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2:47pm June 29, 2014

into-the-weeds:

autisticfandomthings:

People who take the words from ideologies but not the ideas are really scary. Because they cloak their horrible ideas in the language you use to fight people like them, and it makes it really difficult to explain what they’re doing wrong.

Like special ed teachers who say “people first” and then use that to disrespect the language choices of disabled people, and then don’t actually bother remembering that we’re people anyway.

And “autism parents” who will spout “different not less” all over the place,  but still try to cure their child and stop them from stimming.

“Presuming competence” as a way of ignoring and marginalizing people with intellectual disabilities.

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    Hearing “behavior is communication” always makes me feel really defensive. I understand what it actually means, but what...
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    This this this. The fact that so many autism parents and autistic people still think that it’s appropriate and justified...