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fandomsecrets2014-07-05 03:26 pm
case) wrote in fandomsecrets2014-07-05 03:26 pm
[ SECRET POST #2741 ]
⌈ Secret Post #2741 ⌋
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Re: I'm sorry but...
I apologize for coming off hostile. I felt like there were being made assumptions about me, and I also just dealt with this person on tumblr who came at me all "how dare you".
I actually am on the spectrum and in my own personal works I try to include a diverse range of autistic characters.
I can actually see your reasons more and they make more sense. I just kinda get wary about people jumping the gun so much with autistic headcanons. It's not so much that I find it an insult to consider a character autistic, I just find that when such headcanons are tossed around so carelessly , it seems almost fetishizing or "slapping on labels" especially on tumblr where some people think it's all just wonderful and grand to make characters have some disorder.
(In the comments of that one person's headcanon I picked apart there were comments like "AUTISM IS GLORIOUS" that really rubbed me the wrong way. Like I don't think it's horrible but...I feel like calling a disorder 'glorious' is sugarcoating it and insulting to people who are nonverbal and suffer from severe versions of the disorder. Just ...tumblr's whole treatment of mental disorders bothers me)
Maybe that's just my bias.
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Re: I'm sorry but...
The 'glorious' part I don't actually mind? And it's kind of a generalisation to say that everyone who's nonverbal and has a 'severe' version would find it insulting - look up people like Amanda Baggs, who is nonverbal and was diagnosed as 'low-functioning' but is also an articulate (with a computer) autistic advocate. It's definitely not a Tumblr thing - I've seen very similar sentiments for around the nine years I've had a diagnosis for, and that well and truly predates Tumblr.