Acceptance of Autism by Society

ACCEPTANCE OF AUTISM BY SOCIETY

How can you be an individual and fit in? Of course we are quirky because we are not pretending to be anything but ourselves. This ties in with freedom, which is neutrality. Definite identity is bias, when it is rigidly defended. You cannot help the sex or race you were born with but you can choose to accept or reject the cultural beliefs you were given at birth. Does this mean that you should rebel against the food you eat, the clothes you wear? No because this form of culture may not be one you have a choice over, unless you grow your own, make it or import it as it may not be locally available.

Showing no interest means not getting involved. For me this means not getting swayed by ideas (beliefs), which ordinary people are stirred by all the time. They say this means we have no empathy – I say it means we are not pliable and swayed by emotional rhetoric. We won't be manipulated by those who create conformist tyrannies, like Hitler's Germany or The Islamic State – we don't belong and don't want to play dolls for others. If this makes us branded as weirdoes, so be it. I'd rather not fit in than be willing cannon fodder. I'd rather be constructive, living in my own little world than destructive, living in somebody else’s (“War isn't murder, it's suicide” as Ramsay McDonald, the British prime minister said).

To ordinary people you're good when you do what you're told and bad when you disobey or revolt. For us it is not about fitting in that way or playing favourites but discovering what is the best way to live together and progress as human beings: Once again sensible, non-biased actions, in a personal way as opposed to emotional bias and being pushed around like cattle.

Normal people are like Daleks, trying to enforce conformity of mind and uniformity of body – compared to our Dr Who's; creative, inventive and operating on free will. They do their best to sabotage their senses, through drink, drugs, sleep deprivation, noise and continual motion, while we try to slow down, live modestly and keep our fingers on the pulse of reality. They seem to like the sound of their own voices and lap up what others say as if it was gospel truth. We on the other hand use our eyes first, to work out what is true and what isn't (the little boffins that we are). Because they rush through life, they only have a shallow grasp of reality, whereas we slow down and look, therefore having more depth of perception and control over details in our lives, painfully so in fact at times. We want to be responsible (present / grounded), while they do their best to avoid grasping anything, sabotaging their sensory input at every opportunity. This leaves them lacking awareness and memory of the world they live in or the body they inhabit. Should we feel sorry for them? No because this is self-inflicted misery, despite their denials (denial is the opposite of responsibility because it is refusing to accept your own actions as being self-directed, self-chosen, even when it is following somebody else (I was only obeying orders): Remember nothing, blame everything and everyone else for your own ignorance and suicidal behaviour but yourself (God, nature, society etc.).

So do we really want to be accepted by a society that wants to humiliate and degrade us, in order to suppress our individuality and get us to toe the line? Well I don't because I'm an individual with something to offer as an individual – how about you?