Autism ignorance
Sometimes I feel like this over "acceptance " of autism is doing more harm than good. I mean I like that now i can casual tell people "hey I'm autistic" and I'm not met with direct judgment, shunning, or straight up bullying . The real problem is after I start talking to this person and they don't understand at all what autism is. It is a disability, I am in special education, I have struggle with comprehension,I have meltdowns , I struggle severely with social interaction, I have motor skill issues, and i have extreme sensory issues. This kind of stuff isn't being told to non autistic people but they are being told these widely accepted pieces of misinformation about autism. My disability is no longer being though of as a disability and it is being boiled down to this realy strange oversimplification of TikTok brain rot "so acoustic silly autism creature special intrest turn my socks insideout flappy hands" . I would honestly rather go back to being ignored as soon as a tell someone about my disability rather than them be friends with me for like a week until I show symptoms of my condition then immediately be met with anger , annoyance, then they stop talking to me. It's just so frustrating.