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It’s not bitterness at all. I just actually prefer plants.lol. I'm struggling to crawl out from precisely that kind of bitterness, but I don't blame you at all. Incidentally, I'm sure they treat us that way first. They think we're ghoulish or mechanistic, which would be sort of like a vegetable. Oh, well. Like I said, I reach out. They walk away. I feel at peace, because I was the one reaching.
Oops, sorry. Well, I'm striving to get out of bitterness, I'll put it that way.It’s not bitterness at all. I just actually prefer plants.
I’m fond of some people, too. But people exhaust me after a while. Plants never do.
No need to apologize. My fault entirely for not thinking it through that many don’t know of my devotion to plants.Oops, sorry. Well, I'm striving to get out of bitterness, I'll put it that way.
Diversity is beautifulWould like to open a thread for discussion about something that has come up in conversation several times and is I feel important to me.
I would describe myself as a person with autism, and not an autistic person.
Why is this important to me?
Well first of all I don't feel that who I am is defined by autism. Sure, it has certainly coloured my entire being and my world view. But I don't wish to be defined as being 'in the group of' autistic persons.
Put it another way, neuodivergency is not my 'in-group'.
At the same time, this doesn't mean that I think autism is something that happens to people. I would not wish to communicate that autism and personhood are somehow separate.
I would prefer not to be identified with any particular group, whether based on culture, nationality, politics, or ways of thinking. Instead, I'd prefer to identify myself with everyone else, with no exceptions. A world citizen, if you will.
That means, because I don't feel that I want to belong to an 'in-group', then no 'groups' are 'out-groups' for me either.
Please feel free to share your perspectives here. Speaking for myself only, I'd be glad to hear them and will appreciate them for what they are. Diversity is beautiful.
For me identity first language is my preference.This is my opinion:
Identity-first language says, “I am autistic.”
Person-first language says, “I am a person who has autism.”