A quick read to discuss how to write characters with Autism. Written by @Ouijaloveletters.
https://shanniiwrites.com/2021/02/18/autism-we-are-not-what-you-think/
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@Bloggers, letās look at writing characters with Autism and how to go about it
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I hope you guys like it! I kinda wrote a lot.
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okay ngl i wasnāt sure if i could speak up about this topic, since iām not officially diagnosed (one of my psychs said i could be autistic one day, since i show most symptoms, but iāve been bouncing from psych to psych for a long time now so yeah)
thereās so much to say about autism, it canāt really be condensed into a blog post, so iād highly recommend anyone who wants to learn about it to talk to multiple autistic people about it
since autism is a spectrum, which means one person alone cannot tell you what autism is or isnāt, or how itās perceived
also, if you wanna research on how symptoms show, iād also heavily recommend you to read about āmaskingā and how (often undiagnosed) autistic people tend to learn to hide their symptoms to pass as neurotypical, ofc itās given a lot of different results tho
also, iād like to add to what ouija said here:
In addition, there is a real issue with diagnosis rates between males and females.
iā¦ wouldnāt really say ābetween males and femalesā (not only bc it completely ignores the existence of us, people outside the binary) but because itās between CIS males andā¦ well everyone else
some amab people have the privilege of getting the diagnose as kids, of course, but wellā¦ from what iāve read itās mostly cis dudes
also, autism diagnoses have a very heavy bias towards white people
i wonāt go into it too much bc well institutionalised racism is very much a thing andā¦ it implies SO MUCH
but i wanna emphasise that autism is a white, cis boy diagnose
which leaves POC and afab (and some genderqueer) peopleā¦ well undiagnosed and untreated
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Yeah, I just shared my experience. I gave it my best shot with what I knew.
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yee thanks for sharing your experience ^-^
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Of corse!
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Bumpity bump bump!!
This is a well written piece.
I have Aspergerās/Autism and boy it angers me when people give me this āyou donāt look autisticā or ābut youāre sociableā.
People only care if youāre an autistic male but dismiss you if youāre a female with autism. Autism has no gender!!!
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Iām glad you like it! Yeah, it annoys me when people are like āYouāre Autistic? You donāt look it!ā
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Itās so stupid!!!
Autism hasnāt got a look! It bothers me that people think weāre ācircus freaksā just because we have interests that we are really fixed on i.e. I like dressing up as a cat and they would find that ācringyā and call us āpicky eatersā.
When my brother gives me this āhow can you not like cucumbers?ā I get defensive because heās claiming that Iām a āfreakā for not liking cucumbers. Even my dad annoys me, he tries lecturing me about how ācucumbers are best for fat lossā and I obviously lost it with him because I hate cucumbers with a passion because itās too watery. Yeah, I get you gotta eat your waters but not everyone likes cucumbers.
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Cucumbers are gross. I for one, am obsessed with death and serial killers.
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Thatās cool.
But honestly, people sure love to get offended over things that are ācringyā. I put air quotes because I am imitating them!
Anyway, I recommend a book for women & girls with autism called Aspergirls. It is a well written book about autism & aspergerās in girls.
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Iāve read Aspergirls.
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This is so truw. I just got āofficiallyā diagnosed last week and it took me like half an hour to explain to the neurologist why I wanted to be a film director (an extremely social job)
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Sorry! Shouldāve mentioned the people who donāt identify as either gender.
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that sounds interestingā¦
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It is!
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i will never remember to read it o.o
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Honestly, it absolutely annoys me!
Iām sure you can relate to this but do you ever have issues with sensory? I canāt stand to be around people at weddings because the loudness of people talking and interrogating me about when Iāll get married irritates me. Thank goodness I donāt attend these weddings but honestly, I hate them because of how horrible people are to me at weddings Iāve been to when I was younger.
Itās a very well written book about Aspergerās in women & girls. Youāll get a great insight on it!
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i get that but i have bad memory so i will probably forget its existence 
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