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DISABLED PEOPLE RECEIVING HELP IS NOT SPECIAL TREATMENT. RECEIVING HELP THAT MAKES LIVING A NORMAL LIFE IS NOT SPECIAL TREATMENT!

WHen you have the flu and are given flu medication it is not special treatment, it’s the minimum help for you to get to thrive!! A person in a wheelchair using an elevator is not special treatment, it’s literally the most basic “help” for them to live comfortably!!!!

Special treatment is someone going out of their way to help you in ways that is not needed while not offering the same help to others because they believe that person deserves it more.

Stop confusing basic needs being taken care of as fucking special treatment.

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Being disabled but seeming functioning is annoying because no one takes you seriously. I’m in excruciating pain all the time, but the moment I say anything or make my accessibility needs known, I’m simply just complaining and making a big deal out of nothing.

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Friendly reminder:

“High-functioning” is used to discredit.

“Low-functioning” is used to dehumanize.

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Me when I find out something is an autistic trait

“Wait there’s people that don’t experience this thing?? How??”

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Shout out to the fellow autistics out there that :

Blast music in the car until the speakers are about to blow but as soon as a light is buzzing 3 rooms down the hall everything is too loud

Get so excited about their special interest they cant even infodump

Have worn the same jacket for the past 3 years despite holes in the sleeves

Find ways to insert their special interest into school projects and papers if they can

Have days where they want tight tight hugs and other days where if they are touched they will instantly vanish into meltdown

Have fluctuating levels of empathy

Want to have a career that isnt “meant for autistic people” and having to be your own support

Know what they want to say but cant get the right words or people don’t understand.

Have to say “what” more often than “hi”

Get fascinated by the smallest details around them that other people pass

Are still trying to accept their own autism and not repress behaviors they’ve learned to repress

Adults who got diagnosed late and are relearning their whole lives in a different light

Who exist everyday as themselves in a world of typicals and ableist

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So I got Officially Diagnosed™️ as autistic two days after my twenty second birthday and the change in people’s attitudes towards me was almost immediate.

Where I used to be “quirky” I was now “weird” and “not acting right”. Friends who previously used to turn to me for guidance and help for almost anything now began to treat me like a child and baby me to the point where it was actually said that I couldn’t be left alone to do anything by myself. I was no longer allowed to make decisions and things I had done before like stimming were now immediately shut down and stopped.

These were all things done by people my own age. People who I’d known for years and who I considered to be close friends. The second I mentioned I had an official diagnosis, everything changed. And it hurt. It hurt because the diagnosis that I hoped would help me actually made things so much worse.

People around me were made aware of my autism. But they didn’t accept it. To them it made me different. I was “other”.

I’d much rather be accepted than have people be aware of me. And now, as I see more and more posts on social media about autism awareness month, I can’t help but wonder what it is people want to be aware of. I can’t help wonder if they want to know who’s autistic simply so they can mark them out and make sure to treat them differently.

Neutotypicals, don’t be aware of autism. Please be accepting of it instead.

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Sensory overload is such a weird feeling to describe. In a nutshell, sound is attacking me.

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Restroom signs got me like

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This is still the biggest mood tbh

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oh, of course nobody hates autistic people, that’s ableist and rude! 

they just hate anyone who misses social cues or has “odd” interests or doesn’t express emotions in a “normal” way or who has trouble articulating themselves or who understands and interacts with the world differently than they do

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Anime Girl: *breathes* Her Tiddies:

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this morning NASA abandoned their mars rover Opportunity (aka Oppy) because it (she) got hit by a storm on Mars and it knocked her camera and wheels out and her last words to the team were “my battery is low and it is getting cold”. I know she’s a machine but I’m devastated. Oppy is the one who discovered water on Mars. RIP oppy ily space baby

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Fake Service Dogs?

You’re sitting at a cafe with your friend when suddenly a woman walks in with a toy poodle in her purse. The manager at the counter informs her “I’m sorry, but we do not allow dogs”. She replies with a heavy sigh and a “She’s a service dog. She can come with me”. Not knowing much about service dog law, and worrying about getting sued for asking further questions, he sits this woman down at a booth. There, she promptly unzips her purse and places the dog on the booth seat next to her. When the woman’s food comes out, the little dog begs and she feeds her bits off her plate. This dog is not public access trained, and proceeds to bark at those who walk by. This dog is a nuisance and causes many in the restaurant to complain. The manager cannot do anything but inform the unhappy customers that this is a service dog, so he can’t ask her to leave. In the end, it’s the customers who end up leaving.

Now I walk in with my highly trained service dog pressed against my leg in a perfect heel position, and I’m quickly bombarded by the manager telling me “No dogs! No dogs! We ALL know what happened last time”. Confused, I tell him “This is my medical alert and medical response service dog. Her right to accompany me is protected under federal law.” With a sigh, he seats me at a table far away from others where my dog promptly tucks under my feet, out of sight. When my food arrives my dog is still tucked tightly under the table because she knows she’s not supposed to eat when she’s on duty. She stays there ignoring those who walk past for the remainder of my meal. When we leave, a woman by the door exclaims “Woah, I didn’t know there was a dog here!”

See the difference?

Scenario number two occurs at a local grocery store when a man decides to bring his certified emotional support animal into the store with him. Upon entering he flashes a fancy ID card and certification papers. This dog is not as unruly as the first, but he still forges ahead of his handler, sniffs the food on display, and may seek attention from those who walk past. You find this dog adorable, and when he and his owner walk past you ask to pet him. The owner says yes and explains how all he had to do was go online, register his dog, and a few weeks later they sent him a vest, ID card, and certification papers.

Now I pull into the same grocery store. I’m in a rush to get an ingredient for a dish I’m making so I hurry into the store with my service dog next to me. I’m quickly stopped by a manager who demands to see my service dog’s certification card. Remember, this is NOT required by law, and most real service dog teams don’t have them. After 15 minutes of trying to educate, pulling up the ADA website on my phone, back and forth bickering, and drawing more of a crowd than I want to describe… I’m finally allowed in. I grab my ingredient, stand in line (where my service dog obediently moves between my legs to make space for those around me), and I get bombarded by people asking to pet my dog. I explain that she’s working, she has a very important job to do, and she’s not allowed to be pet while on duty. People walk away grumbling and complaining about how rude I was when other handlers like the man they met earlier allow their dog to be pet.

Moral of the story? Fake service dogs create real problems. The ones who are impacted the most are the true service dog handlers who rely on their dogs every day to help mitigate their disability. How would you feel if everywhere you went, you couldn’t make it 10 feet in the door because people were asking you questions? Imagine how much time that would take out of your already hectic day. Businesses lose customers because word gets out that there are unruly dogs in their store, customers become misinformed and start thinking some of these behaviors are okay, some people even start to believe the lies that anyone can just register their dog online and make him a service dog. The result? MORE fake service dogs. MORE real problems.

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Therapists are just…. Common sense filters