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Have you ever looked at the profiles on social media of autistic people promoting autism? They all tend to be pseudo-normies. They have lots of followers (which most autists could never achieve), they have great social skills and can easily mask (and most autists can't mask to save their life), they also don't look autistic), they have relationships/sex, they literally seem like normies with a quirk. These people are why so many people think autism is a superpower or a "different ability". If it's a superpower/different ability it wouldn't make life a whole lot harder. People on r/autism, r/aspergers, wrongplanet.net, or those videos on youtube of adults with autism just are a completely different group of people compared to the USUAL autists. Most autistic guys can't mask and often don't. Their behavior is completely autistic in public, they have bad social skills and might do socially awkward things. They usually don't mask.
Autism usually consists of co-morbid disorders, inability to maintain or even initiate a decent conversation, inability to figure out certain developmental milestones, social skills or other things on your own (e.g.: I didn't fucking know as a teen that people snuck out at night, i didn't know people did that until i was older), inability to handle sensory issues, inability to know how to do basic social functions, inability to know certain things by a certain age (i.e.: i didn't know what a one night stand was until i was 21), etc. We can't function at the most basic functions in life. Most of us have anxiety disorders, many have learning disabilities and other co-morbid disorders. We also can't figure out what is socially appropriate or can't pick up social cues, developmental delay, struggles with motivation, struggles with distraction, etc. WE CANNOT FUNCTION AT THE MOST BASIC HUMAN FUNCTIONS.
In fact, look it up, studies on autistic people tend to underrepresent a lot of intellectually disabled autists or autists with learning disabilities. and i bet socially active/successful autists are more likely to reply to these studies/surveys while the usual ones are reclusive and don't respond to or even ENCOUNTER these surveys.
people like me are basically middle-functioning autists if these types of autists are considered high functioning. my social skills are decent but i cannot figure out the things in life NT people can figure out and even these pseudo-autists can figure out.
TLDR
If you're a pseudo-autist or a socially active/successful autist who knows how to figure out basic human functions and can maintain a social life or relationships, then maybe it isn't a disability and your struggles in life are due to systemic ableism, but for most autists, they can't mask to save our life, and their social skills are total shit and they can't initiate good conversations or act socially awkward by accident. if society was more neurodiverse, those autists in particular would still struggle, maybe less, but still would. ONLY AUTISTIC WOMEN I'VE MET IRL CAN ACT LIKE THESE PSEUDO NORMIES.
@bigantennaemay1
Autism usually consists of co-morbid disorders, inability to maintain or even initiate a decent conversation, inability to figure out certain developmental milestones, social skills or other things on your own (e.g.: I didn't fucking know as a teen that people snuck out at night, i didn't know people did that until i was older), inability to handle sensory issues, inability to know how to do basic social functions, inability to know certain things by a certain age (i.e.: i didn't know what a one night stand was until i was 21), etc. We can't function at the most basic functions in life. Most of us have anxiety disorders, many have learning disabilities and other co-morbid disorders. We also can't figure out what is socially appropriate or can't pick up social cues, developmental delay, struggles with motivation, struggles with distraction, etc. WE CANNOT FUNCTION AT THE MOST BASIC HUMAN FUNCTIONS.
In fact, look it up, studies on autistic people tend to underrepresent a lot of intellectually disabled autists or autists with learning disabilities. and i bet socially active/successful autists are more likely to reply to these studies/surveys while the usual ones are reclusive and don't respond to or even ENCOUNTER these surveys.
people like me are basically middle-functioning autists if these types of autists are considered high functioning. my social skills are decent but i cannot figure out the things in life NT people can figure out and even these pseudo-autists can figure out.
TLDR
If you're a pseudo-autist or a socially active/successful autist who knows how to figure out basic human functions and can maintain a social life or relationships, then maybe it isn't a disability and your struggles in life are due to systemic ableism, but for most autists, they can't mask to save our life, and their social skills are total shit and they can't initiate good conversations or act socially awkward by accident. if society was more neurodiverse, those autists in particular would still struggle, maybe less, but still would. ONLY AUTISTIC WOMEN I'VE MET IRL CAN ACT LIKE THESE PSEUDO NORMIES.
@bigantennaemay1
