Anonymous #1 7w

Autism doesn’t kill people, and we also know why the diagnosis rate is going up (we just have better and broader diagnostic tools)

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Anonymous smithereen 7w

Suicide by autistic people is much higher so statically it does

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Anonymous #1 7w

Yeah but that’s because we fail autistic people as a society, not because autism makes you want to kill yourself

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Anonymous smithereen 7w

Instead of wasting tax dollars on saying shit that doesn't matter they should just fucking spend the money on public education on autism instead. Maybe then we wouldn't be killing ourselves so much.

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Anonymous #1 7w

Like if the average grocery trip is painfully overstimulating for you. Yeah you’d wanna kill yourself. The solution is to introduce accommodations and help autistic people cope while they’re young.

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Anonymous smithereen 7w

Just my opinion as an autistic person but the amount of times I've genuinely wanted to do it is off the charts, and it's always because of other people who don't know anything about what I'm saying.

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Anonymous #1 7w

I’m sorry to hear that. I hope that in the future we do better for neurodivergent people, and I hope you’re on a path to healing❤️

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Anonymous smithereen 7w

Autism is like 1/60 Americans bro. Our country is fucked by doing this. Just spreading blatant misinformation and stabbing us in the back. Suicide rates are going to go even higher

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Anonymous #1 7w

It’s so fucked up it makes my stomach turn. After whatever shit storm is coming up next I hope we really do shit for disabled people. The interventions we have for children especially are falling apart

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