There is a time to unpack unawareness, and there is a time to converse.

But it seems like everytime autistic/disabled BIPoC converse, we almost instantly have to also unpack unawareness or just tune out completely.

We shouldn& #39;t have to almost hide in order to have these convos.

This is why whe tell folk

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But then advocates such as @Imani_Barbarin, @twitchyspoonie, and so many others get dragged just for having conversations that make sense

for us to have

@BeingKaylaSmith --who is a phenomenal black autistic advocate -- got mad dragged Just For Being Black & Autistic, & For Speaking Advocationg On Things That Are Reflected By That. All in the name of "you& #39;re breaking up the autistic community" & also direct racism.

Because the very idea of black autistic/disabled experiences being highlighted feels out of place for M A N Y white autistics/disabled folk.

This is abuse.

We just trying breathe, exist, & process as ourselves.

This is why we end up making our own spaces. But then white folk cry out "segregation" in the most missed context kind of ways.

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