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12:02pm June 23, 2014

madeofpatterns:

another reason “allistic” bothers me

it doesn’t leave a lot of room for the concept “cousin”

Notes:
  1. aspiewriter6390 reblogged this from demondykes
  2. keeperofthehens reblogged this from jellyskies
  3. shennanigma reblogged this from captainzana
  4. captainzana reblogged this from madeofpatterns and added:
    Fair enough
  5. madeofpatterns reblogged this from chavisory and added:
    I also don’t think that using NT to mean not autistic and not a cousin is actually a horrible thing to do. The fact that...
  6. autisticbisexualsokka reblogged this from withasmoothroundstone and added:
    This was the most fascinatingly perfect way to respectfully explain a thing about another person that irritates oneself.
  7. withasmoothroundstone reblogged this from chavisory and added:
    No it was coined pretty serious, by Ettina Shee. She has a unique approach to words. Her basic idea is… Like if she sees...
  8. chavisory reblogged this from withasmoothroundstone and added:
    Yes, that sequence of events makes sense. Because I had been under the impression–apparently wrongly–that the word was...
  9. mizufae reblogged this from andromedalogic and added:
    not that i particularly have much of a pony in this race but yes this articulates the thing that has been bothering me
  10. into-the-weeds reblogged this from dendriforming and added:
    Like, regardless, it’s sure as hell not being used satirically now.
  11. witchyautisticweirdo reblogged this from withasmoothroundstone and added:
    I remember it beginning to circulate around 2011. I remember it gaining popular use due to the blog fyeahautismspectrum....
  12. autistichellspawn reblogged this from autistic-mom and added:
    This is pretty much the only reason it bothers me.
  13. stem-queen reblogged this from withasmoothroundstone
  14. mttheww reblogged this from withasmoothroundstone and added:
    I couldn’t find that one but here’s one from 2003 that appears to be satirical:...
  15. dendriforming reblogged this from withasmoothroundstone and added:
    I remember seeing the discussion a couple of years ago that got it popularized. And… I have no idea how to find that...
  16. andromedalogic reblogged this from into-the-weeds
  17. autistic-mom reblogged this from madeofpatterns
  18. everybody-spoops reblogged this from into-the-weeds
  19. padre-diablo reblogged this from withasmoothroundstone and added:
    Agreed.
  20. wondering-ai reblogged this from into-the-weeds
  21. jellyskies reblogged this from into-the-weeds
  22. karalianne reblogged this from madeofpatterns and added:
    I know that I am allistic, but I identified as a cousin for so long (and technically still do, even if the term isn’t...