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Is autism an excuse for bad behaviour?

Autistic Not Alien

What do you think about this?

I think using autism as an excuse for bad behaviour is itself very naughty. When famous people do this, it harms autistic people because it implies that autism is a bad thing. Autistic people have enough difficulty gaining acceptance and understanding in this world – the ‘autism made me do it’ excuse makes advocacy and survival even harder. I've just posted a video about this [content removed by Moderator due to breaches of the online community rules and guidelines].

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  • I have not read any of the replies before I have posted. Tbh I am not sure if I will on this thread and that is because I am vulnerable to suggestion. When I see something like autistics are doing something not desirable like bad behaviour it is like my mind can try and suggest it to me and it is a ton to fight off.

    I will say this, I do like the extract from what someone else wrote on this forum...I will quote and link to the post. I do like this.

    “ASD has caused a great many problems for me. It does tie in to my behaviours as a child and as an adult. However, having ASD is not an excuse to blatantly go against the wishes and requirements of God. I still have free will and free choice”.

    https://community.autism.org.uk/f/miscellaneous-and-chat/8684/jehovah-s-witnesses-with-asd

    I like the above quote and agree in essence, although I will say many autistics those who are classically so especially level 2 and above. Many may not even know about the details/descriptions of autism. They can act in disruptive ways not even being told a thing by anyone. It is instinctive to them. Sensory sensitivity can lead to disruptive behaviour and it did for me as a young child and does affect me today. Many of those level 2 and above will be affected by sensory sensitivity and we need to try and find ways to help people when struggling.

    You can feel like wanting to escape your head at times for real, it can be difficult at times.

    Disruptive behaviour can be explained and people shouldn’t try and take as an excuse to do bad behaviour as that is something different.

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  • I have not read any of the replies before I have posted. Tbh I am not sure if I will on this thread and that is because I am vulnerable to suggestion. When I see something like autistics are doing something not desirable like bad behaviour it is like my mind can try and suggest it to me and it is a ton to fight off.

    I will say this, I do like the extract from what someone else wrote on this forum...I will quote and link to the post. I do like this.

    “ASD has caused a great many problems for me. It does tie in to my behaviours as a child and as an adult. However, having ASD is not an excuse to blatantly go against the wishes and requirements of God. I still have free will and free choice”.

    https://community.autism.org.uk/f/miscellaneous-and-chat/8684/jehovah-s-witnesses-with-asd

    I like the above quote and agree in essence, although I will say many autistics those who are classically so especially level 2 and above. Many may not even know about the details/descriptions of autism. They can act in disruptive ways not even being told a thing by anyone. It is instinctive to them. Sensory sensitivity can lead to disruptive behaviour and it did for me as a young child and does affect me today. Many of those level 2 and above will be affected by sensory sensitivity and we need to try and find ways to help people when struggling.

    You can feel like wanting to escape your head at times for real, it can be difficult at times.

    Disruptive behaviour can be explained and people shouldn’t try and take as an excuse to do bad behaviour as that is something different.

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