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July 14, 2013
➸ Trying to find the right words: dendriforming: mulder-are-you-suggesting: allies-person: In essence...
In essence what I don’t like about a lot of “anit-ableist" discourse on Tumblr is that it buys into the uber-medicalization of everything, when I think that disability rights ought to challenge medicalization and firm…
Yeah. I only see the idea if autism as relevant when it helps you get services, helps you understand yourself, or helps people with things in common come together.
I get really angry when people start making a huge deal about who counts as autistic and who doesn’t, which kind of autistic people are better or more deserving than others, or play more autistic than thou head games. Because it takes away from the only useful functions of the word. And it drives people apart and makes them afraid to speak up or seek answers about themselves. All to satisfy the egos and insecurities of a few screwed up autistic people or parents.
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withasmoothroundstone reblogged this from madeofpatterns and added:Yeah. I only see the idea if autism as relevant when it helps you get services, helps you understand yourself, or helps...
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dendriforming reblogged this from mulder-are-you-suggesting and added:Makes sense to me. The partner will call himself ‘part of the autistic community’ but not 'autistic’ due to discomfort...
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mulder-are-you-suggesting reblogged this from alliecat-person and added:I don’t know if this is even related to what you’re saying but… though I identify as autistic, and really like the...
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alliecat-person reblogged this from withasmoothroundstone and added:Yeah, it’s definitely true that this general mentality pre-dated Tumblr. I do think that on Tumblr in certain circles...
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autistichellspawn reblogged this from withasmoothroundstone and added:Definitely sure it started long before tumblr and FWD is the perfect example. I always see people going on about “tumblr...
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