anyways parents who record/post their autistic child having a meltdown are awful people :)

It's OK to have different opinions about your Autism than the mainstream ASD community

It's OK to feel like you were benefited from your experience in ABA. It's OK to prefer the term "nonverbal" over "nonspeaking" for yourself. It's OK to prefer puzzle pieces. I know I do. It's OK to prefer "person with Autism" instead of "Autistic person". It's OK to be different. Now, what isn't ok is forcing others to conform to your preferences. If you feel the infinity symbol for Autism is better than puzzle pieces, you shouldn't be unkind to Autistic people who prefer the puzzle piece. And vice versa. This only applies to other members of the Autism community. People who don't have Autism should listen to those on the Spectrum, not what they as Allistic people personally believe is right.

Stop the fighting. Stop generalizing "all Autistic people do/prefer/like [insert thing here]". It's a Spectrum. And that's OK.

the day the “autism moms” of the internet stop posting their autistic kid’s meltdowns with the caption “the bad side of autism 😔” is the day i can finally rest

overbearing autism moms™️ stop trying to set random autistic women who aren’t interested up with your son who also is not interested

an example of bad vs good autism merchandise

❌ puzzle piece symbol

❌ dabbing among us character (??????)

❌ awareness ≠ acceptance

✅ uses the rainbow infinity symbol

✅ says acceptance instead of awareness

✅ AUTISM DRAGON AUTISM DRAGON AUTISM DRAGON!!!,,,,,

Note to adult allistics, when an autistic person/child asks you “why?” after you tell them to do something, or when you tell them a rule,

THEY AREN’T TRYING TO BE RUDE.

We just want to know why we’re going to be doing something, or looking for a general explanation of what you told us. Saying “because I told you so” is illogical and confusing to us, it just doesn’t make sense! Stop getting mad at us for genuinely asking “why?” we’re not INSULTING you, we just need a reason as to why you told us to do something.

Bumper sticker that say “I hunt Autism Speaks moms for sport”

i wish all autism moms who make barely tolerating their autistic kids their main personality trait a very pleasant fuck off

Why are neurotypical able bodied parents so obsessed with a 'hero' fantasy. No, you aren't a hero for caring for a disabled or neurodivergent child. You aren't special.

Parents are supposed to take care of their children, that's literally their whole job as a parent. So taking care of a disabled or neurodivergent child is no different, even if they need more care (or care in different areas).

I get that sometimes taking care of children with different needs is hard, with the ableism in our society and the fact that getting funding, disability aids, etc is very hard. But that still doesn't make a parent of a disabled / neurodivergent child a hero, it just makes them a parent, because parents take care of their kids, it's their job as a parent.

*exhale* rant over. Fuck you "autism moms".

this the type of autism moms we need on tiktok

Stop acting like you're so brave and amazing for taking care of your disabled child. You're not inspirational for doing the bare minimum.

My autism is not harder for you than it is for me. Their disability is not harder for you than it is for them.

Gonna start talking about autism parents as if they're endangered creatures and I'm a hunter in the 1920s

me: *has autism*

someone: u know who has a hard time because of that?

me: …?

someone: ur mom

Wanda Maximoff is an Autism Mom.

She's so obsessed with the conceptual ideal of motherhood that she's willing to bereave two children she considers hers in pursuit of it.

If that's not classic Autism Mom I don't know what is.