April 17th: How do you feel about various autism organizations, such as ASAN, Autistic Women's and Nonbinary Network, Autism Speaks, etc
Pushing nonbinary people into “ women's “ spaces is , at best , assuming that nonbinary people are “ women-light “ and or that most if not all nonbinary people are afab and female-aligned . Is incredibly exorsexist . Pixie is nonbinary . NOT a woman , NOT “ woman-light “ , Not in any way female , and Pixie refuse to tell if Pixie is afab or amab , which upset a lot of women in that group years ago . To be grouped with women like that is violently misgendering to Pixie . Also Pixie dates men , and was absolutely disgusted at their treatment and attitudes towards men , cis or trans . Was not a welcoming group at all and Pixie have no interest in finding out if they better now .
ASAN have “ aspie supremacy “ History ( That nobody seemed interested in acknowledging , much less making up for . ) and too often make claims about autism not being actual disability beyond socially . In Pixies experience , they have not been supportive of people what not can mask and or those what are higher support needs and especially those who are visibly disabled . Maybe they have changed to be more inclusive now but Pixie not interested in testing that either . Is very much like how the Human Rights Campaign was created to promote assimilation of gays and lesbians into “ normal “ society . They were violently queerphobic and transphobic in their efforts to win the support of straight people .
Autism Speaks is no better . At least they acknowledge the existence of higher support needs autism people like Pixie . But of course , they push for cure-based research and abusive “ treatment “ ( ABA ) and tell parents horrific stories about the potential future of their baby , fear-mongering , comparisons to cancer and other deadly illnesses , etc etc etc .
The only place Pixie have positive experience with is finding other higher support needs people on tumblr , and in person social activity groups for all disabled people like Seattle Parks Specialized Programs . And that is just so sad and unnecessary .
