Autistics not helping the cause challenging myths

[Rachie]

I didn't intend to write this post right now. It is something I have had in mind for sometime. I find it difficult to locate old posts. I had a title but lost it in my mind when I came to post. so opted for a close one.

I will try and keep my words short. Some of what I have read post diagnosis has come from within the Autistic circle. I started with only positive thoughts pretty much. I then started reading how autistics are more likely to rapists etc etc. I disliked it so much than when I saw in the political section I just blocked that entire section from ruining my day. Lets not carry all that here but the essential information if needed to this debate. That has nothing to do with my life and not reflective of it.
Probably thosr people though are easy to be exploited and vunerable and there are gradients as well. These are support forums here to listen and to support the cause surely as well.

How many would like to post in a forum full of more likely and how could that give autistic people when we are all struggling just like everyone else. It is not also other people to be around autistics. I though have a good basing on what is true or not.

It is not right and you can become guarded about some points of your life on here with all these more likely's said by autistics which can be challenged.

Think about it and happy holidays.

 

[Outdated]

This is more a statement about the particular society you live in rather than a generalistaion of the world as a whole. Some societies are more likely to look at differences in a curious light rather than out of fear and loathing, and some societies are so backwards that to them even slight differences must be the result of witchcraft and inherently evil.

I then started reading how autistics are more likely to rapists etc etc.

Whenever you read something like this check the sources of information and what else those authors like to write about. You'll likely find that they also like to write about alien abductions and how man landing on the moon was faked as a conspiracy, etc.

 

[Rachie]

Thank you for your thoughts Outdated. This is though really coming a lot in the case from the autistic community. For example in this post autistics were said to be more likely to XYZ and this is not related to alien abuduction. I have this sort of thing in several threads, but just selecting one link below.

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Post in thread 'If you were honest with yourselves, how many of you hate having this condition?'

Nov 25, 2024

And how can I live in peace with autism when there's so much to be fearful about having autism?

"Autistics are more likely to become homeless"

"Autistics are more likely to develop epilepsy"

"Autistics are more likely to become murder/rape victims"

"Autistics are more likely to get Parkinson's disease"

"The lifespan for autistics is short"

"Autistics are more likely to commit suicide"


Living in fear of my own body because I don't feel physically normal after reading such scary stuff about how our bodies are different (different blood types, gut bacteria, heartbeat, risk of...

• Misty Avich

Would most people like to spend a lot of tim3 with these more likely's some of them....a few rare few would I imagine. I know it is not just it is thought by many. There are deeper explanitions. I will continue to ignore them and post the same.

Potentially it may encourage others to not join this community and similar because of public perceptions that can formed by reading things more likely online without scientific explantionation.

 

[Misty Avich]

Sorry, post deleted by me, as I think I was being paranoid. I think you're just worrying about those points as much as I do? I have an anxiety disorder and I'm not the brightest spark in the box, so those two combined can cause one to feel frightened due to being clueless of what's true and what isn't.
I'm not the best at retaining information or looking for reliable sources to educate myself. I just take other people's word for things then freak out and try to seek reassurance. It's a shame that some autistics come on to these sites to just associate everything bad with autism. And many autistic people are willing to just back them up without feeling any kind of anxiety towards it, while there's me sitting there going "oh my God I'm gonna die because I'm on the spectrum and so XYZ is more likely to happen to me than my neurotypical peers". I envy those who just approach such horror with little to no emotion and go into scientific nerd mode instead.

 

[Rachie]

Sorry, post deleted by me, as I think I was being paranoid. I think you're just worrying about those points as much as I do?ntific nerd mode instead.

Hi Misty don't be paranoid, I've seen quite a lot like this on the internet. Just that post was the one I read last. You are no way alone in writing that and some is backed by science but have an explantation like the health things. It is good though if we explain why this is so.

This is the real world say you are trying to talk to someone in the real world and they say they are a rapist etc etc a lot of people would move away from them and not come back. This is like more mild at its worst on a forum...that link could perhaps put some people of from joining or posting a more likely group with some of them.

Nothing to be paranoid about and try and enjoy the holidays as much as you can.