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Icks 12w
YES the way social media has generified what it means to be autistic irks me so bad. why are we fetishizing someone who doesn’t understand social cues
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Anonymous 12w

So many mental health terms watered down; stimming, overstimulated, and others I can't remember. It's annoying cuz it's a real condition had by real people. It's almost like saying "any cancerous baddies dtf??" - OP

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Anonymous 12w

THISS plus that TikTok mentality that you can self diagnose everything

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Anonymous 12w

the last line bugs me a bit it’s not “oh we shouldn’t fetishize someone who struggles with social cues” it’s “don’t fetishize someone’s disorders”

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 12w

Like it’s one thing to say you have symptoms and seek out a diagnosis esp if it’s something more unlikely to diagnose due to health biases (Ik with AFABs an POC it’s harder to get an autism diagnoses) but DONT CLAIM TO HAVE IT 😭😭

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Anonymous 12w

i’m not at all saying that all people who lack social cues are autistic. you’re missing my argument here. it’s the fact that neurotypical people are finding autism “quirky” and “fun” and downscaling it to be something that’s attainable and attractive and something that someone should WANT to be when it in fact is not

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Anonymous replying to -> #3 12w

i just find it strange that someone can be specifically attracted to those traits. i think it’s overall odd to fetishized neurodivergency but i was using a symptom as an example

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