Can we please stop saying being autistic is miserable
There's this thing I've been noticing on the internet, specifically whispers that say things like this:
''Omg autism so silly quirky yippee autismcore!''
''Autism is a very serious disorder that make living for autistic people harder''
And like, yes they're right, I also don't really like it when NEUROTYPICAL people see autism as some silly disorder. But I often wonder, are the people who say stuff like ''silly autism'' just neurotypicals mocking us, or are they autistic kids that want to express themselves? The first one definitely does happen, yes, and we should indeed educate those neurotypical people on how autism is more complicated than that. But if it's just a just diagnosed kid that wants to have fun, is it really necessary to tell them how autism is a big struggle? (it mostly pisses me off when the people who make whispers like that are neurotypical themselves, cause then they have literally no say in this)
It kinda reminds me of those ''autism moms'' who get upset when someone talks about how they're glad they're autistic, because they're ''glorifying it''.
So I'm just gonna come out and say it; yes, being autistic can definitely be hard for me sometimes, yes, I experience meltdowns, yes, sometimes I wish I was neurotypical.
But being autistic isn't always miserable, this depends on the person of course, but I'm actually quite happy that I'm autistic, cause yeah, there's some bad things, but there are also good things that I wouldn't change even if my life depended on it. Idk but I think we need more autism positivity, y'know, so that those kids who just got diagnosed can at least enjoy something. Let people be proud of being autistic, even if they show it in a cringe way, especially if they show it in a cringe way.
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