metapianycist:

since there’s frequently confusion about the social acceptability of overt ableism against autistic people in comparison to other disabilities, i would like to remind everyone:

“no one would tell a person with [different disability] [something ableist]” is a false statement

wheelchair users are questioned if they really need their chairs all the time. including when they try to get their healthcare system to pay for a wheelchair for them, because few chair users can otherwise afford a chair that meets all of their needs.

the prevalence of inaccessible buildings and of refusal to update older buildings (why is there not a dedicated government fund for this in my country??) is the world telling wheelchair users not to use wheelchairs because it’s ♪inconvenient♪.

people with service dogs experience discrimination in public places all the time, including in the form of random strangers trying to pet or play with their dogs who should not be distracted.

d/Deaf people are frequently told not to sign, many hearing doctors tell parents of deaf babies not to teach sign and to only teach lipreading and speech. d/Deaf people who use phone relay services get their calls rejected all the time, because the pizza place doesn’t want to take an order from a d/Deaf person who is typing words that the relay operator is speaking.

cane users get pushed and shoved in crowded spaces. mobility aid users are hardly ever given adequate space to maneuver in crowds. people will grab mobility aids without the user’s consent.

when a mobility aid user is arrested, they are frequently separated from their mobility aid. when a d/Deaf person is arrested, if they’re handcuffed, they can’t communicate as effectively in a signed language. i don’t know if service dog users are separated from their dogs when arrested but i absolutely would not be surprised if it happens. i don’t know about whether a blind person will be separated from their white cane when arrested but i have no reason to believe that cops wouldn’t confiscate it.

the above are all counterexamples to the idea that no one would do something to a non-autistic disabled person comparable to or more violent than forcing an autistic person not to stim.

it doesn’t strengthen the argument for autistic liberation to pretend that autistic people are the only group that suffers from the type of ableist discrimination of “why can’t you just be less obviously different?”