Another episode of the late-stage capitalism's "world wide web"... So I wanted to find out whether other #ActuallyAutistic people find the strings of hoodies problematic, and all I found was:
On Reddit, someone says they stim with the string all the time, and they often even put it into their mouth. Someone wrote they hate hoodies, and a trans-masc person said they love them. So far so good, but still no deep insights★.
Most "search results" are ads to Etsy for "autism awareness" "hoodies" (some of them are actually pullovers or T-shirts), sported with puzzle symbols and ableistic terms like "antisocial"
"help autism parents with this hoodie" 🤬
Thanks internet (/s), I'm going to buy a sweatshirt instead... I cannot even imagine that I would like this string (knotted or not), and I don't need a hood attached to something that's essentially a pullover. I already have a jacket with a hood and without that annoying string...
★ If you have any insights, feel free to share them 😊
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