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This is a rant, and I apologize. I'm a 29 year old, married autistic woman. I recently revealed at work that I'm 15 weeks pregnant, and instead of the congratulations that my other coworkers have recieved I was simply asked "Can autistics get pregnant?". I'm still confused - my autism effects my mind, not my uterus. Then they asked if I was "emotionally capable" of caring for a baby. They have all been reported to HR. I just don't understand why they thought it was okay to say those things.

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I’m so, so sorry they did that to you. That was the product of ignorance, ableism and privilege, plain and simple, and it was wrong. They thought it was okay because ableism is deeply ingrained in society, and people are taught all the wrong things about autism—and sadly, they thought it was okay because in truth, allistics aren’t naturally more empathetic than us. They just assume they are and many of them never teach their kids true empathy.

But they’re also wrong. Why shouldn’t you be emotionally capable of caring for a baby? Don’t let them get you down. This is a big thing in your life, and you deserve to be happy about it.

And congratulations! 

Oct 6
[Cry harder, allistic asshole.
I don’t give a fuck.]
Courtesy of goldenheartedrose. I really felt this ought to be a hedgehog, because there are those days, you know? And I think we can find someone this applies to today, can’t we? 

[Cry harder, allistic asshole.

I don’t give a fuck.]

Courtesy of goldenheartedrose. I really felt this ought to be a hedgehog, because there are those days, you know? And I think we can find someone this applies to today, can’t we? 

Oct 5
[“Autistic people don’t see others as sentient beings.”
Oh no, I can tell you’re sentient, on account of how you won’t shut up.]
This is in reference to the same post mentioned in the previous hedgehog. 
Seriously, anyone who thinks such things needs to just fuck off now. We are the ones generally not seen as sentient.

[“Autistic people don’t see others as sentient beings.”

Oh no, I can tell you’re sentient, on account of how you won’t shut up.]

This is in reference to the same post mentioned in the previous hedgehog. 

Seriously, anyone who thinks such things needs to just fuck off now. We are the ones generally not seen as sentient.

Oct 5
[Congratulations on being the first allistic person
I find more disgusting than Jenny McCarthy]
TRIGGER WARNING: Ableism, eugenics, overall jaw-dropping D-colon fuckery.
In regards to this. Seriously guys, I am NOT kidding with that trigger warning, it is bad, bad, bad. 
I just can’t even right now with this shit.

[Congratulations on being the first allistic person

I find more disgusting than Jenny McCarthy]

TRIGGER WARNING: Ableism, eugenics, overall jaw-dropping D-colon fuckery.

In regards to this. Seriously guys, I am NOT kidding with that trigger warning, it is bad, bad, bad. 

I just can’t even right now with this shit.

Oct 3
[Allistic person being even bigger asshole than usual
Goes into full on porcupine mode]
Because sometimes I am done being cute but kinda spiky. Sometimes it is all painful spikes all the time. Hedgehogs only get spiky when you irritate them. Porcupines would hate you to death if they could.
—
Just to add, I have questions in the inbox to answer, and I will get to them. Technically I should have my Chrome closed and not even be looking at anything right now, because I’m supposed to be finishing up my current manuscript. That’s why it’s been quiet and why I haven’t gotten my responses done; I'm supposed to be working. 
The last couple of years there has been this whole issue with my ADHD and living situation and medication and–well, I don’t want to bore you with the details. Suffice it to say that work has been taking me way longer than it ever should, and now that I’m almost at the end I need to behave myself and get my work done first. I’ll go back to attempting to do that, and then I’ll get the inbox cleared up, I promise.
And I will try not to get too overwhelmed in the meantime. D:

[Allistic person being even bigger asshole than usual

Goes into full on porcupine mode]

Because sometimes I am done being cute but kinda spiky. Sometimes it is all painful spikes all the time. Hedgehogs only get spiky when you irritate them. Porcupines would hate you to death if they could.

Just to add, I have questions in the inbox to answer, and I will get to them. Technically I should have my Chrome closed and not even be looking at anything right now, because I’m supposed to be finishing up my current manuscript. That’s why it’s been quiet and why I haven’t gotten my responses done; I'm supposed to be working

The last couple of years there has been this whole issue with my ADHD and living situation and medication and–well, I don’t want to bore you with the details. Suffice it to say that work has been taking me way longer than it ever should, and now that I’m almost at the end I need to behave myself and get my work done first. I’ll go back to attempting to do that, and then I’ll get the inbox cleared up, I promise.

