Published on 12, July, 2020
As an older person with Autism, I was brought up in very different times with different thinking, values, acceptance, behaviour, etc (1970's & 80's).
The World has changed so much since then - both for better and worse.There have been so many advancements - particularly in science and this has benefitted us ASD'ers immensely.
One thing that is troubling me is that I hold a lot of "principles" that in this day and age would be considered "Old Fashioned", "Traditional", maybe even "Bigotry" or worse.There are things that I struggle to understand or accept which are based on my traditional attitude. I was brought up in an era when....
I openly discuss or rant about these topics along with some others that may be considered taboo with closed friends and family who have all become somewhat numb to my outrageousness / inappropriateness.
I have however managed to "behave" in public (stayed on the right side of the law), but occasionally do mutter things with a level of cowardice.My concern is that now that I am officially autistic, the shackles of having to mask may have been broken and that has the potential of me saying the wrong thing at the wrong time.
My question I guess is, why are you clinging on to these values? Why are you not open to learning about the LGBTQIA+ community? If you have concerns over saying the wrong thing then perhaps it is time to open your mind up a little because I genuinely don't think you can blame your autism for being a biggot or for saying the wrong thing and I say this with kindness.
Maybe its that not liking change trait that many of use share.
I cant help that I was brought up in an era when things were very different, dare I say less accepting.I was brought up in an era where gays were openly called poofs and many other derogatory terms. Same with people with different skin colour.
I'm saying that it was right, just that that was the World and environment that I was brought up in.
Some autistic people really do struggle with change.
GPK26 said:Some autistic people really do struggle with change.
I also struggle with change but while throwing around terms like "that's gay" were commonplace when I was at school, I don't speak like that anymore. It wasn't hard for me to grow out of that.