Thread by @stimmyskye

the abuse of autistic children is not only tolerated,

but is celebrated, honoured and rewarded.

telling stories about how you abused, tortured and traumatised us will make you famous & rich.

the outcry of the #actuallyautistic community is always seen as bad faith slandering.

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the abuse of autistic children is so expected, so normalised, so glorified that many symptoms of trauma and ptsd are starting to be seen as autistic traits.

trauma will cause autistic children to show more "problematic behaviours".

trauma in non-autistic children often leads to

- regression
- incontinence
- dissociation (staring into space, withdrawing into yourself)
- aggression
- anxiety
- irritability

and much more.

when parents of autistic children boast about the abusive treatment of their kids, and name these "behaviours" as problem behaviours

all I can think is

so you caused your child trauma, leading to trauma behaviours

and now you cause your child more trauma for being traumatised

yes, many non-traumatised autistic kids have these problems too

but trauma will inevitably increase them

hi, I was an autistic kid who, due to trauma, developed many of these problems which I didn't have before the trauma

had my mother known I was autistic, she would have regarded these as autism symptoms

well, she didn't know, so she disregarded them completely

these "autism warrior parents" lock their children into a neverending circle of abuse, trauma, response, punishment, more abuse, more trauma, more response, more punishment,,

and they blame "autism"

guess what.

"autism" didn't take your child away.

"autism" didn't make them regress.

"autism" didn't make them avoid all communication with you.

"autism" didn't make them so vulnerable.

YOU DID.