I feel that one of the worst things that society does to people who are different is take away our sense of agency. Disabled folks in particular are expected to treat independence as if it means no support, and support as if it means no independence.

[thread] #ActuallyAutistic I think probably every one of us has it within ourselves to make our own lives at least *slightly* more bearable, or slightly worse, but that doesn’t mean that we don’t also need support. Making things a little better for ourselves doesn’t mean that less help might be needed.

What’s to bet that someone has already used the phrase “people who suffer from neurodiversity”?

😂🙃 Oh no! @Yorkshire_BS !

So, a thing about representation of minority groups in films, plays and TV: of course actors can act, and a suitably talented actor should be able to portray all kinds of characters. HOWEVER, minority oppressed groups often don’t yet OWN the narrative of our experiences.
... ... This means that it is INCREDIBLY hard for people who are not of these groups to represent us accurately, without the prejudices and inaccuracies foisted on us from dominant societal attitudes and narratives. ALSO, representation is important, and media makes a statement...

I’ve been thinking a bit about being openly or obviously ‘other’.

My life experiences have been fairly unusual, & while I do enjoy communicating about this, it can also be quite othering being perpetually the odd-one-out in a group who folks ask to explain stuff.

THREAD And while it’s well-intentioned, and I think it’s important that folks actually listen to autistic/trans/POC/etc people when it comes to understanding our experiences, it can also be a lot of pressure when I’m the only autistic nb non-white person in a group of cis white folks

So I just finished reading this book: trauma, stigma and autism, by Gordon Gates. My counsellor leant it to me & today asked what I'd give it out of 100, knowing I had a lot of issues with it. I'm dithering at around 50 rn, and not sure if I'm being overly mean or kind. Asides from the off-putting (to me) subtitle about "loosening the grip of shame" (just overly-dramatic for my tastes), my overall sense of the book is that while it's one of v few that covers an extremely neglected but important area...