Title. I’m an Autist and an activist within my region, and have seen regularly that when I try to bring up the struggles of Autistic and Neurodiverse groups, that they are dismissed softly. Usually the same expression as you can see them holding back on saying something, and quietly dismissing what you’re talking about, and often quietly putting down our requests for events like what is done to elevate the issues and concerns of racialized groups, gender oppressed groups, and so on.
I’ve so consistently encountered it that I’m writing stuff to confront this, and I wanna hear other folks’ experiences with this, what factors they’ve seen, approaches they’ve taken, etc.
I can’t necessarily speak on this, but I think you could post about this to a more active comm, like comradeship or communism or genzedong
not qualified to speak on this.
i recall reading about disabled or people who are at high risk w/ C19 on twitter talking about the ablelism they currently experience because of people refusing to take mitigation protocols on the spread of SARS-CoV-2 (or covid 19), such as wearing a mask.
it’s such a common woe that the people with high risk to covid face that they’ve been forming coalitions and even wrote a manual on how to talk to loved ones about covid 19
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1NVXCp1g6p847-DgNfjP69wjDVCOZNVv2XAaQW1miWrM/edit?usp=sharing
if you wish me to redirect you to some covid advocates lemme know
I’ve not put this into practice yet, but I think getting other neurodiverse people on board first and coming at it as a group is a good way to show how important the issue is, and also how we are such a big and important demographic. It’s easier for NT people to (accidentally) not notice us since our differences are cognitive, not physical appearance.
