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Happy Autistic Pride Day!

Ausomely Autistic

Hello fellow autistic people! Today is the day (among every other day) to celebrate your autistic identity!

How will you celebrate? Are you proud to be autistic? If so, why?

 I am definitely proud to be autistic for numerous reasons but I shall list my top 3:

  1. I love the intensity with which I feel everything, it makes me a very passionate person.
  2. I love the way I make people laugh with my honesty and literal thinking.
  3.  I love the fact that being autistic means I belong to this Ausome Autistic community!

  • Dear Ausomely Autistic,

    Happy Autistic Pride Day. I had hoped to go to the Pride event in London, but haven't quite made it. I hope if you are there you are not getting too wet.

    I have only recently heard of Autistic Pride Day. And initially thought it was part of LGBT Pride month. So got a bit confused.

    I am not really feeling acceptance yet, so am struggling with Pride. I went to the two Autism Advocacy stands at the Autism Show in London and have found them both really helpful.

    I hope that one day I will happy with my identity and be able to celebrate it on this Day and everyday. 

    Thank you for your post. I thought I was alone.

    Mrs Snooks 

  • in reply to JT

    well said - you put that much better than I did! :-)

  • in reply to Touay

    Sorry to say, but I agree. I don't need to be proud to be defined into a subcategory of society. I will feel proud when it is no longer mentioned as a 'difference' and is just part of the fabric of a diversely included populus

  • I hate 'pride' whatevers .... they are (deliberately) a mechanism to split people apart by identities and maximize differences to create the maximum of division in society.  Those pushing it can then claim to be the saviors of those groups, when they are actually victimizing those groups.

    Emphasis should always be on our shared humanity, not 'pride' in immutable characteristics.

    Recognition, yes, acceptance, yes ... 'pride' no thanks.