Tag: autism

autiestella-archive:

OK : say autism pride , autism person able love self

not OK : say autism person cute because autism , need protect from all whole world , pretend like we baby

not OK also : say all autism person much much smart genius who know all , not need any help or love

autism pride mean agree we all get good life , all important . autism pride good

mydahyun:

what autism is (and what it isn’t)

autism IS

  • a developmental disability
  • a difference in neurotype
  • a spectrum that presents differently in everyone
  • present from birth
  • experienced by all genders
  • a lifelong experience
  • a disability that effects communication, sensory experiences, and social interaction
  • experienced by all races
  • something to take pride in

autism ISN’T

  • a mental illness
  • a disease
  • in need of a cure
  • caused by vaccines or gluten intake
  • inherently bad
  • something that destroys people’s lives
  • something only cishet white boys experience
  • something you grow out of
  • a ‘puzzle piece’ missing in our brains

being autistic is a varied experience. if you’ve met one autistic person, that’s exactly it — you’ve met one autistic person. we’re just as unique as allistic people, we aren’t a monolith, and we aren’t incapable of speaking for ourselves. we’ve been screaming for years, allistics just have yet to listen to us.

light it up #RedInstead this autism acceptance month and highlight actually autistic voices!