I’m trying to open up a discussion as I’m confused.
I’ve been attending some support sessions and some people celebrate being diagnosed autistic and have a party.
Now thats upto them, their choice.
I know it’s me that needs to see things differently but I find this really difficult to understand at the minute.
All the issues lifelong I have.
Lets just pretend autism wasn't named autism for a minute, after all it’s just a word somebody has put to a set of behaviours etc, let’s say it’s called an apple sandwich instead.
So let’s just say you’re called Julie and I said “ Right Julie, you are just being born again, would you want to walk up and down the street repeatedly back and forth, touching hedges, gates, fences, or would you want to not have to do this”
There’s surely not a person alive who would say they want to be born and do that and be an apple sandwich.
Thats just one behaviour/aspect, there’s plenty more but just one example.
Autism is just a word it’s the things that you seem compelled to do I hate.
