I am so sick of seeing people defend Elon Musk's #toxic behavior by pointing to his #autism.
Let me be clear as someone with cerebral palsy and ADHD: Autism/neurodivergence/disability is never an excuse for malicious actions. Plenty of people are autistic without being assholes.
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@seanthegeek Actually most autistics come off that way, however unintentionally.
@scenario Some autistics some of the time come off as offensive. The key distinction with Musk is he is trolling far too consistently for it to be unintentional. Autistic people learn and adapt — trolls like him keep pushing with the intent harm while yelling autism when people push back, as if just claiming it should make them immune from criticism, when it never should. That pushes false stereotypes about autism, and causes severe harm to the #autistic, #neurodivergent, #disability, and #MentalHealth communities, as you can see In other replies to this post.
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Oh I definitely know some self-described autistic people who have had no sign of adapting over the course of years!
I suppose it's hard to tell the difference from the outside, not being able to read somebody's mind.
A person who says they are trying but doesn't seem to be making any progress, well I guess there's really no way to tell the difference without being able to be a mind reader.
But if you have any input on that I am all ears because a whole lot of us are a bit frustrated with certain people and not sure what to do about it.
@volkris @scenario As I'm sure you know, there's a huge difference between can't and won't.