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🧵 Earlier this week I wrote an article about how I narrowly avoided the #transwagon (play on bandwagon)
I attempted to address the whys and it was entirely about my personal experience.
I skated around and I don’t think fully addressed the connection between my being autistic
and the reasons for latching on to the “inbetween” of non binary.
So here goes
Autistic people often have sensory issues, physical discomfort in one’s body. As a consequence comfort is key. To some this means compression clothing, to others loose and baggy.
An aversion to change.
Binding one’s breasts, wanting everything solid to give one a better centre of gravity. There is also a correlation between autism and poor muscle tone. Often co-morbid with autism is dyspraxia. For all these reasons autistic people feel PHYSICAL discomfort and disconnect
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