1y ago

Educate yourself.

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I started at a point of "vaccines obviously don't cause autism, that's absurd."
I transitioned through "even if they did, there's nothing wrong with being autistic"
These days I'm at "autistic people are way better than NT people and I wish vaccines caused autism"
- No. I've come to terms with who I am and even like some aspects of it that I would miss so I wouldn't give it up if I had the choice, but it's a disability for me, has been a very hard struggle, and I don't even have it as severe as some. I wouldn't wish this on more people. (Unless it was 100% of people because most of the struggles I have with the tism come from trying to live in a world designed by NTs that probably wouldn't exist in a world where everyone had tism)
  
  Oh, I getchu. I would say a huge component of the disability, probably almost all of it, is because of the ways society is structured to punish anyone who isn't a NT majority-demographic person. (Which means it literally would be better if it was 100%).
  
  Autism is a wide spectrum involving people with different life experiences. It's ok for you to say that you personally don't like being autistic, but do not use that to throw dirt on the people who are doing fine despite social discrimination.
  Unless it was 100% of people because most of the struggles I have with the tism come from trying to live in a world designed by NTs that probably wouldn’t exist in a world where everyone had tism
  ...And this adds even more to my point. This sounds to me like the message of someone who isn't suffering so much due to their innate characteristics as they have due to being discriminated. If you're at that point, the logical position isn't "I wish to be normal", but "I wish society wasn't so full of assholes and was more tolerant".
- Me and my girlfriend are both autistic and we would never wish this on anyone. Our child will most likely be autistic, and while we're more than fine with that, we'd love if the kid didn't have to go through the same shit as us
  Make no mistake, I love who I am, but being ND is a disability and struggle for the rest of your life
- This comment stinks of someone without a disability having wishful thinking.
  Yes, it’s true my daughter is the sweetest, most loving, perfect child on the planet. But she also didn’t get potty trained until age 6. She will never be able to drive. She’s only going to be able to hold the most basic jobs. She’ll likely never be able to live independently.
  There is definitely nothing wrong with autism and she is easily way better than any other person I’ve ever met. But she also faces some real challenges in life, and I don’t wish that everyone in the world had that.
  
  Thank you for pointing this out, many people are not aware of what real autism is like, and associate mild adhd or just distraction as a result of to much internet as autism.
- If you said that NT were way better, you'd be called an asshole and bigot. How's the reverse any different?
  
  Yeahhh I can appreciate the well meant sentiment he was going for but he circled all the way back to being prejudiced lol
  
  Because neurotypical people are in the majority, are not marginalized, and have all the power in the relationship between the two groups.
  Why is it so hard for bigots to understand that society creates a context.
  
  How is an ant stepping on an elephant any different than an elephant stepping on an ant?
  
  You know this analogy is bullshit. Saying "type x of people are better" will always be the wrong thing to say
- If you're like that, everyone will start thinking you are some kind of extremist.

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