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STAY WOKE

pietro_21

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 do not like the word "Woke" - for a start, it's grammatically incorrect; woke is a verb, not an adjective. You can be aware, you can't be woke. It also feels like a group of people suddenly decided that they were more aware of the diversity and needs of others than most and that they were therefore better than most other people, and they gave themselves a label as an identifier. I don't like cliques - most of us just try to be kind and not abuse others, we don't need a label to do that.

    However, this is not a criticism of your thoughts - I understand that you are discussing awareness of the needs of autistic people. I do not think you necessarily need a diagnosis to be aware of this though - I don't have one - and the poor treatment by employers and others is often down to lack of knowledge.So promoting awareness  and knowledge of autism is what is required, which is what we and the NAS try to do here.

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  • I do not like the word "Woke" - for a start, it's grammatically incorrect; woke is a verb, not an adjective. You can be aware, you can't be woke. It also feels like a group of people suddenly decided that they were more aware of the diversity and needs of others than most and that they were therefore better than most other people, and they gave themselves a label as an identifier. I don't like cliques - most of us just try to be kind and not abuse others, we don't need a label to do that.

    However, this is not a criticism of your thoughts - I understand that you are discussing awareness of the needs of autistic people. I do not think you necessarily need a diagnosis to be aware of this though - I don't have one - and the poor treatment by employers and others is often down to lack of knowledge.So promoting awareness  and knowledge of autism is what is required, which is what we and the NAS try to do here.

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