Thread by @erikaheidewald

You will understand the autism industry a lot better when you recognize that it's a right wing political movement as well as a cash cow. Neurotypical parents who hate the adult autistic community don't want their autistic kids to become blue-haired trans leftists

They really do fixate on colorful hair. They will get a second mortgage on their house to pay for their kid’s torture in the hopes that kid will never grow up and dye their hair an unusual color

The rightwing political beliefs underpinning the anti-autism movement are not even really concealed. Autism Speaks was founded with rightwing billionaire money, the anti-vax movement is a uniting issue on the right, and they openly tweet about why they hate autistic adults

Don't take my word for it, they're happy to say it themselves

https://twitter.com/erikaheidewald/status/1357268511525986310

Autistic people are oriented towards cooperative social structures & don't believe in hierarchy. It doesn't matter that most autistic people are just trying to survive, they perceive even their own kids as threats to the social order they rule over. they destroy their own kids.

It's no coincidence these people are basically all white people with money. The people driving it are *all* very rich white people. This is about power and money for them. Supremacy and dominance. Ownership and control. That’s it. That's the heart of it. That's what drives them.

We're never going to understand why they do what they do. But we can know why. There’s a reason the “disorder” they treat like a world-ending plague is just a bunch of kind-hearted weirdos who don't fit the social order. Your very existence is political whether you like it or not

you know the kings in European history who’d been first in line to the throne until their dad had a more legitimate heir? What did they do? They murdered their fucking brothers. As babies, kids, teenagers. Didn't matter. For people like that, power and money always come first.

It didn't matter if their little brother had no interest in the throne. it didn't matter that he was innocent, that he was family. It didn't matter if he was disabled. His existence was a threat so a grown man with every other option in the world chose to kill him. That's history

They fully believe that power and money come first for everyone and they believe that anyone would do the awful things they would do. They can justify and make themselves believe anything. That's how the awful things in the world happen. They're not by accident. They’re choices.

The autism industry does not have good intentions, that’s why they are profiting off an abusive social engineering program like ABA. They don't hate autistic adults because some of us are bullies, they hate that we stand up to bullies. They hate that we won't let them kill us.

Anti-autism crusaders will bully and harass you. That's not going to stop. You cannot prove yourself to them and you cannot make yourself as apolitical and inoffensive as possible to make them stop. You have to learn to see it differently & not let them drive the conversation.

You didn't do anything to deserve this, you didn't ask for it, I didn't either. Nothing they say means anything about who you are, ever. Telling the truth is not what they do. It is simply not their culture. You can't let them kill you. They don't deserve that power over you.

It's ok to have your days or weeks when you feel defeated, when you're overwhelmed trying to process the awfulness and the obstacles feel insurmountable. It's ok to feel weak and sad and lonely sometimes. You're a human being born into a horrible situation. You need rest & care.

They are hoping to manipulate, gaslight, and abuse us into letting them win. They are counting on it and they really don't have another plan. They don't understand us and that is a good thing because they don't know our weaknesses & more importantly, they don't know our strength.