#autpunk

[stuffieautism]

if you didn’t realize, ableism is actually bigotry and systemic ableism and inaccessibility are really oppression and it’s not something disabled people brought on ourselves by having bodies&minds that you think are inferior and therefore not worth fighting for. disabled people’s lives and wellbeing matter. we don’t have to earn our worthiness by doing “enough” to deserve a good life. nobody does.

[chronicbitchsyndrome]

it is ableism to consider being unable to learn a concept--any concept--morally inferior. it is, fundamentally, ableism to see people who cannot read novels or theory or watch "serious adult" movies or participate in other forms of media consumption as less "good" than people who can. it is ableism to insist that it is aspirational to be intelligent.

if you see people who are unintelligent as lesser, in any way, that is ableist. hard pill to swallow for those who aren't developmentally disabled, i know. i don't want to coddle y'all about it anymore, though.

[8irdies]

hi reminder that there’s no shame in needing a comfort object to function!

i’m a full adult and still have meltdowns when i’m separated from my plushies for even a few minutes. i never go places without them. i cannot exist without them.

it’s not a flaw in my being! it’s just my autism! needing a comfort object doesn’t make you lesser. it doesn’t make you weak or childish or a failure. i wish courage to anyone who needs it to bring your comfort items with you wherever they can help!

[oddlymysteriousprison]

I think people need to understand that just because one is low or lower support needs than you, that does not mean that they have zero support needs.

[autisticoffin]

ableism in the autism community is genuinely disgusting. i'm not even talking about aspie supremacy, micro aggressions, or an overabundance of level 1 white autistics hogging the mic. i'm talking about direct insults and remarks about higher support needs autistics that would put even hans asperger himself to shame

i have seen much too often autistics trying to prove they are worth to be alive and be accommodated at the expense of higher support needs autistics. i have seen them talk about higher support needs autistics as if they are not important, not deserving of compassion, and not even human. i have seen autistic people say they don't want to be associated with them. that is disgusting. you should know better

when i point this out, i often get the question of why i hold autistic people to such a high standard. if allistic people can talk about high support needs autistic people like this, then so can they. no, you fucking can't. no one should, and i call out everyone who does so. not having empathy is not an excuse. i also struggle with empathy. insulting and insinuating disabled people are subhuman cannot be explained by a lack of emotional empathy or other autistic traits. it can only be explained by the fact you are a horrible person.

[cellberry]

"Why are autistics on Tumblr so fandom-focused?"

If you were elsewhere on the internet in the mid-2010s, you'd know why.

[gender0bender]

Image description: A halftone black and white design depicting a snarling white dog with text next to it in all caps reading “Enough awareness enough acceptance I’m angry and I want to kill the CEO of Autism Speaks”.

Another halftone black and white design depicting a chuerub statue with black eyes and texts next to it that reads “ One day I’ll stim so hard I break the light barrier become an angel of raw fire and every colour in the multiverse and then I’ll use my godly powers to pull the limbs off everyone who called me a retard like a hurt child torturing flies and then you’ll be sorry then you’ll be sorry “ the phrase “you’ll be sorry” repeats until the border of the design.

Another halftone black and white design depicting a knife with text around it in all caps reading “When will we take revenge for disbled victims of infanticide?” End description.

It’s the last day of April and the last day of Autism “Awareness” month, but (un)fortunately for me every other month of the year is Autism Rage-At-Ableist-Oppression month! You can get these as stickers on my Redbubble

[triforce-of-birds]

[Image ID: A drawing of four children stand in a line. They are all smiling. Far left is a boy with tan skin and vitiligo. He has short brown hair and wears headphones and chews a necklace. He wears a jacket and pants, and his shoes are untied. Next to him is a boy with dark skin and short black hair. He wears shorts and a shirt. He wears an AAC device around his neck and is waving his hands in the air. He has four fingers on one hand and is barefoot. Toward the center is a girl with dark skin and short black hair. She wears a shirt with buttons, a skirt, and a helmet. She also wears shoes and socks and holds a fidget in her hand. She is shaking her other hand in front of her face with her eyes closed. Far right is a girl with light skin and blond hair in two ponytails. She wears a compression vest, leggings, and socks. She also wears glasses and has a hearing aid in one ear and a cochlear implant on the other side of her head. In front of her are coloured blocks. Above the four children are large red letters reading “Autism Swag”. Underneath are smaller letters reading “Adapt, accommodation, accessibility, acceptance!” End ID.]