TO CLARIFY THIS RE-POST ISN’T TO SHAME THEM BUT TO EXPLAIN HOW DAMAGING THIS POST IS !!
@saestrauma
link to post: why sae does not have autism original post by @saestrauma
As an autistic person and having adhd I find this post extremely offensive. Before posting this I did attempt to direct message them but we don’t follow each other. Then I commented on the post trying to determine their motive. I don’t know if they know how offensive it is or understand why it is. But here I’m explaining why.
this is their post on why Itoshi Sae isn't autistic:
This post is offensive because:
1) it poses autistic people head-cannoning fictional characters as neurodivergent and/or specifically adhd or autistic as a genuine problem, which in the grand scheme of things it doesn’t fucking matter. But sharing blatant information about autism that misconstrues and/or leaves out context is a problem.
2) the post uses language that is offensive and further alienates neurodivergent individuals from society. In this post they say that Sae can’t have autism because he has a sense of humor. This indirectly says that autistic people don’t have a sense of humor.
3) stating that Sae can’t have autism because he has a complex relationship with his relative is so offensive. Knowing that autistic people struggle with forming and maintaining close relationships automatically make their relationship with the outside world and in interpersonal relationships complex; so that doesn’t even make any sense.
4) they use Google Gemini which is AI to create this post without using credible sources that are scientifically proven and based on evidence. This whole post seems to me that they hadn’t fully delved into the autism spectrum and how some individuals behavior can contradict some of the “core characteristics”. Which just using core characteristics to claim why a fictional character doesn’t have autism is not an accurate way to support your argument saying that Sae doesn’t have autism.
6) claiming that Sae can’t be autistic because of the stereotypical trait of rigid thinking, flexibility, and social cues is not okay?? Autism is a spectrum. When an individual thinks of an autistic person they’re most likely to think of the most extreme form of autism, someone who’s higher on the spectrum. However, as someone who’s on level 1 I can tell you right now that all of the “evidence” this person has presented negates the existence of the different levels and the spectrum.
EDIT: I incorrectly and ignorantly used the term Aspergers though it is now considered an outdated term. According to J B Barahona-Corrêa and Carlos N Filipe the term Aspergers is not used anymore because of the fact that it is difficult to discern between ASD and Aspergers.
Citation: Barahona-Corrêa, J. B., & Filipe, C. N. (2016). A Concise History of Asperger Syndrome: The Short Reign of a Troublesome Diagnosis. Frontiers in psychology, 6, 2024. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2015.02024