I read the second link, and I gotta say, I agree with the guy in principle, but I have a hard time implementing it myself. I feel that I've been treated so abominably by NT's, and have spent most of my life hating myself because I wasn't one of them at the same time.
So now I guess I'm in my honeymoon phase of diagnosed autism, and I must say- I'm happy to be autistic, and there are many other disabilities that I personally wouldn't mind having. (I used to yearn to be deaf as a child.) There are some disabilities that would come hard for me, but I'd still learn to take pride in my humanity and my difference. But I wouldn't want to be..a very NT-ish NT..they give me the willies. As I had to tell someone else on my F-list, I'm far from enlightened.
Yeah, the idea of being NT scares me on an emotional level, despite knowing that if I was born that way I wouldn't really care. It's been interesting to realize that this may be the exact reaction that NTs have to us, and for similar reasons.
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So now I guess I'm in my honeymoon phase of diagnosed autism, and I must say- I'm happy to be autistic, and there are many other disabilities that I personally wouldn't mind having. (I used to yearn to be deaf as a child.) There are some disabilities that would come hard for me, but I'd still learn to take pride in my humanity and my difference. But I wouldn't want to be..a very NT-ish NT..they give me the willies. As I had to tell someone else on my F-list, I'm far from enlightened.
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