Thread by @commaficionado

So it's autistic pride day - I honestly had no idea, which is strange. I'd lkke to talk about pride and autism - a quick thread. 🧵🧵🧵

I think all autistic people deserve to feel proud of one thing in particular: managing to cope in this unfriendly world. Even though its intensely difficult, we manage, for the most part, to get through each day.

This is despite the ableism thrown at us, the total lack of accommodation most of us face, the fact the world is as designed for us as it is designed for any minority. We still get up and push through, often exhausted, often alone.

And we still find the energy to help each other out, as best we can, *and* try to educate the world so maybe - *maybe* - things won't be quite so bad for the next generation of autistic people.

If that isn't something to be proud of, then I don't know what is. It's impressive, it never fails to astonish me, the more I know about autism, how amazingly resilient we are.

I just wish we didn't need to be. #autism #autistic #AutisticPrideDay