“For too long autistic children have been just taught what they should do to fit in a neurotypical mold, instead of being taught who they are as autistic people, and who neurotypical people are as a neurotypical people, and how to appreciate both, and build translations between the two.”
Month: April 2021
Photo © Emma Dalmayne [image: Emma Dalmayne, a woman with brown skin and dark hair wearing a nose ring and a blue sundress, looking into the camera.] by Emma Dalymayne twitter.com/EDalmayne They say to autistics: Make eye contact Look at me How am I meant to know you can hear me if you don’t look at me? Not like that Not like that! Ok you’re staring now… Why are you staring? That’s inappropriate eye contact! Stop staring you look like a freak. They say to autistics: Talk to me You are rude when you don’t answer Can’t you talk? No I’m not looking at your text on the screen you need to learn to talk! Stop talking so much! I’ve heard about this Janice it’s called “info dumping” So rude. They say to autistics: Express yourself No stop moving like that it’s weird! Why are you rocking? You look…