I never understood till reading your article that why I rage at the injustice I see before would be my wiring. Still learning what it means to be neurodivergent and it’s interesting to see it from other. So thank you
"For most of my life, I saw my inability to fit into “normal” systems as a personal failing. But I’m starting to feel thankful for being a square peg that couldn’t slot into a round hole. If these systems hadn’t resisted me so hard, maybe I wouldn’t have inspected them so closely."
I'm so with you on this. So much of what we see DOESN'T make sense, and I think as autistic people, we can really get inspired to dig in and figure out what piecemeal scarecrow things occurred to get us to whatever strange point we happen to occupy. (And then no one has the time or patience to listen to us info-dump on it... 😂) I believe, with you, that a better world is possible. I'm less optimistic as to whether we'll get there, but still willing to put in the work to try! 💖
Sometimes I wonder if Jesus was actually autistic (strong sense of justice, didn't seem to care much about existing social structures, really noticed things, had some impressive meltdowns...).
Oh my goodness PLEASE write a post about autistic Jesus!! I so want to read that! You're so right about that. And thank you so much for the kind words! I also am not fantastically optimistic that humankind will get to where it needs to be before we extinct ourselves, but it's still a worthwhile goal. Who knows! We could surprise ourselves. I'd love it if we did.
"As autistic people, we tend to think from the bottom up, not the top down. We don’t start with, “That’s just how it is.” Instead, we ask, “Why is it like this? Does this make sense? Is this fair? Who benefits from it staying this way?”
And those are dangerous questions in a system built on unspoken rules and inherited injustice."
I never understood till reading your article that why I rage at the injustice I see before would be my wiring. Still learning what it means to be neurodivergent and it’s interesting to see it from other. So thank you
This is beautiful and so important. This is a piece for Right Here and Now (and all the time after that)
Thank you.
Thank you so much! 💜😁
"For most of my life, I saw my inability to fit into “normal” systems as a personal failing. But I’m starting to feel thankful for being a square peg that couldn’t slot into a round hole. If these systems hadn’t resisted me so hard, maybe I wouldn’t have inspected them so closely."
I'm so with you on this. So much of what we see DOESN'T make sense, and I think as autistic people, we can really get inspired to dig in and figure out what piecemeal scarecrow things occurred to get us to whatever strange point we happen to occupy. (And then no one has the time or patience to listen to us info-dump on it... 😂) I believe, with you, that a better world is possible. I'm less optimistic as to whether we'll get there, but still willing to put in the work to try! 💖
Sometimes I wonder if Jesus was actually autistic (strong sense of justice, didn't seem to care much about existing social structures, really noticed things, had some impressive meltdowns...).
Oh my goodness PLEASE write a post about autistic Jesus!! I so want to read that! You're so right about that. And thank you so much for the kind words! I also am not fantastically optimistic that humankind will get to where it needs to be before we extinct ourselves, but it's still a worthwhile goal. Who knows! We could surprise ourselves. I'd love it if we did.
love all of this.
"As autistic people, we tend to think from the bottom up, not the top down. We don’t start with, “That’s just how it is.” Instead, we ask, “Why is it like this? Does this make sense? Is this fair? Who benefits from it staying this way?”
And those are dangerous questions in a system built on unspoken rules and inherited injustice."
Thank you so much!