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pub-lius · 2 years

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Am I the only one that gets really bothered by those posts making fun of Thomas Jefferson that basically say stuff like "he's socially awkward and dresses funny haha what a loser" because I see those as his undiagnosed autistic traits and it feels no different from modern-day cringe culture

i have been thinking about this question for like two days and i just now got a chance to answer, sorry (im on vacation in florida, currently answering from an amusement park BWKWBWJ)

but yeah, i think you’re right. i think a lot of jefferson’s eccentrics come from undiagnosed autism. the contemporary outlook on him seems at worst curious and at best seeing it as results of his genius. however now, and i have been guilty of this myself, but people tend to mock figures such as jefferson bc they were bad people, even though they’re making fun of something that is actually undiagnosed autism.

i, as an autistic, know that there are many things that we do that are considered weird or stupid, and with some we agree. like for example, i struggle with speech, and will sometimes combine different parts of words when im talking too fast and it makes a funny new word. i don’t mind people joking about that. on the other hand, i do things like excited stimming that is just genuine expression of emotion, and it makes me feel shitty when people make fun of that.

so when it comes to historical figures, we need to be conscious that we’re not mocking them for things that modern people struggle with or have in common, and that we could be perpetuating damaging stereotypes or misconceptions about marginalized groups.

im really glad you brought this up bc i do think jefferson is a good example of this. you don’t have to mock or disrespect a bad person, but you especially shouldn’t if you are making fun of things living people might have in common with them.

there’s a lot of nuance when it comes to just talking about historical figures, but basically it comes down to: call out the terrible things they did without being terrible yourself. just don’t be a dick, and i think making fun of disabled people is a pretty dick move.

thanks a lot for this ask, it really got me thinking. love ya <33

#thomas jefferson #history #autism #i love talking about autism #and jefferson :3 #jefferson keeps me up at night pls let me get these thoughts out my head #and i dont get discriminated against enough to talk about my autism #i say only a few weeks after getting scarred at a doctors appointment mainly bc people don’t understand autism HSJSBWJ

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thatautisticemo · 2 years

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i don't want a cure! I want compassion! I want ableism to end! I want medical literature to stop treating my brain like it's broken! I'm not broken! My brain is not broken! Autism is not a defect! I am not broken!!

I understand that it's hard. My parents struggled to take care of me for years. Guess what. When I was given the words to describe my experiences, I used them, and people understood, and were able to care for me better. I learned self advocacy. I learned to ask for help.

I'm not broken. I communicate differently and socialize differently. I experience and engage with the world differently. Different. Not less. Not wrong. Different.

Autism does not need a cure. As an autistic person, I DONT WANT A CURE. I DONT NEED A CURE. IM NOT BROKEN.

Fuck dude. I'm so upset by the way medical world talks about us. Like we're broken. Like we're a mistake.

Yeah I struggle to talk and I need help, reminders to eat and go to the bathroom and do chores and take my meds, and I fuck up, I get mad. I can communicate so much better now and I've mostly stopped having meltdowns because I can communicate my needs. I get disoriented and overwhelmed and I forget important things. I have accidents and some days I can't do anything at all because my brain needs a day off.

I love being me. I love being autistic. It's hard and traumatic for me and for my family and I have been abused for it. I have been discriminated against. I know how fucking hard it is. But Jesus can we stop acting like I'm broken.

I haven't been able to get a job. I try but nobody wants to hire me.

My brain is different and as much as I joke about it being fucked up, itisn't. It isn't broken. I'm not broken.. I have the right to exist. I have the right to exist, as I am, right now without anybody trying to "fix" me

Stop trying to cure autism. STOP TRYING TO CURE AUTISM. STOP IT.

We deserve to exist as we are we need compassion not a cure please for the love of God stop talking about me like I shouldn't exist

The reason I hated myself for so long was because the world and the medical community treat autistic people like mistakes or broken failures and I have had enough. Autistic people deserve love. Autistic people have the right to exist. All of us.

#long post #aut punk #actually disabled #actually autistic #ableism #Different not less #light it up red #fuck autism speaks #Shit you should care about #autism #neurodivergent #Actually traumatized #please #Stop doing this

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