#aspies

[part-time-public-menace]

Got a robo-call today and a distorted voice said "Tragically, more and more children are born with autism each year" and then the line crackled for a bit and next thing I heard was "can we count on your contribution?"

Ah yes, time to contribute my autism. We must reach our yearly quota.

[bodymodificationnation]

Good VS Bad Autism Tattoos

Many people in the autistic community view the puzzle piece as a hate symbol because it implies we're not whole people. We're missing pieces and we're problems that need to be solved. Which is why a lot of us gravitate towards the infinity sign instead! It comes in both rainbow (for neurodiversity) and gold! As the chemical symbol for gold is Au.

[noodle-shenaniganery]

Okay, so. I’m Confused About This Thing, part [insert big number here]:

I thought that the main point of most of the language reform thing around autism isn’t that the language in use is incorrect, it’s that it’s misleading. (I’m excluding slurs. Those are offensive and considered bad for a different reason.)

Examples include, but aren’t limited to:

“Nonverbal” is misleading because it implies that autistic people who can’t speak have no connections to language as a whole, so “nonspeaking” is preferred.

“Person with autism” is misleading because it implies that autism is something that can be separated from the individual (or cured), so “autistic person” is preferred.

Severity labels are misleading because they imply that autism is a linear spectrum, so it’s preferred to just specify what traits you’re describing (usually things like high support needs, nonspeaking, etc.).

Functioning labels are misleading for a lot of reasons, and have a similar solution to severity labels.

So, the conclusions I reached from this was:

1. Autistic people (who the language applies to) are allowed to use whatever language they feel is best, since they know what being autistic is like.

2. These restrictions on language are mostly meant for people who are not autistic, since they don’t know what being autistic is like.

3. None of the examples given are inherently wrong, they’re just not accurate.

But now I’m hearing that some people think that the language is wrong? And that nobody is allowed to use them? I’m very confused. Asperger’s Syndrome is also apparently in a separate category (and I think mild autism and high functioning, too)? Can someone help explain this?

(If I said anything that’s wrong, hard to understand, ignorant, or that you simply disagree with, please let me know! This also goes for anything important that I may have left out. Oh, and any grammar mistakes I may have made.)

[ophelia-network]

Do not compare, do not measure. No other way is like yours. All other ways deceive and tempt you. You must fulfill the way that is in you. ―Carl Jung

Turas by Monika Mitkute

[flameontheotherside]

Who else loves the sound of silence and the lack of other human sounds?

[cupboardangel]

venus in scorpio

[thecakescene]

i gave my mom a hug today for no reason and i feel so much better :))

[thefriedbird]

Okay fellow spoonies and fam!

It is the day where I try to prepare myself to write TWO things to my doctors.

1. Applying for a disability placard

2. If I am an aspie/autistic

I get incredibly anxious talking with my doctors, so I find pre-writing and letter writing easy to communicate.

Do any Aspies/autistics and those who applied for a disability placard have any words of advice 😫

I need that Spoonie confidence.

SEND ME SPOONS FELLOW GODS