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youronlyone, 1 month ago to Autism

How do you define the term, “Openly Autistic”?

• Is it an autistic person who rarely masks?
• Or, an autistic who isn't afraid and/or shy to share that they are actually autistic?
• Or, an autistic person who is active in the autism acceptance “movement” (if we can call it that)?
• Or, perhaps, an autistic who were interviewed and disclosed they're autistic?

Maybe you have other considerations or criteria that defines “openly autistic” for you?

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NOTE: Being openly autistic is a choice and is not for everyone. I think it is safe to say that we all face discrimination, stereotyping, and prejudice for being actually autistics, thus, most choose not to be open about it.

However, recently, there has been a slow growth in numbers of openly autistics, and like with most things in life, we have different criteria, definitions, and cultural considerations.

Thus, I am curious what you think, personally or maybe your immediate environment or organisation, is an openly autistic person. Or, when do you consider one as openly autistic.

Again, this is not about if an autistic person should be openly autistic or not. ^_^

Thank you for your interesting insights!

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Tags: #OpenlyAutistic #OpenlyAutistics #ActuallyAutistic #ActuallyAutistics #AskingAutistics #Autistic #Autistics #Autism #AutismSpectrum #AutismAwareness #AutismAcceptance

Groups: @autistics @actuallyautistic

finnbar_m, 2 months ago to rust

#rust Devs, what features do you think rust should borrow from other languages?

For me, it's implicit interfaces similar to how #golang does it.

#programming #coding #foss

finnbar_m, 3 months ago to philosophy

I'm starting to think that a lot of #atheist #leftist misunderstand #religion. I went to church today. It wasn't amazing but I did enjoy it. I think that religion, especially in the west, largely isnt about faith anymore. I enjoyed going to church because I saw people I knew, I saw people I didn't. There was music.

It was a reason to gather.

#leftist @leftism @atheism #anarchism

finnbar_m, 3 months ago to actuallyautistic

@actuallyautistic Thoughts on the show "Love on the Spectrum"? I've been enjoying it but I've heard it's stirred up some controversy.

finnbar_m, 4 months ago to Autism

@actuallyautistic As an autistic person, how do you stop people from controlling you?

When masking all the time, where do you draw a line between making the necessary effort to socially survive and being a pushover? I'm already putting in extra effort that NTs don't have to.

Where does masking stop, and being "clingy" and overcompensating start?

#autism #autistic #neurodivergent

finnbar_m, 4 months ago to rust

You heard here first folks, #Rustlang #Rust is #woke.

#programming #linux #c++ #software #foss