have yall heard of transaustitic people

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Not a fan of this BS. I normally hate this phrase, but these people want to be special and nothing more. They don't want the hard s**t that comes with being autistic, they just want the trendy label.

I'll be the first to admit that I like being "different" and "special". But also? I am actually autistic, I meet the criteria and I am disabled by my autism. I have the "special" label, sure, but I also have the "my life is on f*****g fire" aspect.

I hope and pray there is a way to keep this "transautistic" bull f*****g s**t an obscure, chronically online weirdo thing.

I know it doesn’t replace ASD as a diagnosis. I think the demand avoidance aspect of it explains why I had a hard time identifying with autism as a label even though I could acknowledge I have autistic traits. PDA is easier for me to identify with because it actually explains my struggles. I think I also have a good dose of ADHD, but I wasn’t diagnosed because autism and ADHD couldn’t be diagnosed together when I was diagnosed.

If I have to tell people I’m neurodivergent, I prefer saying I have ADHD or I’m neurodivergent than mention being autistic. Mainly because most of the things I want support with are ADHD related. I’ve never mentioned PDA to anyone in real life because it’s not an official diagnosis in Canada. Even if it was, I don’t want to introduce people to a condition they’ve never heard of. I think ADHD is the best label for me to use in most contexts. Or no label at all.

Some people would like to be disabled because of the GOP stereotype about disabled people getting free money & other benefits due to being too lazy to work. Those people don't comprehend how difficult life can be due to being disabled.

Some people think autistics get a free pass to be inconsiderate jerks. I seen this some in L&D section in the past where a woman posts about being in an abusive relationship & she's diagnosing the guy as autistic because she's trying to make excuses to justify his a$$holish behavior, when in reality the guy probably isn't even autistic or his autism is not the real problem. Some guys might hear the woman's story outside the forum(like they're friends or work colleges) & take the woman at her word about her guy being autistic. Those guys might then think that if they were autistic women would be more sympathetic to them.

You described my girlfriend. I usually find her extremely cute I fit that description a bit as well thou not as much as her & she finds me extremely cute too. I'm probably very attracted to that because it's more relatable to me & matches well with my relationship personality.

In context with the thread, I can sorta understand that some people may have that view but you don't get free money for self-diagnosis so I doubt it's related.

Although I still don't know exactly what 'transautistic' is.

I think the concept of being trans-autistic is pretty ridiculous, thinking more about it.

Almost as ridiculous as believing one is trans-racial.

Right. Transgender people have the mind of the gender they identify as. It's not simply "I think being the other sex would be cool so I'm going to pretend." It's practically an intersex condition. They have the body of one sex but the mental associations of another. The only reason transition is necessary is to make the body align with the mind.

You can't be "transracial" or "transautistic" because it just doesn't work that way. If you had the mental aspects of autism.... you would qualify for an autism diagnosis. Therefore, no transitioning would be involved.

perhaps my brain has more melanin!

No. I've never heard of transautistic people. But I've never heard of the "Infantilization of autistic people" either.

My first impression of transautistic people was to think of it as a white man wearing a "white lives matter" t-shirt because he thinks blacks are getting away with undeserved sympathy. How ignorant! How insulting! How insensitive! How cruel!

I'm still having trouble imagining that this is a legitimate thing.

I'm self diagnosed. I "need" autism just like I need the theory of evolution. It just explains so much!

Isn't being the opposite of "transautisic" (as mentioned in original post) the more common sentiment - that is to strive to be as NT-like (an NT-like who understands the Autism Spectrum) as possible?

I have two distinct desires, both are physically impossible.
One is to become NT, and the other is to have the high intelligence form of autism.
For better or worse I have this condition, sometimes I just wish I had the cooler type, the people that know a lot and become highly sucesfull in their field of interest.
It seems like the type I am stuck with is mostly just the negative symptoms with none of the good stuff that is seen in the media nowadays.
So I guess that would make me transautistic, wanting to have a different type of autism.

I mean, unless you're finding ways to "transition" to that other type of autism, not really.

It is nice that they want to improve themselves.

I probably am autistic but I also could just have autistic traits
I do a pretty good impersonation of an "uber" NT

Interesting, you suggest that trans is trans when a transition process is realistic.
I like that definition, it prevents that term being used to loosely.

Mvp comment right there

What a bunch of Rachel Dolezals.

I have an AS diagnosis, but I identify as human.

How's that?