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[–]wendyokoopa1 14 insightful - 1 fun14 insightful - 0 fun15 insightful - 1 fun -  (6 children)

Personally as an autistic I'm surprised no one addresses that issue. Not all autistic are lgb but many of them do interact with their world in non traditional ways. I myself am no exception. Growing up I loved games like contra and franchises like 🥷 🐢, running my toes in the mud under the swings after a rain. Yes gettin dirty. To a trans rights activist or wrong thinking school employee I might have been a prime candidate for puberty blockers, hormone blockers, and ultimately hormone replacement therapy. So lucky I grew up in the 80s and 90s. Yes many so called transgender are possibly asd but like an article posted pointed out we struggle to make friends and build our own version of a community. We're preyed upon like fresh roadkill at times. Seriously. Many of us view those in successful relationships whether is same sex or opposite sex as successful. Our parents seem thrilled if we master cooking and picking up after ourselves.

[–]lovelyspearmintLesbeing a lesbian 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (5 children)

I would've been in the same boat had I been born later. One of the major issues too is that autistic kids (and parents) will jump on the bandwagon of an explanation for why autistic kids feel different, and some parents would welcome the idea of sterilising their chil- I mean affirming their child's gender through 'gender' reassignment surgery.

[–]wendyokoopa1 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

Well just use unnecessary shelter till I figure the correct word out. Parents and people are fucking sick. Many autistics are so high functioning you'd never know we had it unlike many narcissistic transgender who'll tell you their transgender.

[–]lovelyspearmintLesbeing a lesbian 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

I'll note my mum is GC, so she wouldn't have let me transition, but still, there would be a ton of social pressure on her regardless.

And you're right. Most people, especially if they're women, tend to manage well enough not to get diagnosed until adulthood. My rule of thumb are people who put autistic followed by a plethora of other conditions in their Twitter bio are usually not autistic; they might've felt socially awkward once in their life, but that's about it.

[–]wendyokoopa1 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

That's my thinking to. All those things have done is made autism worse. Seriously. Many autistics despite many being high functioning are now afraid to "come out". We're afraid of the stigma then the larpers. I mean everyone preyed on Chris Chan EVERYONE. I have to even make this statement after what you just said I could say I also have ocd(both diagnosed by a real professional) and now thanks to tik tok and Twitter my autism/aspergers is probably invalidated because I have one other condition. Buzzfeed, Twitter tik tok and to a lesser extent Facebook were the worst things ever created. BTW yes I know Chris Chans family didn't help his situation I won't deny that but neither did that Isabella or anyone else.

[–]lovelyspearmintLesbeing a lesbian 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Comorbidity is common (most autistic people have some degree of anxiety/depression at the very least), but I'm sceptical when everyone and their mother has autism, especially when I'm unable to see their full body language and only see exaggerated TikToks (always fascinating that they always have their camera on and filming when they're showing overtly autistic behaviours, hmmmm). Someone like Chris Chan was closely monitored, so it was easy to pick out that there was something different about him.

[–]wendyokoopa1 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Me I don't want my overt behaviors filmed. But I do have a transcript of my diagnosis in the bedroom