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A thorough blog essay covering contributions that autistic people make to society as a whole.

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[–] Haui@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Insanely long but the 2/3 of it I have read are very good. It’s unapologetic, which is important for the autistic population of the planet imo.

[–] BackOnMyBS@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It’s unapologetic, which is important for the autistic population of the planet imo.

Yesssss!! I agree. We're so used to having to apologize for being autistic, that it's nice to be proud of related strengths. Thank you for pointing that out.

[–] Haui@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Thank you very much. I googled autism merch today. It’s disgusting. 90% of the stuff is shit and most have the puzzle piece or „please be patient I‘m autistic“. I wanted to puke!

Nothing like „autistic - no touchy“ or „don’t look me in the eyes baby“ or something else that is a little bit more cheeky and not some apologetic trash.

We don’t need to apologize for being ourselves. I think people should apologize to us for saying „ah, you‘re being problematic today again?“. Yes motherf***er, deal with it.

[–] BackOnMyBS@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah, I like flipping the script too 😁

I bought these 2 shirts (shirt 1 & shirt 2). You might like some of the other products in the store, which is ran by an openly autistic YouTuber named Mom on the Spectrum.

[–] Haui@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Ok! Thats pretty awesome. Thanks for sharing. :)

[–] BackOnMyBS@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

you're welcome 😊