As I have mentioned a couple of times on here, I have autism. I was diagnosed when I was 4, and have overcome a lot of challenges related to it to find myself in the position I’m in now. In addition to this, my brother also has severe autism, which poses him considerably more difficult challenges than those which I have faced.
So, why exactly do I hate the idea of an entire month of advocacy dedicated to raising awareness of said challenges? Well, the answer to that question is simple – it doesn’t. Rather than being dedicated to genuinely raising awareness about autism, April is instead an entire month of neurodivergency ‘advocates’ (who, it must be pointed out, are usually neurotypical), celebrating it as a separate identity and as some sort of pride movement in order to feel good about themselves. Indeed, anyone who even so much as raises the spectre of the challenges which autism poses, even if they are family members of autistic people or autistic themselves, is immediately shouted down as a bigot by said ‘advocates’.
Autism isn’t some wonderful part of one’s identity, it is an at times serious neurological disorder which, especially in the case of less high functioning people such as my brother, can cause profoundly negative lofe-limiting effects, and yet these cunts simply use it as an excuse to gain social capital using crap like autism awareness month as the Trojan horse. To that end, autism awareness month, and the neurodiversity ‘advocates’ who promote it, is a first class cunt of the highest order.
Nominated by: OpinionatedCunt
(More info here. Day Admin – Misunderstood Autism )




