Cheshire CatThere is zero legitimate justification for gatekeeping Autism.
Those who gatekeep Autism tend to be extremely ill informed, ableist, prejudiced, self-serving, illogical, or trying to maintain the Autism industry.
We welcome people to present a rational and well thought out reason to gatekeep Autism because we accept that there are things we don’t know and invite expanding knowledge AND empathy …
But every claim we have seen (off the top of our heads) is grounded in one or more of the following:
- ignorance
- ableism
- faulty logic
- self serving (direct or indirect)
- maintaining the status quo
And is not about what it should be about …
Which is serving the best interests of Autistic people.
So … we welcome anyone to justify gatekeeping Autism to us … but please don’t claim that we are “emotional” or “not listening” or “rejecting your idea” if we point out that your view is based in grounded in problematic constructs.
- ignorance
This category is so broad but one example is this ignorant belief that Autistic people are supported by society and every “new” person who is Autistic takes away that support from “real” Autist.
The truth is that there is no legitimate support for most Autists.
Aaron@autismsupsoc Most of the support #autistic people get is from...other autistic people. So the more of us there are, the better off we are.
@hosford42 Indeed!