Actually Autistic - C.M. Weller

Representation Vs Autism: Good When Useful

Kind of makes an Autiste like me believe that society will only think me worthy of my keep if I'm somehow profitable.

IMNSHO: Autism Representation done right

I can clearly imagine the neurotypical rage that would happen if... one of the heroes... was introduced while he was stimming as pictured above.

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I've Been Going Through It

Switching to Linux is not an easy task. Further to the point, I am a dummins.

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On the Care and Maintenance of Larval Autistes

I know I’ve had some mean things to say about how Autism is treated. This time, it’s all about how to raise your Autiste…

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What is Time?

There’s probably a lot of you who flinch every time that Autism word cloud pops up, so I should warn you now.

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Follow, Follow-up

Let me tell you about this cock-up of epic proportions called “diagnosis”.

Life, Fuckups, and Trivialities

The Unobservant Effect

I would like to make this clear that I have absolutely, positively no idea whether or not this is a co-morbidity of my ASD, if it’s a Writer Thing(tm)…

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Equally Sick, Unequally Seen

You may have already guessed from the picture, but I’m about to go off once again on my favourite topic: Autism.

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Autism and You: Things I Want Nypicals to Know

I am Autistic. If the previous four weeks of articles weren’t a clue, I’m kind’a passionate about the entire social mire surrounding my condition.

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Autism and Me, Part Four: Things Could be Better

Progress has happened. That’s a good thing. Awareness is spreading, more people know what Autism looks like and more people know more about it.

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Autism and Me, Part Three: Things Are Better Now

I have had a lifetime of falling through the cracks. Too smart for public school, too dumb to get a free ride with a more elite educational facility.

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Autism and Me, Part Two: Coping Strategies Good, Bad, and Atrocious

I was a child for the era in which measles could kill a kid. Hell, I had schoolmates who thought I had died, the year I caught all the spots. They were greatly disappointed that I was still alive, but that’s not the point of this particular diatribe.

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Autism and Me, Part One: Public School Attitude

Back in the 70’s, Asperger’s didn’t exist. Even if it did, I didn’t fit all the checkboxes.

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Tropes I Despise: Burden Porn

The sorrowful, dramatic, and heartbreaking music swells. The man in the white coat looks at his results once again and steels himself to deliver the bad news. "The results are in," he says. "There can be no doubt. Your child is... a burden."

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Tropes Vs Autism: The Superpower

Someone, somewhere, latched on to the concept that Autistic people are super-good at some things and someone else’s speculation that Autism may be a step up on the so-called evolutionary ladder.

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Tropes Vs Autism: The Heroic Asshole

So the white male hero gets to be the asshole that the writers wish they could be, solve all the problems, and save the day. Every week. More often than not, the Autism label is slapped on as an afterthought.

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Tropes Vs Autism: The Burden

This is one that turns up in the social narrative as well as fictional ones. The autistic boy (And it’s always a boy, as discussed last week) can’t be managed and won’t be managed. Sometimes, he’s a danger to himself and others.

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Tropes Vs Autism: The White Man/Boy

Autism has been the Big Scary since the 70’s, when it became a diagnostic and not merely the subheader “retarded”. I remember that they had an extended PSA about it via Quincy, which just goes to show how long this has been going on.

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Why didn’t this exist forever ago?

I’m Autistic, but not Autistic enough to show up on anyone’s radar. I’m stealth-Autistic.