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u/ScaffOrig 3d ago edited 3d ago
I have no idea what this is about, but I CAN say that this sort of social posturing, jostling for attention and coalition building is so far removed from authentic autistic experience it's not funny. This kind of shit - fashion, politics, gossip, cliques, etc - has been a burden the whole of my life and has cost me any chance of success. Because I have no way to navigate it. Why? Because I'm autistic and the inability to process social reciprocation is literally a defining characteristic. This picture is the perfect example of everything that neurotypical people do that has caused me so much grief. It's the drawing of lines, the "did you hear what she said???", the opaque social rules that mean you fit with "us" or "them".
The idea of tribalism within autism is an oxymoron. Outside of a simple desire for things to be correct, just and internally consistent the concept of forming social in and out groups is not something that fits with autistic traits. Who are these people? Why are they invading autism with their NT social BS?
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u/iilsun 2d ago
I like fashion gossip and politics tbh
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u/ScaffOrig 2d ago
When I say fashion, I don't mean nice clothes, I mean the social jostling and hierarchy forming stuff, likewise with gossip and politics. Because to do that you have to be able to process the social signalling going on and rapidly understand social position, etc. Non-ASD people seem to instinctively do things like defining "my crowd" and their place in it by testing and adjusting based on responses. If you don't have the ability to "read the room" that's pretty much impossible.
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u/Shoddy-Group-5493 Autistic and OCD 3d ago
So brainrotted that I thought this was a blood/crip meme 😭😭
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u/Late_Inevitable_9956 ASD 3d ago edited 3d ago
i didn’t get what the blue and red was supposed to mean before, i’m not sure if that was the purpose for it but this explains it well to me
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u/poor-un4tun8-souls Autistic and ADHD 3d ago
Since "autism awareness month" is founded by a gentleman who was anti vax and used chelation therapies and aversion therapies...perhaps it's time to stop pretending like either side is right or wrong and face the fact the month was built on false pretense.
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u/solarpunnk ASD + other disabilities, MSN 2d ago
We really need an alternative, purple or something.
Purple for autism acceptance. But with acceptance meaning accepting that autistic people exist and are deserving of support & respect, not accepting autism to the point of denying that it can cause us harm.
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u/Curious_Dog2528 Autism and Depression 3d ago
I relate to this all too well the psychologist that diagnosed me with level 1 autism 7 months ago at almost 32 told me after I got my diagnosis that he doesn’t view autism as a disability but a superpower. I had to restrain myself and then the bastard says I barely have level 1 support needs wtf