Anonymous #1 6d

while also surviving outside. trust me ik masking can be so essential and has been for me. but idk i just feel like there’s still some aspect of teaching us new ways to mask in a way that we’re finding ways to cope better internally so the masking our environments want & expect us to do won’t slip. i feel like this research isn’t being done so they can help us live happily. it’s just so we can cope enough for them to not have to deal with an unmasked autist. i don’t think autism research in

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Anonymous #1 6d

general rlly even cares abt autistic individuals at all now that i think abt it. like is it just me or does it feel like so much of this research has left general society blaming us even more for our own condition?? rather than seeing from this that you can’t just push & shove a ND shaped block into a NT shaped hole. they are mad at US for not having the qualities to exist in a NT world, when we could’ve just like idk used this research to create a neurodiverse world?? idek if this made sense 😭

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Anonymous #1 6d

Yeah I agree, I feel like a lot of autism research is conducted from a lens of melding us into a completely homogeneous society that functions in a specific way rather than a lens of ‘how can we improve this group’s quality of life’. I think most people would benefit from a more flexible way of life that caters to different neurotypes and functionality, even completely typical, able-bodied people. I think I would be a million times more productive if I could sleep during the day and work🍑

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Anonymous OP 6d

oh i absolutely agree hahahah. i always tell NT ppl that i KNOW most of yall are miserable in this society too. but for some reason they think it has to be this strict way of life bc we all know the world never ever makes a massive shift/change. i tell them a more adaptable society for society will literally help them too because even if ur NT ur still different in ur own way. u still have needs and things that either help or breakdown ur life. some reason i just dont understand why its refused

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Anonymous #1 6d

🍑 all night. Even consider how mobility aids can get legitimately co-opted for other uses, like girls with long nails using tab openers for an example of this on a smaller scale. Of course idrk what would happen but i think it would improve everyone’s QOL and also productivity if you want a capitalist perspective. But that would require completely revamping society and… yeah lol… i would if I could.

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Anonymous OP 6d

omg i would be so productive if i could not even just like sleep during the day, but use my day to do things i love to do. and then like 11 pm-4 am i do my work. the way id be such an academic weapon. my grad department wouldn’t be looking at me like a failure bc i just cant fucking do this anymore with anything bc of how much i just don’t get & will never work my best under the conditions this world for some reason thinks every 8 billion mf ppl should be able to do

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