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You're Not Autistic, You're just Privileged.

I'm Autistic, Now What?

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Autistic Influencer BULLIED off Social Media: Autistic Influencer BULLIED off Social Media
So you think you might be Autistic...Now What?: So you think you might be Autistic...Now W...
Does TikTok Think You're Autistic? | 4 Bizarre Autism Tests: Does TikTok Think You're Autistic? | 4 Qui...

💛 The Lovely Autistic People Featured 💛:
bertrannajay: https://www.tiktok.com/@bertrannajay/...
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sciencewithtyus: https://www.tiktok.com/@sciencewithty...
Vanessa Bobb: Instagram: a2ndvoicecic
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📒 Sources 📒:

LJ Truth's Video: https://www.tiktok.com/@ljtruth/video...

Yuval's video:https://www.tiktok.com/@yuvaltheterri...

Neurotypical Peers are Less Willing to Interact with Those with Autism based on Thin Slice Judgments: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28145...

Autistic women and girls: https://www.autism.org.uk/advice-and-...

The ‘lost generation’ in adult psychiatry: psychiatric, neurodevelopmental and sociodemographic characteristics of psychiatric patients with autism unrecognised in childhood: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/arti...

Cognitive Dissonance: Why It's So Hard to Admit You're Wrong | C...

Autism Spectrum Disorder: Medium: autism-spectrum-disorder-diagnosis

Neurodivergent meaning: https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health...

Munchausen Syndrome NHS: https://www.nhs.uk/mental-health/cond....

Munchausen Syndrome is Rare: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NB....

The narrative around autism is being twisted to excuse cruelty and white male violence. We cannot let that happen: https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/...

‘Special Snowflake’ My Ass: Why Identity Labels Matter: https://theestablishment.co/special-s...

The Reach and Accuracy of Information on Autism on TikTok: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37544...

Facial Expressions Test: https://www.tiktok.com/@neuroqueercoa...

Dr Inna: https://www.tiktok.com/@dr_inna/video...

What is Autism: https://www.theguardian.com/commentis...

00:00 TikTok is making me angry
00:40 You're not autistic, you want to be special
05:50 You just don't want to work hard
08:59 A disappointing response...
15:02 Faking autism is impossible?
18:49 Were you giving spectrum?
20:04 Can TikTok diagnose you?
22:43 The apology?
25:50 Signs you're NOT autistic

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Aspergirls by Rudy Simone:
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Different not Less by Chloe Hayden (read if you want to cry):
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Unmasking Autism by Devon Price:
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DISCLAIMER: I am a second-year psychology student and a late-diagnosed #actuallyautistic individual. I am not a qualified healthcare professional.

20 Comments

@imautisticnowwhat Creator 2 years ago (edited) Pinned

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@Urmamasaho 2 years ago

the only thing that pisses me off more than someone being ignorant is someone being confidently ignorant

@zombiimoff 2 years ago

"Don't take the test. You're not autistic.*
My Autism diagnosis: magically disappears

@CorpseTongji 2 years ago (edited)

being autistic is most of the world being a sensory meat grinder and having other people be like 'no way you're autistic you're handling this fine' while your hand is in the meat grinder and you've trained yourself not to flinch

@Dani-it9vc 1 year ago

Saying "It's okay to be neurotypical" in the most genuine serious way ever made me cry laughing for 5 minutes my guy what world do you live in where this needs to be said 😭😭😭😭😭😭

@asdfghyter 2 years ago

“you want the diagnosis to make you feel special” no, i want it to make me feel normal. it’s literally the opposite!

@paedur9080 2 years ago

I find it odd that particularly the first guy seems to think he's saying something new or revolutionary and not regurgitating the basic 'I don't believe you, you're just lazy' position that people who are neurodivergent have heard their whole lives.

@madelineosborne2672 2 years ago

I was diagnosed with ADHD at 30. When I told my parents, they had a comeback to every symptom with, “everyone does that,” or “well your sister had it worse.” They don’t realize how much effort it took to get the good grades and keep my big emotions inside and then how utterly burnt out college made me and the paralysis I experience when it comes to doing the smallest tasks around the house. My diagnosis helps me understand me; it’s literally not hurting or impacting anyone else. 🤷‍♀️

@ChadowMand 1 year ago

"Call your relatives and tell them you're autistic. Then see how special they make you feel." Is the best comeback to anyone claiming that people who have "xyz" don't actually and are doing so to "feel special". Like sure, on the internet people might think I'm cool for "xyz" but I can't be online all day, eventually I gotta face the outside and the people there who are way more varying in opinions than the 3 people in my discord.

@FaeOfDoom 2 years ago

"it is definitely frustrating because these people do wind up delegitimizing those people that actually fall under these labels."
says the dude delegitimizing those people that actually fall under those labels. irony...

@DaniellaCartwright 2 years ago

I HATE when people say I just want to be special. I've always wished to be normal and for them I WANT TO BE SPECIAL. WTF?!?!?!

@AlexPolsag 2 years ago

Two dudes with opposing political views found the common ground through being ableist. How heartwarming

@FreThePotatoHunter 2 months ago

“You just want to feel special” all I ever wanted was to feel normal, but sure, I want to feel special.

@TheMusely 2 years ago

I think another thing that these neurodivergency "callouts" are missing is that just by being autistic or having ADHD you might be perceived as more obnoxious by neurotypical people either because your personality and communication style is different or because you're just very eager to finally find relatable friends online, so you might put more focus on it than those particular NT folks would find tasteful or something.

@thomastoadie9006 2 years ago

Imagine suffering from chronic pain trying to inform people about your limitations and tribulations only to be told by a guy who never suffered from anything that:

“yeah, you don’t suffer from chronic pain, you just want to be special. If you want to be special go DO something special..blabla”.

There’s absolutely no air in this guy’s empathy balloon.

@kyu2o337 2 years ago (edited)

I'm a caretaker for people with developmental disabilities. There was an autistic client that was higher functioning, for lack of a better term, that my coworkers tended to be annoyed by. They were once talking about him in a negative way and i felt compelled to butt in and say, "He's awkward because he's autistic." At that moment, a different, "lower functining" client screeched and started stimming, and they responded, "THAT'S autistic." These are people that work in the mental health field. People in general are hard pressed to understand "spectrum". It's kind of depressing.

@dyrr836 2 years ago

When I was a kid I was falsely diagnosed with autism because my parents refused to believe that their child was "crazy enough" for BPD and OCD. Now we have kids who ARE autistic being told they're not autistic enough to be accepted. Miserable world.

@citruscirrus5607 2 years ago (edited)

God the “people faking autism are delegitimizing people who are really autistic” always upsets me. Like no, the ‘fakers’ are not delegitimizing anyone. The people who ARE delegitimizing are the ones who attack autistic people because they think autistic people are faking because we don’t fit stereotypes.

edit: changed ‘re’ to ‘are’

@DivineSageofSol 2 years ago (edited)

As someone who got diagnosed later in life it always bothers me when people say things like "they would have caught that early in life" as if most schools or parents get you examined for it like for glasses. My parents didn't understand and my schools didn't care.

No they don't always "catch it early".