Nothing makes me prickly like people who equate autism with mental retardation.
mod note: I didn’t know that about the creator of Pokemon but ohmigod that makes so much sense! It’s such a very autistic sort of thing, if you guys know what I mean. Also, Pokemon FTW.
I don’t get how that makes a lot of sense. Kind of curious now though, as to why.
I didn’t know this either but WOW THAT EXPLAINS A LOT.
To clarify, I had figured this was what gryblogs meant in the first place. Maybe it’s just the years of experience, but...
I didn’t mean it that way, and I see what you mean. I may have been lost in definition. “Autistic” is thrown around just...
My husband obsessively plays pokemon. I AM JUST GOING TO LEAVE THIS HERE.
Yeah, this seems to be portraying MR/ID in a bad light. I don’t have a problem with explaining that they’re not the same...
Why does that make you so prickly? Because it seems to me like your ableism is showing.