"Autism being THE (singular, only) defining trait of a character is patronising"
Autism or any other mental disability can be *A* part of a character, but it shouldn& #39;t be *THE* defining trait of a character.
Autism, in itself, isn& #39;t a personality. https://twitter.com/AnnieCYouTube/status/1308046933299265536">https://twitter.com/AnnieCYou...
Autism or any other mental disability can be *A* part of a character, but it shouldn& #39;t be *THE* defining trait of a character.
Autism, in itself, isn& #39;t a personality. https://twitter.com/AnnieCYouTube/status/1308046933299265536">https://twitter.com/AnnieCYou...
People shouldn& #39;t define themselves by these things, or feel they can only relate to a character if they have the same mental disability. It can affect them similarly, but not every autistic person, or anyone who has a mental disability, is the same. (Personality wise)
"If their autism doesn& #39;t affect the story, don& #39;t include it"
This doesn& #39;t contradict what I said, its perfectly fine to have it as *PART* of a character and to use it as a tool to tell the story.
But the argument of "Representation", as I originally pointed out..
This doesn& #39;t contradict what I said, its perfectly fine to have it as *PART* of a character and to use it as a tool to tell the story.
But the argument of "Representation", as I originally pointed out..
..usually disregards this and slaps these labels on them in a patronising attempt to appeal to said group of people.
I said that it was patronising because it leads people to believe that they *should* define themselves by their mental disability..
I said that it was patronising because it leads people to believe that they *should* define themselves by their mental disability..