being an aspie is now a desirable quality on tumblr. Uh?

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Nagalis
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22 Jan 2015, 4:16 am

I've got a tumblr I kinda use as an aspie diary, or something.
But I can't bring myself to use #actuallyautistic because, while the initial intent was good and true, the way it's utilized appears to have changed since. It's no more useful than #autism now, due to people using it as a soap box for their SJW-flavored posts. It's being used by the whateverkin with about ten (openly and admittedly) self-diagnosed disorders; the exact group tumblr is infamous for.

It's also somewhat problematic that this tag became a thing in the first place.
I understand that things won't change on their own, but it's not like the tag they created is somehow off-limits to people who want to make fun of the autistic users. The only way to be 100% sure you encounter no abuse, slander, ridicule, or offensive imagery online is to not go on any website.

Maybe it's just me, but #actuallyautistic often feels like a hideout made of soggy cardboad.
Why can't they try to drown out all the bad stuff with actually relevant, informative posts?

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22 Jan 2015, 10:11 am

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Omg. The queer autistic trans otherkin multiple systems are hilarious. I always get a kick out of seeing what sort of identity they'll appropriate/add to the list next. I feel for people who are irritated about them making a mockery of actual conditions and oppressions, but they are too ridiculous for me to take them seriously.

Thank you! As a gay Aspie, I was little doubtful when I read this topic. The LGBT collective is always switching up its ideal examples of kookie. The next song or movie to come out and make it to the top-ten dance lists will kick the cuteness of Aspies et al. back to where they dump all their old disco roller skates. For now, however, I think it will have some benefits for those who are LGBT and Aspie, at least on the interpersonal level if not the collective level. The latter is, unfortunately, quite voracious.

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22 Jan 2015, 12:45 pm

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Now yes, we have a lot of self diagnosed people on here (to some extent I'd include myself in this group), but they are way more valid and intelligent than the people on tumblr. Bear in mind that many people on tumblr literally think they are unicorns, foxes, dragons... you name it trapped in a human body. It's called kins. It's truly bizarre.

I always knew I was really a rat in disguise.

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22 Jan 2015, 1:31 pm

I just want to make this clear, as I don't believe that self diagnosis is a bad/dangerous thing when it can positively benefit a person. WHAT I DO THINK is a dangerous thing, is faking or pretending to be an aspie as an accessory or for your own narcissism, to think it gives you some "Special" or "cool" pass. I think that if self diagnoses can help you, by doing those legitimate tests on this site and can give you some validation as to why your life has been so painful and why you have not been able to integrate into society like the rest of your peers. My mom hid my diagnosis from me, and when I turned 17 - a lot of my symptoms started to exacerbate. I was autistic, all my life but it was co-morbid with PTSD/Depression and OCD/NVLD.

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22 Jan 2015, 1:41 pm

campboy92 wrote:

I agree. It can be detrimental for an individual to use a fake Aspie personality (or any other fake personality) for better social advantages. It doesn't affect my life, of course, but I would wonder about the self-identity of the faker.

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22 Jan 2015, 1:48 pm

AspieUtah wrote:

campboy92 wrote:

Happy we are on the same page

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22 Jan 2015, 2:04 pm

On the topic at hand it's disgusting what lengths the hipster culture today will go to try and separate themselves from others. It marginalizes those of us that actually have disorders, diagnosed and undiagnosed. Of course you can never tell who is who as the lines are very blurry.

I am no special snowflake.

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22 Jan 2015, 2:04 pm

Jezebel wrote:

I will admit that there is someone who identifies as having low functioning autism on tumblr. They're kind of well known in the autistic community, but there's also a lot of controversy surrounding whether they're actually autistic or not. This person is basically what you described, and I'm sure there are others on there as well. So I suppose one possibility is these kids are interacting with people who are saying they're autistic, perhaps even asking them about it, and they end up getting incorrect information about the disorder. I've personally interacted with the person I mentioned before because they were spreading false information about autism saying having a speech delay is "very autistic" making it sound like everyone who has one is also autistic. :roll:

I think I know who you are talking about. She is also a member here too but hasn't posted here in years and she also has her own blog. She is also diagnosed with autism but that diagnoses has been questioned by lot of people. I learned from that is posting your dx online isn't going to convince people you're real if they think you're not genuine.

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22 Jan 2015, 2:12 pm

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Apple_in_my_Eye wrote:

the kind that should be locked up upon diagnosis (schizophrenia, schizaffective, bipolar 1, DID).

