ableism, #actuallyautistic
amazing how everybody who whines abt "slightly nerdy people who just /claim/ the autistic label"
1) knows nothing about the diagnostic criteria,
2) has an autistic cousin in a group home, and
3) equates True Autism to "moderate to severe downs syndrome"
ableism, #actuallyautistic
"wHaT wAs WrOnG wItH aSpErGeR's?" well buddy if you look at the DSM 4 excerpt here, you will see that the only difference was that there is no language delay, so not only does that not require a whole separate diagnosis, it doesn't even mean it's a "milder" form!
ableism, #actuallyautistic
"I just think there should be some distinction!! for the real ignorants who make bad assumptions about my cousin!!" there ARE distinctions, you soggy breadstick. the DSM 5 literally includes severity levels and specifications for accompanying traits that are not required for diagnosis.
re: ableism, #actuallyautistic
@lemememeringue I'm reading these and I'm feeling like I need to Actually set up a Faerie hollow for parents to bring their autistic kids so they can hang with a bunch of autistic adults and understand that there's Cool People with this condition out there.
Like crazy witchdoctor type folks who can see the Soul everyone else can't.
re: ableism, #actuallyautistic
@Motodrachen for so many of those kids, and heck even some of the adults, I was the only autistic person over the age of ten they'd ever known. I didn't realise how important that was until it occurred to me that /I/ didn't know any adults like me either. if you need a fae for your hollow, I'll gladly volunteer
re: ableism, #actuallyautistic
@Motodrachen honestly the most rewarding experience in my autistic adult life was my brief stint as a teacher's aide at a daycare because there were multiple wonderfully troublesome autistic kids in my class. my favourite was a 4yo who never said a word but would dig his head into my shoulder and make whale sounds. we got along swimmingly.