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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.

  • in reply to Lotus

    I think its just a verbal shorthand for saying 'I woke up to the fact that our government/police/schools are institutionally racist, sexist, ablist. Obviously you add the institution of your choice and the effect it has on you and those around you. It's amazing how many people have somethig happen to them or someone they know and the whole world looks different, they wake up to the fact that the world isn't always a nice place.

    I don't think a lot of NT's along with some ND's have the courage to admit that putting people in boxes dosen't work, there are not enough pigeon holes to adaquately describe everyone and everything and why should there be? Why can't we just accept who and what we are and inhabit it fully?

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  • in reply to Lotus

    I think its just a verbal shorthand for saying 'I woke up to the fact that our government/police/schools are institutionally racist, sexist, ablist. Obviously you add the institution of your choice and the effect it has on you and those around you. It's amazing how many people have somethig happen to them or someone they know and the whole world looks different, they wake up to the fact that the world isn't always a nice place.

    I don't think a lot of NT's along with some ND's have the courage to admit that putting people in boxes dosen't work, there are not enough pigeon holes to adaquately describe everyone and everything and why should there be? Why can't we just accept who and what we are and inhabit it fully?

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  • in reply to pietro_21

    Good I think that world view should be challenged, I don't even think it's a majority view either, I think its the views of a self serving clique weilding undue influence over both individuals and governments. They all seem to set the tone of any discussion and come up with a load of jargon that means little and is inaccessable to the uninitiatedand then when we don't fall in with them we need correcting and regulating. If something accidently lands on my foot, then me swearing, hopping about and crying isn't a sign of being emotionally disregulated, not do I need my language or behavior correcting as it's appropriate to the situation.

    I think the NT world needs disruptors and the NT's who run ND services especially so.

  • in reply to TheCatWoman

    I don't believe they (school/governments) are knowingly so, to be wilfully ignorant of the fact would make them so, and they are not. Its just that neurodiversity is seen as a marginalised issue to the extent that it is virtually ignored.So played down to the extent that those affected do feel victimised. The issue is much bigger and addressing it would also mean significantly altering many people's comfortable world view.