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This pandemic lockdown has essentially just reduced social pressures around my lifestyle, it's been normalized for now
I have isolated this way since transitioning into adulthood a decade ago; the only difference is wearing masks to stop infection and sanitizing
I have isolated this way since transitioning into adulthood a decade ago; the only difference is wearing masks to stop infection and sanitizing
I think most #ActuallyAutistic advocates have accounted well for their misanthropic biases and channel that towards better outcomes/higher standards
I am speaking to the vast majority of autistic adults that you will never hear from; getting involved in advocacy is a risk for us
I am speaking to the vast majority of autistic adults that you will never hear from; getting involved in advocacy is a risk for us
Most people don't recognize the unique risks of being an #OpenlyAutistic Self-Advocate
There are many people willing to target and abuse autistic people online because our reactions are seen as more amusing and we often mess up putting up appropriate boundaries against abuse
There are many people willing to target and abuse autistic people online because our reactions are seen as more amusing and we often mess up putting up appropriate boundaries against abuse
This trend established in real life data over decades of propensity to be abused plays out online as well
Our often naïve and straightforward communications attract abuse and learning to put up boundaries took me years; another thing that pushes us towards misanthropy
Our often naïve and straightforward communications attract abuse and learning to put up boundaries took me years; another thing that pushes us towards misanthropy
I don't judge my peers who are actively embracing their misanthropic views
I had to work very hard to get myself out of this cycle and expand my circle of empathy actively
Don't judge Autistic people for being misanthropes, judge the society that rejects and infantilizes us
I had to work very hard to get myself out of this cycle and expand my circle of empathy actively
Don't judge Autistic people for being misanthropes, judge the society that rejects and infantilizes us
It's really telling how society seems to co-miserate with each other for abnormal behaviors caused by isolation right now like binging media, lack of hygiene etc.
It's embittering to see isolation behaviors become socially acceptable after years of being punished for them
It's embittering to see isolation behaviors become socially acceptable after years of being punished for them
We have hard barriers to political positions, romance and dating, leadership and being employers
Misanthropy tells me everything will go back to being judged harshly, that those barriers will stay up
It's probably right, it's a hard bias to dismiss
Misanthropy tells me everything will go back to being judged harshly, that those barriers will stay up
It's probably right, it's a hard bias to dismiss
