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7:36am January 3, 2014

Autism.

madeofpatterns:

crystal1stokes:

People with autism do not lie.

People with autism do not judge.

People with autism do not play mind games.

People with autism do not hate.

Maybe people can learn something from them.

All of these are dangerous misconceptions that hurt autistic people.

We aren’t mystical innocents. We’re people.

We do all of those things.

The misconception leads in two dangerous directions:

1. “You’re autistic so you can’t ever do those things.” / “The more autistic you are the less you’ll do those things.”

2. “You do those things so you’re not autistic.” / “The more you do those things the less autistic you are.”

I know someone autistic who deliberately manipulates both sets at once? (How? She claims to be extremely autistic, and then convinces others that various people are not autistic by proving they have ever done those things. Some autistic people are some of the first people to get convinced that other people are not autistic this way, because they have absorbed these stereotypes. Then they shun other autistic people from the autistic community if they are proven to have done these things ever in their lives. All thereby making the autistic person in question very happy because she is sadistic and likes to see communities torn apart. No, being autistic doesn’t mean she’s nice, but she manipulates the idea that she’s innocent for all she’s worth. I’ve even seen her talk about the way she manipulates the innocent disabled person stereotype to her benefit when hurting people, so I know it’s absolutely deliberate.)

The uses of this stereotype are not always so cold and calculated, but they are always, always damaging and destructive.

Notes:
  1. lanadelshay reblogged this from iwilleatyourenglish
  2. half-sassed reblogged this from dotti55 and added:
    Anyone who thinks people with autism don’t lie: try asking my 3-year-old whether his diaper is poopy. See how honest an...
  3. dotti55 reblogged this from ninjapirate83 and added:
    Perhaps some more severe forms of autism, but my experience with my Autistic son completely flies in the face of this...
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  13. rebelrose19 reblogged this from gryblogs and added:
    Well I didn’t mean they were a lower class. Their brains do work differently from ours but it’s a good thing and they’re...
  14. gryblogs reblogged this from rebelrose19 and added:
    It’s a good thing when it’s “As a mark of his character, he chooses not to lie or judge others, although he is perfectly...
  15. shedoesntwantthed reblogged this from rebelrose19 and added:
    Intent is irrelevant. The appropriate thing to do in a situation like this is to admit you fucked up and apologise.
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  17. iamthefooliseek reblogged this from ughsocialjustice and added:
    i’m pretty sure everyone who has ever lived on this planet who is capable of speaking communicating to others has lied...
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  19. mermerlatte reblogged this from autisticmurasakibaramoved and added:
    My brother has autism and he lies to my parents and his teachers all the time. Every time he does something bad, he...
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