#autism stuff
It never hit me just how much physically disabled autistics are erased from all discourse and even advocacy for the autistic community until I saw someone mention us in a very brief shoutout to autistics who’re not your low needs more stealth and able-bodied ideal. But that thought has been living in my head loudly banging pots around me 24/7 since I saw that post.
Don’t you just love it when even disability advocacy caters to the stealth, able-bodied and without intellectual disabilities ideal? Haha. Well, that sort of explains why ever since I came full into being vocal about my physical disabilities I’ve felt like, “forbidden” from commenting on anything related to autism or taking any space within autistic communities.
I didn’t suddenly become less autistic. Same impairments and differences that I’ve always recognized in myself in relation to autism are still there, unchanged. The trauma of having grown up autistic around abusive allistics as well is very much still there.
I’m the same autistic person I’ve always been, I just no longer feel like the larger autistic community (at least the loudest parts of it) wants me around anymore, simply because now I recognize myself as physically disabled too and that is a little too much for them to want to deal with, let alone give a voice to. I’m not the embodiment of “normalcy” with just a bit of a quirk on the side that low support able-bodied autistics want to present to allistic society in order to save their own asses only.
I want more community with high support needs autistics, autistics who’re intellectually disabled, and autistics who’re physically disabled. I’m tired of autistic self-advocacy being dominated by the most socially acceptable members of our communities only and of them trying very hard to hide us.We matter too.
Hey hey hey!
Yall really liked my autistic bat posts ❤❤ and I gush over every single one of yall who shared my enthusiasm. I want to make some autistic bat stickers So let me know which one(s) looks best!
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Honestly, though I am not above making multiple versions if people vibe with the idea enough…
(also I have a redbubble but I’m game for more suggestions of places to make stickers!)
Look, sometimes I don’t have anything especially important to say about my special interests. Sometimes I just rotate them in my brain like I’m pre-heating them in the microwave while excitedly vibrating at the speed of sound
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Related to the “loss of speech” event, it happened while I was with a NT friend. I was so overwhelmed, I gradually stopped being able to talk out loud at all. I knew I needed to warn my friend somehow, because it was her birthday and her daughter’s as well, and I didn’t want to ruin that for her.
I typed a few words on my phone to explain the situation, and you know what she did? She just said “Alright, I get it.” and she didn’t make a big deal out of it. She went out of her way for the restaurant folks to be mindful and turn down the sound of the (very loud) music, without ever specifying that I was disabled.
She was mindful to ask me “yes or no” questions, and when she had to ask open questions, she waited for me to type it out on my phone.
She also explained the situation quickly to her children, and asked them to be mindful and not talk to me too much (which I was grateful for, because those children can be so chatty and loud sometimes, even if they’re nice x) ). All in all, she was nothing, but understanding. And the situation didn’t worsen, thanks to that.
If you’re NT or allistic and you want to be a good ally, take notes. Whether your autistic friend/folk/whatever they are to you is fully nonverbal or only experiencing episodes of speech loss, respect their needs, and accept that spoken language isn’t the only viable way to communicate.
If you’re in a position to do something to help them and make the situation easier on them, don’t hesitate. If you’re not, be understanding and allow them an out. Don’t force them to stay and suffer, and, more than that, don’t complain afterward if the person is then having a meltdown.
I love how she loves me through my littlespace moments, My autisme stims, me being me. And even more beautiful.. She loves them and finds it all adorable, and makes me feel even more loved WITH of those things.
You guys/gals… I’m so lucky.
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