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STAY WOKE

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I have been thinking a lot recently about life experiences of people with autism, the things they grow up with and go through at work which go unchallenged.

For me these are injustices, I feel like I was mistreated and I know in a few cases employers were breaking the law. I feel a lot of injustice that I don't want to let go of, although I am not militant about it.

I see how society is slanted and opposed to how neurodiverse people operate, and neuro typical people are, in my experience, militant to defend what they view as their world.

Obviously late diagnosed peoples view of their legal (and human) rights differs as its only possible to see in hindsight.

There's things now I wouldn’t let happen again, but it is catch 22 because I will never be that same age or position again.

My main concern now is that Ii don't want to become desensitised to what I have learned, with diagnosis as awareness. People struggling at school or in the workplace, who may not know why.

Also not everyone wants or will be happy with a diagnosis, especially earlier in life. In some cases life is better not knowing and struggling. 

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  • I don't know how to be anything other than woke, it's just part of who I am.

    People may struggle with diagnosis, but often they're swapping one struggle with another, for instance if you struggle to be understood, then an autism diagnosis will tell you why its a struggle, but won't stop the struggle.

    Sometimes it helps to think about life experiences as compost, they're past things, all the old potato peelings of life, they will rot down and help to create the life you have now and in the future. All those composted potato peelings will inform life now and in the future, but they're essentially gone in the shape they were in before, this sort of mental composting acknowleges that past and that you can't do anything to change it, they're no longer potato peelings but something new and transformed, your experiences can transform how you view the future, whilst still being authentically you.

  • in reply to TheCatWoman

    There are so many frictions for ND people just going for a walk, although I am old/wise enough to know that there are people who are utterly self-centred and don;t share my values for treating others with respect. I often defend people when its not always my place to - this stems from my deep seated sense of injustice.  I'm kind of Christian in my values, but no way do I believe in a god, just treating people like they are people. 

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  • in reply to TheCatWoman

    There are so many frictions for ND people just going for a walk, although I am old/wise enough to know that there are people who are utterly self-centred and don;t share my values for treating others with respect. I often defend people when its not always my place to - this stems from my deep seated sense of injustice.  I'm kind of Christian in my values, but no way do I believe in a god, just treating people like they are people. 

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