People with schizophrenia don't need to be locked up......sounds like treatment done prior to the 60's

They do if they are really that unstable and keeping getting in trouble with the law. My aunt was one of them and she was locked up for four years getting treatment and it took my mom's family that long to get her locked up for help because she wasn't sick enough. They waited until her illness got worse because they did anything and now she lives in a group home unable to care for herself but her mood swings are gone. I haven't even seen her in 21 years because she lives across the country.

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22 Jan 2015, 2:27 pm

The most annoying thing about this trend is now if you go ANYWHERE on the internet, and put in your two cents about the topic, people just assume you're faking, or tell you to go back to Tumblr. I usually don't bring it up, but sometimes it becomes relevant in conversation - so anything you say just gets shot down because now everyone is trying to be a special snowflake...

I hate Tumblr, honestly. It kills feminism, mental disorders, and just logic in general.

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22 Jan 2015, 2:32 pm

League_Girl wrote:

Feyokien wrote:

Apple_in_my_Eye wrote:

the kind that should be locked up upon diagnosis (schizophrenia, schizaffective, bipolar 1, DID).

People with schizophrenia don't need to be locked up......sounds like treatment done prior to the 60's

I have the same predicament, my grandfather lives half a continent away in a group home. I've only met him once. My deceased grandmother also lived broken with it closer to home when she was alive. I've heard that there are more effective treatments and therapies these days. Living in a group home isn't really "locked up" per say. I can understand the need for it if they can't come back and one doesn't have the financial ability to support them. I was thinking of asylums and that sort when I said they don't need to be locked up

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22 Jan 2015, 4:06 pm

League_Girl wrote:

I think I know who you are talking about. She is also a member here too but hasn't posted here in years and she also has her own blog. She is also diagnosed with autism but that diagnoses has been questioned by lot of people. I learned from that is posting your dx online isn't going to convince people you're real if they think you're not genuine.

Very true; and it's especially true when there are multiple people who are denying what you're saying. People believe what they want to believe, if you ask me.

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Totally agreed.

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22 Jan 2015, 4:16 pm

Feyokien wrote:

League_Girl wrote:

Feyokien wrote:

Apple_in_my_Eye wrote:

the kind that should be locked up upon diagnosis (schizophrenia, schizaffective, bipolar 1, DID).

People with schizophrenia don't need to be locked up......sounds like treatment done prior to the 60's

I was thinking of mental hospital for locked up. Sometimes they put criminals there when found not guilty due to insanity and I read they put Skywalker in one when he was found unfit to stand trial so all charges were dropped and they put him there. He had autism and had a mind of a two year old but he would have violent meltdowns and he killed his mother during one. Think of how some toddlers hit when they are upset and mad but imagine a two year old doing it in a 19 year old body? The force will be stronger and strong enough to hurt someone when they hit.

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22 Jan 2015, 4:22 pm

campboy92 wrote:

So if you look on tumblr or reddit or Twitter you can see now that a bunch of youth on tumblr are reblogging aspie quizzes and putting in their bios that they are Aspergers and an aspie along with their personality tape and using new terms like "neurotypical privelege", and basically adding their entire social Justice hive mentality shtick.... when will this stop? As a real young man with autism, I have never once identified or publicly made my diagnosis define me because to me it's my version of normal but people faking it all for their own narcisisism and Internet presence and to be a "special snowflake", is honestly terrifying to watch

How is it terrifying to read about people appreciating everything about themselves, flaws and all? This sounds like positron people!

Better than reading a dreadfully long post about whining about how them being an Aspie is bad because of the way their life is. Well, when they complain like that they are just setting themselves up to be miserable. Now that right there is actually terrifying.

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22 Jan 2015, 9:00 pm

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The 'actuallyautistic' tag disgusted me; I suppose its aim was to separate the 'real', diagnosed autistics from the 'special snowflakes', but it seemed to dismiss those who are self-diagnosed or have suspicions. Not everyone has the luxury of getting a formal diagnosis.

Ahh I thought that's what that tag was as well as first but it turns out that's not what it is at all.
The "actuallyautistic" tag is because a lot of non-autistic people were posting in the "autistic" tag like, I don't mean people who have self diagnosed I mean people who wouldn't even say they are autistic. Family members, friends, random people with random opinions, people mocking autism. People posting things that autistic people would not want to see a lot of the time. And they post in the "autism" or "autistic" tags because it's about that. The "actuallyautistic" tag is just so that autistic people can follow things about autism from people who are autistic.

I understand your thought though I had the same thought until I was told what the tag is actually for.

I understand that, but there are people in that tag like I described.

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23 Jan 2015, 5:52 pm

Tumblr is and always has been a breeding ground for trolls, so naturally when something like this is brought up I just ignore it.

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