Autistic girl community on Sidechat | How many of you guys have been called the r-slur by people who didn’t know you were autistic? Genuinely curious because it’s happened to me too often. Like, why are we still normalizing ableism?

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Autistic girl community 2w

How many of you guys have been called the r-slur by people who didn’t know you were autistic? Genuinely curious because it’s happened to me too often. Like, why are we still normalizing ableism?

Anonymous 2w

I just get more “subtle” comments like “anti social”, “weird”, “not very friendly” like honestly I’d rather you just call me a slur atp it would hurt less than pointing out all the things I work so hard on to overcome

Anonymous 2w

I haven’t been called it, but I have been around so many people when they used it to describe other people, things, etc.

Anonymous 2w

when i was in elementary school and into middle school i definitely was. by the time i hit high school i had became reclusive and the school was big enough people didn’t really bother lol

Anonymous 2w

i’ve been called slow by my boss at work even though i’m not any slower than anyone else and i’m more intelligent than average

Anonymous 2w

In grade school i thought it was a nickname lmao same with the f slur 🤩 how right they were lol

Anonymous

#3 2w

and as an adult it hasn’t really happened because i went to a school with a lot of neurodivergent folk, so i both was able to be a little “weird” and to grow my social skills in an environment that was accepting