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28 Mar, 4 tweets, 1 min read
it’s so cocky how neurotypicals assume autistics would want to be neurotypical. no offense bc i respect y’all and big ups for getting humanity through the caveman stage but if i couldn’t be autistic i would rather be a squirrel
autistic people won’t even let me give neurotypicals credit for being good at caveman stuff 😂 harsh but i respect it. i was trying to be nice but i’m not that good at it so it wasn’t my most ironclad work
ok i’m sorry neurotypicals but the autistics have discussed and not only would we rather be squirrels, we also cannot think of anything to give you big ups for
i did not realize autistic people would be so passionate about their caveman skills but i believe you all and will be relying on you for survival in any potential post-apocalyptic scenario. i have no skills or upper body strength and forget to feed myself. please keep me alive :)

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If we’re going to talk about disabled people & the Holocaust today then let’s talk about Hans Asperger and why nobody should use the term “Aspergers” because he was a Nazi who believed some special autistic people shouldn’t be murdered and that label says you’re one of them.
Saying you’re Aspergers instead of autistic means you want to clarify that you are not like those other autistics, your life has more value. “When you’re considering who to eliminate from the gene pool, don’t eliminate me! I’m too smart to murder.” How nice.
I know that some people were diagnosed with Aspergers and feel a personal connection to the label. Well get over it! Aspergers is not in the DSM anymore. When you’re being more ableist than the DSM... wow. Not good. Asperger was a Nazi. Why do you want that connection?
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It is not Holocaust denial to correctly insist that the targets of the Final Solution - Endlösung der Judenfrage - were Jewish and Romani people and to accuse a Jewish person of that is antisemitic and truly cruel. Holocaust history is important, so let’s get it right.
I am German, Romani, queer, autistic, and I’ve been to Dachau three times and Auschwitz once. The Holocaust is something that has affected my whole life, my political opinions, my outlook on the world. You can care about the Holocaust without centering yourself.
I talk a lot about antisemitism, which frequently leads people to assume I’m Jewish, but I’m not. I just really hate antisemitism and I’ve never understood why everyone doesn’t. The Holocaust happened less than 100 years ago. Modern antisemitism should enrage & terrify everyone
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allistic leftists really shoot themselves right in their ableist foot when they try to shame autistic people out of self-dx/self-ID bc most liberal and leftist autistic people i’ve seen move further left after knowing they’re autistic :) god i despise ableist leftists
self identifying as autistic is a huge process of self-discovery that includes understanding the world around us. we can finally accept that the social constructs that never felt real to us just aren’t and that’s why we felt that way and we don’t have to try to believe in them
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If you’re LGBTQ and not autistic and opposed to autistic people using the word Pride bc you think it appropriates your struggle, I am going to need you to shut the fuck up and go educate yourself about autistic people, gender, and sexuality. It’s the same struggle. We’re you.
Autistic people do not have the same relationship to gender and sexuality that allistic people do because social constructs are not real to us. Interpreting the words the way they were originally defined, no autistic people are cis. We can’t be put in that box by default.
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i know people are really trying to change Autism Awareness Month to Autism Acceptance Month but honestly, i don’t love it bc it still feels negative to me. it’s setting the bar too low. it’s like Put Up with Us Month. we’re fucking cool as hell, i want Autism Pride Month
accept me?? this isn’t neurotypicals’ world to accept me into or not. don’t accept me, appreciate me or get out of my way
people have suggested Autistic Pride Month, Autism Appreciation Month, Autistic Liberation Month, Autism Celebration Month, and Autistic Empowerment Month. i like the energy of all of these & i think it comes down to what will catch on best. @Imani_Barbarin do you have thoughts?
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