Intersectionality:
From my experience, there seems to be a stronger acknowledgement of autistic people in the LGBTQIA+ community in autism organizations. I say this not only because of the autism society, but also based on other organizations such as ASAN and also based on some breakout sessions I attended several years ago in a live autism symposium.
I fully support the acknowledgement and I think it's a positive thing because autism is not limited by race, sex, gender, creed, etc. Therefore autism organizations, unless they purposely represent only a select group and are forthright about their selectivity, should represent, advocate for and support ALL autistic people.
The danger I've seen in intersectionality and autism organizations is that intersectionality can result in politicization and end up limiting the scope of representation, advocacy and support for all autistics.
There are most certainly autistic people in the LGBTQIA+ communities and should be acknowledged supported and advocated for by autism organizations who wish to support all autistic people. Just as there are autistic people who are...
The fact is, there are autistic people that look like you, think like you do, act like you do, believe the things you believe, etc. And, there are autistic people that don't.
- the interconnected nature of social categorizations such as race, class, and gender as they apply to a given individual or group, regarded as creating overlapping and interdependent systems of discrimination or disadvantage.
"through an awareness of intersectionality, we can better acknowledge and ground the differences among us"
From my experience, there seems to be a stronger acknowledgement of autistic people in the LGBTQIA+ community in autism organizations. I say this not only because of the autism society, but also based on other organizations such as ASAN and also based on some breakout sessions I attended several years ago in a live autism symposium.
I fully support the acknowledgement and I think it's a positive thing because autism is not limited by race, sex, gender, creed, etc. Therefore autism organizations, unless they purposely represent only a select group and are forthright about their selectivity, should represent, advocate for and support ALL autistic people.
The danger I've seen in intersectionality and autism organizations is that intersectionality can result in politicization and end up limiting the scope of representation, advocacy and support for all autistics.
There are most certainly autistic people in the LGBTQIA+ communities and should be acknowledged supported and advocated for by autism organizations who wish to support all autistic people. Just as there are autistic people who are...
- Atheist
- Agnostic
- Democrat
- Pro-Choice
- "Liberal", "Left", etc.
- Anti-Trump
- Christian, Muslim, Jewish, Buddhist, etc
- "Right wing", "Conservative", Ultra-Conservative, etc.
- Republican
- Pro-Life
- MAGA
The fact is, there are autistic people that look like you, think like you do, act like you do, believe the things you believe, etc. And, there are autistic people that don't.