If I could somehow find everyone who ever bullied me and ask them why they targeted me, not a single one would say it was because I was autistic. None of them even knew I was.
Instead they’d say it was because I liked Pokemon too much after it stopped being cool, or my clothes looked ridiculous and I wore the same pair of jeans 3 days a week, or that I was just weird/nerdy/unpopular. In many, many cases, that is what neurodiversity looks like. Not someone with an obvious disability, but someone who’s just weird.
I see so many allistics and neurotypicals on here that claim to be anti-ableism but turn around and make jokes at the expense of people who are eccentric but harmless.
If you’re an allistic that claims to support autistic people, but then you turn around and make fun of the woman wearing a bizarre outfit or the guy who speaks in a monotone or the teenager who carries a teddy bear everywhere, you are hurting autistic people who do those same things.
You’re implying that hurting autistic people’s feelings is somehow worse than hurting non-autistic people’s feelings.
No, I’m pointing out hypocrisy that the same people who say it’s wrong to make fun of an autistic person for being autistic are sometimes the same people who will make fun of an autistic person for having autistic traits.
Please learn to read before trying to critique posts.
There’s no hypocrisy; they’re not making fun of autistic people for being autistic. They’re making fun of people in general for doing things that they personally don’t like. Surely the lesson is to not make fun of anyone, and to accept the fact that everyone is different and likes different things and it’s no one else’s business what someone enjoys so long as they’re not hurting anyone.
Being eccentric, wearing “bizarre” outfits, speaking in monotone, and carrying around a teddybear aren’t “autistic traits”, they’re manifestations of different personality types and aesthetic/value sets.
Please learn how not to be ableist, before spreading offensive stereotypes in a self-righteous attempt to find fault with others.
"They're making fun of people in general for doing things that they personally don't like." Many people don't like autistic people so this is not a defense.
"Surely the lesson is to not make fun of anyone, and to accept the fact that everyone is different and likes different things and it's no one else's business what someone enjoys so long as they're not hurting anyone." No fucking shit.
"Being eccentric, wearing "bizarre" outfits, speaking in monotone, and carrying around a teddybear aren't "autistic traits","
These are literally all autistic traits you dumb fuck.






















