Someone DM'd me talking about their Autistic and Down Syndrome brother, who was dismissed with "severe retardation" by doctors. They have since learned to understand that his inner life is different than they were taught, thanks to neurodiversity.
But problem:
But problem:
They offered to write a post for my website about the ways that "Profound" Autism would impact their brother, and the ways that medical erasure of complex inner life has caused irreparable harm to him.
But he's not able to really contribute himself, so I declined.
But he's not able to really contribute himself, so I declined.
I declined because I am committed to publishing #ownVoices perspectives.
But the very real truth is that there are people out there whose stories need to be told and who simply cannot tell them themselves.
So by sticking to this principle, am I erasing them?
But the very real truth is that there are people out there whose stories need to be told and who simply cannot tell them themselves.
So by sticking to this principle, am I erasing them?
I'm genuinely perplexed. Maybe I can have a "friends and family" or "allies" section on the site? But I worry that those articles would be in some way privileged, and anyway doing that contradicts my whole theme.
So I feel a bit stuck.
How would you reason about this?
So I feel a bit stuck.
How would you reason about this?
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