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Thoughts on autism? Advocacy? Neurodiversity? Neuroqueering? Feminist Disability Studies?

sommersunshine

Hi everyone! 

I would love to hear any thoughts you have on autism and any of it's related topics. This can be anything from 'why is it a disorder' to 'why is disability not often considered in intersectional feminist works'! This is my special interest, and I'd love to chat with some like-minded folks!! 

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  • Thank you for starting this thread

    I’m still pretty new to understanding myself, but autism and neurodiversity connect a lot with my life story.

    My life has been very sheltered as a Jehovah’s Witness for about 20 plus years, so a lot of things about identity and the world were shut down or tightly controlled.

    That included my emotions and even parts of my sexuality, my therapist only recently suggested I might have suppressed aspects of it, and I’m just beginning to explore that and see what feels true for me.

    I’ve also started going to some LGBTQ+ groups, which has brought up a lot of mixed feelings but also a sense of finally learning who I am.

    It’s strange looking back and realising how much masking and survival shaped me, and now I’m trying to understand myself through a neurodiversity lens instead of shame or confusion.

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  • Thank you for starting this thread

    I’m still pretty new to understanding myself, but autism and neurodiversity connect a lot with my life story.

    My life has been very sheltered as a Jehovah’s Witness for about 20 plus years, so a lot of things about identity and the world were shut down or tightly controlled.

    That included my emotions and even parts of my sexuality, my therapist only recently suggested I might have suppressed aspects of it, and I’m just beginning to explore that and see what feels true for me.

    I’ve also started going to some LGBTQ+ groups, which has brought up a lot of mixed feelings but also a sense of finally learning who I am.

    It’s strange looking back and realising how much masking and survival shaped me, and now I’m trying to understand myself through a neurodiversity lens instead of shame or confusion.

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