Time to change perception about the relationship of autism to change?

I'm increasing fed up with autism having a tag "resistance to change" as being a problem for autistic people.

My observation is that the effects of change by human society as a whole are making the world an increasingly unsafe place to live.

Changes that favour a small number of people over the majority are the norm.

What's so wrong in wanting to feel safe by analysing the risks?

Maybe autistic people need to be more vocal collectively about this?

This thread might be a stimulus to do so :-)  

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  • Whats wrong with being uncomfortable with some changes, as said above not all changes are for the better and most people have change foisted upon them with little or no consultation and it adds to a general feeling of the world being out of control. I wonder if this is contributing to the rise of populism around the world? Populism always seems to be about doing things as they were done in the past without any regard to the practicalities or whether those things were good. I think good changes fit pretty seemlessly into our lives and enhance life, not restrict it or cause massive inconvenience.

    I think "resistance to change" lable, is a power trip, think about the sorts of people and thier agendas who use this sort of thing? How often is this lable used to discriminate or punish people? Often people might be unaware of any changes made and then get discriminated against because of it.

    I think a lot of change is for the sake of being seen to be doing something, like the introduction of ID cards, we have the laws needed already to deal with illegal migrants getting housing or work, they're just not enforced. Or things get "professionalised" like needing an audiologist to syringe your ears rather than the practice nurse, now getting your ears syringed is mostly done privately as there aren't enough audiologists.

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  • Whats wrong with being uncomfortable with some changes, as said above not all changes are for the better and most people have change foisted upon them with little or no consultation and it adds to a general feeling of the world being out of control. I wonder if this is contributing to the rise of populism around the world? Populism always seems to be about doing things as they were done in the past without any regard to the practicalities or whether those things were good. I think good changes fit pretty seemlessly into our lives and enhance life, not restrict it or cause massive inconvenience.

    I think "resistance to change" lable, is a power trip, think about the sorts of people and thier agendas who use this sort of thing? How often is this lable used to discriminate or punish people? Often people might be unaware of any changes made and then get discriminated against because of it.

    I think a lot of change is for the sake of being seen to be doing something, like the introduction of ID cards, we have the laws needed already to deal with illegal migrants getting housing or work, they're just not enforced. Or things get "professionalised" like needing an audiologist to syringe your ears rather than the practice nurse, now getting your ears syringed is mostly done privately as there aren't enough audiologists.

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