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[Helpful Resource] Autistic people – The cultural immune system of human societies (autcollab.org)
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A thorough blog essay covering contributions that autistic people make to society as a whole.

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Too many supposedly autistic traits are present in neurotypical people. In my study of autism I've seen a lot of autistic chauvinism and I'm finding myself viscerally opposed to smug celebration of the challenges autism poses for the people who suffer from it.

Put bluntly, autism doesn't prevent autistic people from falling into line and propagating "civilized" dysfunction. I enjoy the quotes this article puts around "civilized" from the standpoint of delegitimizing social approval as anything but a convenient and easily misused fiction, but not if it is used as a prop for autists to feel as if they are in any way superior.

Pride in neurodiversity is one thing, but autistic chauvinism is dangerous.

Traits which are adaptive in some contexts are maladaptive in others. Traits which when paired with other traits are sometimes more adaptive than they are by themselves.

Traits which cause interpersonal conflict are traits which cause interpersonal conflict.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago

I agree with this. As someone who is closely involved in the autistic community, autistics aren't immune to sexism, classism, racism, or any other biases that are also ingrained in neurotypicals. And yes, this has caused interpersonal conflicts where some autistics are marginalized in their own communities.

We need more realism in the autistic community, not toxic positivity nor ableist self-hatred.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Insanely long but the 2/3 of it I have read are very good. It’s unapologetic, which is important for the autistic population of the planet imo.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It’s unapologetic, which is important for the autistic population of the planet imo.

Yesssss!! I agree. We're so used to having to apologize for being autistic, that it's nice to be proud of related strengths. Thank you for pointing that out.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Thank you very much. I googled autism merch today. It’s disgusting. 90% of the stuff is shit and most have the puzzle piece or „please be patient I‘m autistic“. I wanted to puke!

Nothing like „autistic - no touchy“ or „don’t look me in the eyes baby“ or something else that is a little bit more cheeky and not some apologetic trash.

We don’t need to apologize for being ourselves. I think people should apologize to us for saying „ah, you‘re being problematic today again?“. Yes motherf***er, deal with it.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah, I like flipping the script too 😁

I bought these 2 shirts (shirt 1 & shirt 2). You might like some of the other products in the store, which is ran by an openly autistic YouTuber named Mom on the Spectrum.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Ok! Thats pretty awesome. Thanks for sharing. :)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

you're welcome 😊

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I was able to skim this while taking a break from something else and I'm very excited to give it a thorough read. Thanks for sharing this!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

You're very welcome! I really enjoyed it the first time I read it since it gave me something to be proud of 😊