Thread by @WeAreAutastic

Just a few more thoughts on #AsWeSeeIt because I'll bust if I keep them in...

Harrison says no suit. But apparently that's unimportant because it's "his sister's big day!" JFC how about we show people giving an inch rather than shoving a mile. Acceptance looks like a clean tee.

Violet "thought they were in love". Well, did anyone take time to discuss relationships? Did anyone have a safer sex talk? Or did they expect a grown woman not to have a sex life? The messaging here is so wrong here on such a grand scale. #AsWeSeeIt

This is giving me shades of Blaxploitation albeit with a patently inferior soundtrack. We have the stereotypes, the tokenization, the well-meaning "let me civilize you" white folk, all wrapped up in autistic leads played by autistic actors.

#AsWeSeeIt
#WrongSideOfHistory

Mandy is timing Harrison's pain, inflicted by her, on a stopwatch all while carrying on another casual conversation then squeals GOOD JOB as if she's training a puppy. That is actually happening on the screen in front of me in 2022.🤦🏽‍♀️

#AsWeSeeIt

This Mandy character, the disability aide worker, is hugging and kissing her employers and telling them she loves them. This is just a whole thing, isn't it? #AsWeSeeIt

What non-autistic people may not realize is that the situations depicted in #AsWeSeeIt are shared by many of us, no matter our support needs. High-masking autistic people are still autistic.

And now we're being treated to the inevitable speech on how mysterious & burdensome we are but that we make our loved ones "better people".

You know what would make them better people? Attending to our actual needs thereby reducing meltdowns. Acceptance. Respect. #AsWeSeeIt

In news to no one #ActuallyAutistic, we are "a hell of a burden but also a gift." How is that supposed to make people feel? Who talks about people this way? Yet we're expected to put up with it. Oh right, we don't count as people. #AsWeSeeIt

Aaaand that's a wrap. I burned a lot of screen time on #AsWeSeeIt but if I'm going to do right by us, it was needed. It makes some strides in casting but is dated in just about every other facet. Go watch something that makes you happy because this is def not a celebration of us.