funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works to Autism@lemmy.world · 12 days agoMy brother just posted in the family group chat he's been diagnosed with ASD. What's the best, most sensitive, way to reply?message-squaremessage-square22linkfedilinkarrow-up138
arrow-up138message-squareMy brother just posted in the family group chat he's been diagnosed with ASD. What's the best, most sensitive, way to reply?funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works to Autism@lemmy.world · 12 days agomessage-square22linkfedilink
minus-squarefunkless_eck@sh.itjust.worksOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·12 days agoyeah I guess I wanted to be sure there wasn’t some old cliche or chestnut I wasn’t aware of. like asking an actor “what have you been in that I’ve seen?” or touching a pregnant woman’s belly
minus-squareChexMax@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·12 days agoI mean it’s think the chestnut is saying, “you don’t look autistic” or just saying like, no that’s not true! Or reassuring them they’re “not like other autistics.” Basically anything that treats the diagnosis as inherently bad
yeah I guess I wanted to be sure there wasn’t some old cliche or chestnut I wasn’t aware of.
like asking an actor “what have you been in that I’ve seen?” or touching a pregnant woman’s belly
I mean it’s think the chestnut is saying, “you don’t look autistic” or just saying like, no that’s not true! Or reassuring them they’re “not like other autistics.” Basically anything that treats the diagnosis as inherently bad