tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7221521936511907324.post6355071915201117666..comments2024-03-04T14:52:36.502-08:00Comments on Autism, Or Something Like It: "Autism Parent" and the Horrible Duplicity of the "Autism" LabelUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7221521936511907324.post-77011741112572455232018-01-01T11:22:58.843-08:002018-01-01T11:22:58.843-08:00I've just stumbled across this post. It's ...I've just stumbled across this post. It's brilliant. I'm so done with Autism Parents/Autism Warrior Parents/Martyr Parents. I've lost track now of the number of times they've screamed at me online, shut me and other autistics down, silenced us, pushed functioning labels *shudders* on us, pushed PFL on us (if you're interested, I wrote a fairly detailed piece last April on why I and the vast majority of autistics use IFL and reject PFL on my blog) and generally attacked us. And don't get me started on the "Not Like My Child" rubbish or the defence of the puzzle piece.<br /><br />NOBODY is more of an expert on autism than actual autistics. <br /><br />We are here, we are not going away, we will not be silenced. We will defend the right of our neurosiblings to exist and to be appropriately supported. <br /><br />I was diagnosed autistic 5 years ago, age 28. I am Autistic and proud. No NT gets to co-opt my neurology for their own, especially if they deny my right to use IFL in regards to myself (so deeply ironic that they rage agains IFL for their kids but can't adopt is fast enough for themselves). My husband wouldn't dream of calling himself an "Autism Husband"!autistic-on-wheelshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02912682116524627025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7221521936511907324.post-617566169986802622017-09-22T08:15:18.097-07:002017-09-22T08:15:18.097-07:00thank you so much for writing this. I shared it on...thank you so much for writing this. I shared it on my facebook with a large portion about disability culture included -- wanted to make sure NT folks would have more chance to read it. This is incredible. TY again.Genevievehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01641545174124325276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7221521936511907324.post-16611542100227792902014-08-20T21:16:07.738-07:002014-08-20T21:16:07.738-07:00Wow, this is genius and important. And spoiler al...Wow, this is genius and important. And spoiler alert, but I'm writing a little bit about similar themes recently.<br /><br />One thing I think it's important to remember, though, is that "person-first" language was actually something pioneered by developmentally disabled people of another generation. When people in institutions especially were so routinely dehumanized in light of their disabilities that insisting "No, we are PEOPLE" was a hugely revolutionary way of thinking in some contexts.<br /><br />But then we're back to how the ideals of a self-definition movement of disabled people has been co-opted to marginalize and deny self-definition to disabled people.<br /><br />Like there's a special irony to non-autistic people using "person-first" ideology to deny self-determination to autistic people. That was...not the goal of the People First movement.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7221521936511907324.post-70282933041568734452014-08-20T20:20:30.156-07:002014-08-20T20:20:30.156-07:00I love this; and I think it is great that you have...I love this; and I think it is great that you have delved into it as you have - it makes for thought provoking, explanatory, and thorough, reading. I think that this could be a great resource. <br /><br />It IS bizarre that "Autism Parents" presume (without really even thinking it through) to know more about autism and autistic people, than actual autistic people. <br /><br />Thanks for putting your ideas out there xxAlly Gracehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07862259140856413009noreply@blogger.com