And I will try not to get too overwhelmed in the meantime. D:

Asperger’s Syndrome Primer: How it Feels in My Head - A Guide for the Terminally Allistic

[Allistic Perception: Socially awkward people just use it as an excuse to be lazy.

Autistic Perception: OH DEAR GOD WHAT IS THAT SOUND MAKE IT STOP need to stim now Oh YUCK texture bleh bus full of people CAN’T BREATHE hey check out everything I know about–ooo shiny is that person smiling at me is it a real smile or a smile-frown is a smrown?]

Because I just had to wake up to the continuation of this nonsense this morning. 

Apparently some allistics simply can’t resist the belief that they know so much more about what it means to be autistic than actual autistic people. Of course, those of us who are autistic know that allistics would be hard-pressed to deal with the constant barrage of sensory perceptions, distractions, confusion, anxiety and fears we face on a daily basis.

So here, allistics, is a glimpse inside the general process of my brain. It doesn’t really slow down or shut up pretty much ever, and this is actually a pretty tame example, but baby steps. Clearly this lesson needs to be approached in small, bite-sized pieces of information for those of you who have yet to dislodge your heads from your asses. 

(Hedgehogs, feel free to send your own examples. An AS diagnosis is not necessary–we’re all autistic here anyway, regardless. In fact, please send your own examples.)

[“Autists choose to be sociopathic.”
Better than choosing to be an ignorant dipshit]
Really. Trigger warning on that one thanks to ignorant trollface.
You know what I really never get about allistics? They dismiss autistic people as sociopathic or jerks or unemotional, without ever once realizing how much that hurts us. But we’re the ones who lack empathy? 

[“Autists choose to be sociopathic.”

Better than choosing to be an ignorant dipshit]

Really. Trigger warning on that one thanks to ignorant trollface.

You know what I really never get about allistics? They dismiss autistic people as sociopathic or jerks or unemotional, without ever once realizing how much that hurts us. But we’re the ones who lack empathy? 

[“If you remove the ’re’ then ‘tard’ isn’t offensive anymore!”
So does removing the 'bas’ make 'go fuck yourself right off a cliff, you ignorant bastard’ less offensive too?]
Somehow, I doubt the answer would be 'yes’.
TRIGGER WARNING FOR ABLEISM LIKE WHOA: This site…This is so unspeakably vile. Here I am, supposed to be in bed, trying to get myself to relax because medication + other medication + overactive adrenaline = buzzing brain, and then I see this in my feed. 
This is why we want you to STFU, allistic people. Because this person–this person who works with these children every day–sees nothing wrong with calling them 'tards’ and ridiculing them on the internet. And I don’t give a flying spiky fuck what their FAQs try to claim, anyone who thinks lumping all children in special classes (some of whom they straight up admit only have behavioral problems) as 'tards’ is in any way acceptable is an ableist rat bastard.
This is what we deal with all the time. This is how the people who are supposed to care for us and help us treat us. Like a big fucking joke. Like we’re not worth trying to understand, we’re just stressful horror shows that you need to laugh at to feel better. This is not an acceptable way to treat human beings. Period.
And really, where do they get off calling other people tards when they try to explain a word from an entomological perspective. Man, but that bugs me.
(I know, I know, I shouldn’t pun, but it’s late and I’m angry and wired and ohhhh–I need to go try to calm down.)

[“If you remove the ’re’ then ‘tard’ isn’t offensive anymore!”

So does removing the 'bas’ make 'go fuck yourself right off a cliff, you ignorant bastard’ less offensive too?]

Somehow, I doubt the answer would be 'yes’.

TRIGGER WARNING FOR ABLEISM LIKE WHOA: This site…This is so unspeakably vile. Here I am, supposed to be in bed, trying to get myself to relax because medication + other medication + overactive adrenaline = buzzing brain, and then I see this in my feed. 

This is why we want you to STFU, allistic people. Because this person–this person who works with these children every day–sees nothing wrong with calling them 'tards’ and ridiculing them on the internet. And I don’t give a flying spiky fuck what their FAQs try to claim, anyone who thinks lumping all children in special classes (some of whom they straight up admit only have behavioral problems) as 'tards’ is in any way acceptable is an ableist rat bastard.

This is what we deal with all the time. This is how the people who are supposed to care for us and help us treat us. Like a big fucking joke. Like we’re not worth trying to understand, we’re just stressful horror shows that you need to laugh at to feel better. This is not an acceptable way to treat human beings. Period.

And really, where do they get off calling other people tards when they try to explain a word from an entomological perspective. Man, but that bugs me.

(I know, I know, I shouldn’t pun, but it’s late and I’m angry and wired and ohhhh–I need to go try to calm down.)