NOT DISABLED.” Like seriously ugh. Or or or one I...
  13. tuuli reblogged this from thenameoftheworms
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