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Why do people think it's OK to be autistic?

Sickle Moon

I don't feel accepted and supported, I just feel defective, judged by everyone, and guilty for what I've done to my family. I know we're all entitled to our opinions and feelings, and that we all think differently, but I just really don't understand why some autistic people 'celebrate' it and think it's OK to be autistic when I honestly don't think there is anything less OK in the entire world, particularly when you're a woman and it's such a man's condition. I often feel my strong sense of identity as a female is being stolen from me.

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  • I think that whether or not a person thinks it is ok to be Autistic depends very much on the individual person and their situation and circumstances. I don’t perceive that being autistic makes me defective, it just means that my brain works differently to most people’s brains. Who do you feel is judging you? Are there any particular people that you feel are not being accepting or supportive? I don’t feel that being autistic makes me less of a woman either, I’m still a woman. It’s a condition that affects both genders, it just presents differently in women. I think it’s normal to struggle with your sense of identity after being diagnosed, I have too, but we’re still the same person that we always have been.

  • in reply to Kitsune

    I'm a twin so I have a direct comparison between the ND & NT version of myself.   I prefer me.

  • in reply to Plastic

    That must be kind of odd to be completely alike in every way except your neurology?

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