tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35743239.post3296667691581227425..comments2024-03-29T03:43:45.977-04:00Comments on Of Battered Aspect: AAPAPE DayDave Hingsburgerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11918601687946534172noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35743239.post-65922182279998168102017-04-18T05:43:24.996-04:002017-04-18T05:43:24.996-04:00So absolutely typical. Good on you for insisting o...So absolutely typical. Good on you for insisting on them having a Special Olympian and sticking to your principles! That's how it should be (although hopefully in future we won't have to insist on it because it'll be done automatically. It's constantly done about us without us and that is NOT ACCEPTABLE.<br /><br />Autism Bewareness Day (as a lot of us autistics refer to it) is definitely about the parents, etc. Actually-autistic people don't come into it. AAD is all about creating fear of autism, holding up the martyr parents and congratulating them because we're SUCH HARD WORK and aren't the parents brave and wonderful and so on. Oh, and promoting Autism $peaks (they chose blue, that's why the official colour is blue, because most of those diagnosed are male - thus completely invalidating and obliterating female autistics from the narrative), which as far as most autistics are concerned is an anti-autistic hate group.<br /><br />As Elliefint says, it's all about Autism ACCEPTANCE Day/Month. That's where you'll find the autistics. "Awareness" dehumanises us; "acceptance" includes us. Come and join us in changing it to Autism ACCEPTANCE Day/Month! Look up the #30DaysofAutismAcceptance theme, too.<br /><br />#nothingaboutuswithoutusautistic-on-wheelshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02912682116524627025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35743239.post-37933542026120485252017-03-31T20:00:47.753-04:002017-03-31T20:00:47.753-04:00And it's always parents of children or adolesc...And it's always parents of children or adolescents. What about the parents of grown autistic people? And those of children with other disabilities? It's not like their parents cease being their parents when they have an adult who may need more assistance/advocacy/etc than most people. What about their experiences, and those of their adult offspring?<br /><br />Oh, yeah, I forgot - they're not cute kids anymore, who you can look at and say, "Awwww," in a patronizing way and get away with it, and tell their parents how wonderfully totally awesome they are for parenting their children.Rachelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07886730530004965803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35743239.post-25361230137562413652017-03-31T12:43:29.500-04:002017-03-31T12:43:29.500-04:00This is part of why a lot of the autistic communit...This is part of why a lot of the autistic community (myself included) celebrates it as Autism Acceptance Day/Month. "Autism Awareness" doesn't mean anything to me, it barely has anything to do with me.Elliefinthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18139468494500827058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35743239.post-78928439633740948612017-03-31T10:56:42.197-04:002017-03-31T10:56:42.197-04:00Sheesh....we humas collectively are really dumb - ...Sheesh....we humas collectively are really dumb - deluded - disappointing. <br />And rather frightening in how easily we 'disappear' and 'discredit' these who are different than we are even as we proclaim that we are 'helping' and 'advocating'!! <br />you could say i am disgusted!<br />clairesmumUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13382503094929375543noreply@blogger.com