mapleseedfall@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 11 days agoWhats your advantage in life?message-squaremessage-square180fedilinkarrow-up1114arrow-down112file-text
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minus-squareintensely_human@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up4·10 days agoWelcome to being “high functioning” autistic, which is basically an undercover assignment from birth where if you slip up suddenly you have enemies. Nobody, literally zero people, will acknowledge treating autistic people differently but holy shit.
minus-square🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 ℹ️@yiffit.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·10 days agoI’ve never felt like someone might kill me if they learn I am on the spectrum. I have felt that way if they found out I fuck dudes.
minus-squareintensely_human@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·9 days agoActively kill me? No. But take away my ability to earn money? Yes. Fortunately our society has safety nets for people who are expunged from groups, so in our civilization it’s not killing to kick someone out of the group.
Welcome to being “high functioning” autistic, which is basically an undercover assignment from birth where if you slip up suddenly you have enemies.
Nobody, literally zero people, will acknowledge treating autistic people differently but holy shit.
I’ve never felt like someone might kill me if they learn I am on the spectrum. I have felt that way if they found out I fuck dudes.
Actively kill me? No. But take away my ability to earn money? Yes. Fortunately our society has safety nets for people who are expunged from groups, so in our civilization it’s not killing to kick someone out of the group.