Thread by @ekverstania

[THREAD] A friend with high support needs asked me to post this. She's not on Twitter. She said that the questions are rhetorical, and don't demand replies. She just wanted me to put it out there. So I'm doing it in the spirit of this:

https://twitter.com/ekverstania/status/1414379625216610312

[For clarity: When she says 'autism community', she means communities of #ActuallyAutistic people engaged in activism.]

"I struggle with the autism community they make me meltdown so I avoid them. I have severe autism and I can only stay out of secure units with powerful psychotropic meds that chronically sedate me and my friends who work hard to keep me alive."

"I would be dead without support and have nearly died of starvation when entirely left alone. My meltdowns get me arrested so I have to take meds and put in gigantic measures like staying at home for 95% of my life in order to stay safe and for others to stay safe."

"Why does the autism community silence me?

I've been witch hunted and ousted from the autism community. I even volunteered for one of their charities and got fired because I had a meltdown caused by sensory and information overload."

"Because I have a very high IQ I'm not eligible for support services or LD services (who are better with autism) but my severe autism got me sent to mental health services 🤦🏽‍♀️ I recently had to self discharge by texting my care coordinator to say I want out."

"They let me and I'm really struggling. But the autism community say that only society disables me."

"Why do they say that. I have sensory issues that are so extreme that I often want to (and some times have actually gone through with it and had to be restrained as it was in public) take all my clothes off and scratch my skin until it bleeds."

"I have high support needs but because I struggle so extremely to be around people without getting aggressive or even violent, support isn't working out. I struggle with basic human functions. The only saving thing is that I have OCD so I do try hard to keep things clean."

"Why is the autism community saying that I am mentally ill and autistic, because autism can't be severe like that, and not just autistic? I have a diagnosis of severe autism but they say it doesn't exist."

"The autism community has put me in a psych ward several times. One of them even sent the cops to me which made me attack the cops as I have PTSD regarding police officers.

I hate the autism community. I left all the groups. I want to stay out of hospital. "