Being autistic is seeing the blue-and-black dress when literally everyone around you insists it’s gold and white.
You either lose yourself in the pressure to give up your own perspective or you lose the shared experience of connecting to others, who think you’re nuts.
You either lose yourself in the pressure to give up your own perspective or you lose the shared experience of connecting to others, who think you’re nuts.
https://twitter.com/annmemmott/status/1412816846898728963
Note in the PROFESSIONAL MEDICAL LITERATURE about autism that @AnnMemmott constantly reviews the doctors take “seeing the dress as black and blue” as pathological, paranoid, not rooted in reality.
These are the people who train the people we rely on for support.
These are the people who train the people we rely on for support.
In this metaphor, some autistic people are able to see the white and gold dress too, with effort.
Very few allistics anywhere ever put in the effort to see the black and blue dress.
“Masking” is when those of us who can see both pretend to agree its white and gold all the time.
Very few allistics anywhere ever put in the effort to see the black and blue dress.
“Masking” is when those of us who can see both pretend to agree its white and gold all the time.
(Note: this is “the dress” under discussion. Some people see it one way, others see it the other way.
This is a metaphor. I’m not saying autistic people literally see the dress one way or the other, by the way.)
This is a metaphor. I’m not saying autistic people literally see the dress one way or the other, by the way.)
https://twitter.com/laurabiom/status/1412838862855020549
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