Reminder to anyone who thinks that autistic people just "have" to do X/Y/Z because the world is harsh and unwelcoming -
Accommodations in the workplace exist. "It's the world we live in" doesn't prevent us from trying to make a better one. Stop thinking this as a good reason.
Accommodations in the workplace exist. "It's the world we live in" doesn't prevent us from trying to make a better one. Stop thinking this as a good reason.
Autistic people do not have to mask to make friends - we can make friends with other autistic people or neurodivergent people in general (and we often do). Be able to interact with others? Again, we can interact with other autistic people.
Asking autistic people to mask in order to get a job is essentially asking autistic people to mask for the rest of their lives while in that job.
Effectively you're saying I'd rather you have a job than have sound mental, emotional, and even physical health.
Effectively you're saying I'd rather you have a job than have sound mental, emotional, and even physical health.
CW suicide
You're telling your kid that you'd rather them be miserable and have a job than need support and not have to mask.
"The world isn't perfect" doesn't mean "mold yourself to societal needs even if it comes with the cost of wanting to take your own life."
Don't do this.
You're telling your kid that you'd rather them be miserable and have a job than need support and not have to mask.
"The world isn't perfect" doesn't mean "mold yourself to societal needs even if it comes with the cost of wanting to take your own life."
Don't do this.
And by the way, constantly adding in "but everyone has to do this, even neurotypicals" is pretty much sealioning because that is simply absolutely not true.
Society caters to neurotypical people.
Society does not cater to autistic people.
It's not the same.
Society caters to neurotypical people.
Society does not cater to autistic people.
It's not the same.
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