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#ActuallyAutistic people, especially AFAB people and women:
You are not "really annoying."
You are not a "know it all."
It is not okay to make fun of autistic-coded characters, and negatively label common autistic traits because the character "isn& #39;t specified as autistic." 1/2 https://twitter.com/xoxogossipgita/status/1390033758536019972">https://twitter.com/xoxogossi...
You are not "really annoying."
You are not a "know it all."
It is not okay to make fun of autistic-coded characters, and negatively label common autistic traits because the character "isn& #39;t specified as autistic." 1/2 https://twitter.com/xoxogossipgita/status/1390033758536019972">https://twitter.com/xoxogossi...
This is exactly why I want characters that are autistic in films & TV to be recognized as such by the people who create them.
Tweets like this give abled people a green light to use these terms against anyone that fits the description & it will be (open or not) autistic people
Tweets like this give abled people a green light to use these terms against anyone that fits the description & it will be (open or not) autistic people
Within the autistic community, at least to my knowledge, it is well known that Hermione has a lot of autistic traits (whether or not she& #39;s autistic or not, personally I definitely thought she was).
It& #39;s mind-boggling to me that people rationalize this away with "but no one said"
It& #39;s mind-boggling to me that people rationalize this away with "but no one said"
It doesn& #39;t really matter whether it was publicly stated that Hermione is autistic.
What matters is that autistic people have been called know-it-alls so commonly in their lives when they are simply trying to survive in neurotypical society.
& this shames them. That& #39;s not okay.
What matters is that autistic people have been called know-it-alls so commonly in their lives when they are simply trying to survive in neurotypical society.
& this shames them. That& #39;s not okay.
I don& #39;t think it& #39;s shameful to raise your hand in class all the time when you know the answer.
I don& #39;t think it& #39;s shameful to talk about your interests a lot because you& #39;re passionate about them.
I don& #39;t think it& #39;s shameful to try to teach people how to do things better.
I don& #39;t think it& #39;s shameful to talk about your interests a lot because you& #39;re passionate about them.
I don& #39;t think it& #39;s shameful to try to teach people how to do things better.
That& #39;s what we& #39;re telling people when there& #39;s a critique of a fictional character like this. That it& #39;s not okay to be those things. To be a "know-it-all."
Autistic people aren& #39;t know-it-alls.
We& #39;re literally just autistic.
And if Hermione was openly labeled as autistic I don& #39;t think that tweet would be seen as okay by the general public.
And that is what frustrates me.
We& #39;re literally just autistic.
And if Hermione was openly labeled as autistic I don& #39;t think that tweet would be seen as okay by the general public.
And that is what frustrates me.
It didn& #39;t matter that I was an undiagnosed autistic person and "no one knew" (I mean really no one knew) I was autistic.
People still bullied me for How I Was and for how I interacted within society.
Not having that label doesn& #39;t give you a free pass to make fun of it.
People still bullied me for How I Was and for how I interacted within society.
Not having that label doesn& #39;t give you a free pass to make fun of it.
If you want to read autistic people& #39;s experiences with this "know-it-all" label, read this: https://twitter.com/AutSciPerson/status/1390129181384716288?s=20">https://twitter.com/AutSciPer...
