Library

[wakasplat]

Addition to Library:

http://www.autistics.org/library/understand.html

This is written to expose the real message behind the words of some of the patronizing and controlling people - mostly non-disabled 'advisors' - I have met in my experiences with 'self-advocacy'.

Comments

[rutemple]

yup, so true!

yet-another-tab, but:
still, listening.

[quoodlesong]

Yes, this is exactly the way it is. Especially "it's all subtext". If you happen to see through it all and bring it up with the staff (casually, assuming they all know about it - I can be so incredibly naive), you're being unreasonable. If you bring it up with your fellow autistics / disabled folks / whatever, you're being a bad influence. Not that they tell you that to your face; they'll say it to the others as soon as you're gone, to keep them in line. You were dangerous, and now you're gone; you're a hopeless case, set as an example. Even though you left by yourself, for your own reasons