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4:36pm
April 18, 2013
➸ Trying to find the right words: people trying to become autism stereotypes is also a thing
I wish it wasn’t.
WHAT? Please explain this to me?
It’s like…
Autistic folks thinking that being a legitimate autistic person means you have to have specific stereotypical attributes, or even ALL the stereotypical autistic attributes, for instance:
- find…
Weird. The non-words mental space is something I’ve experienced and described often, but rarely seen people trying to emulate. Aside from that, all these things and more, I’ve seen people trying hard to become, then some of them also treating like shit any autistic people who weren’t like that (“you aren’t really autistic because you’re not a stereotype, I’m really autistic because I’m pretending to be a stereotype!”). Thus putting pressure on others, to hide and pretend, self perpetuating cycle.
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mellopetitone reblogged this from deducecanoe and added:I do the loud thing too and I doubt my hearing loss helps. I apparently talk so loud it’s painful to others without...
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deducecanoe reblogged this from madeofpatterns and added:Yeah. I guess… OMG TRY TO LOOK NORMAL is my first instinct, and it’s borne out of fear, I will let my arms flail over...
withasmoothroundstone reblogged this from madeofpatterns and added:Oh that makes a lot of sense. I’ve had trouble with similar things. Where I was a lot like a certain thing, but not...
satyrheartbeat reblogged this from withasmoothroundstone and added:No I agree we should recognize this and hold it to the light. I just don’t like conflict and I get sick and anxious when...
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acting-captain-irrayditation reblogged this from deducecanoe and added:Is this related to the thing where people use their non-existent Aspergers to get away with being a jerk?
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