Mocked for my autism on ROBLOX

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I was playing Speedrun, and this guy named AlbinoAssassin started making fun of me for being autistic, slapping ret*d "LOLOLOLOLOL" after it every time he had to say something. I was very ashamed because I felt as though this idiot had nothing better to do with his life than mock others because he feels so bad about himself. Either that, or he was just some bratty kid who liked making fun of others. I want to chew him out so badly for doing that, but in a mature manner of course. Also, I didn't even talk to him and he just started making fun of me anyways.

How do they know you're autistic?

You're absolutely right; people passively judge spectrumites on basically any criteria they please, but they're only really hurting themselves. You won, and I don't just mean the game, you stuck with the script and did not feed the troll; your patience will serve you very well. Respect for humanity as a whole means ignoring these tendencies towards disrespect and focus on what you actually want to do; kindness is often best exemplified through silence.

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I just sent a PM to the guy calling him out for being a troll and making fun of someone with a mental illness. A reply awaits...

I did it because honestly, I wasn't gonna put up with it.

What I'm really saying is that this goes on everyday all across the internet, remaining calm is ultimately the only choice.

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"Standing on a well-chilled cinder, we see the fading of the suns, and try to recall the vanished brilliance of the origin of the worlds."
-Georges Lemaitre
"I fly through hyperspace, in my green computer interface"
-Gem Tos

Welcome to the internet. A lot of people don't understand autism that well, and as a result the term "autistic" is often used as a synonym for stupid/ret*d/etc. There are also a lot of intolerant f***heads who don't think autism exists and that it's just a trendy "label" socially maladjusted people use for themselves. Just ignore these idiots, because if anything, I think they are the socially maladjusted ones. Autism may make it hard for us to be social, but it's not like any of us willingly choose to be autistic.

That guy looks like he really needs to find a hobby.

I recommend you stay away from 4chan then. (And not only for that reason.)

This is the internet. People are going to say stupid and cruel things because they are nasty ignorant fools or because they take sadistic pleasure from your reaction, i.e. they're trolls. So like others have said, your main course of action is to ignore them. Alternatively, you can learn a thing or two about trolling yourself, understand the mindset, understand how to elicit a certain kind of reaction and who is most likely to produce it, and maybe even turn the tables on these people a little bit (or have such a profoundly superior understanding of the art form that their primitive pokings and proddings register in your mind as a kind of child's play that is not even worth your attention.)

This is coming from someone who has trolled and learned of trolling in (I think) more artful, interesting, fun, non-stupid ways. No judgement please; you have no idea what I did or why. My point is only to say that, well, there's more than one way to solve a problem. :O Also this is a bit of a roundabout way of saying that this person is not worth your time, even from a pro-trolling(ish) perspective.

EDIT: And yeah, widespread misconceptions about autism play into it as well (as far as this particular incident is concerned), but others have covered that already. XD

Unfortunately, there are so many ignorant and inconsiderate people out there, that you can expect to run into them any time you make your autism public. If the conflict or harassment really bothers you, its best to not make it public and keep it just between you and people you feel you can trust. If on the other hand you are doing it thinking that you should not have to hide it, and are up to the fight, then its a matter of experimenting with your tactics and finding what works best.