Squidalicious: On Autism Murder Apologists
This is important. This needs to be read.
This is something much more important than what much of tumblr Social Justice Warriors talk about. It is bigger than most of the things I have seen being talked about on tumblr.
This is people getting murdered by people they trust because of something that is not their fault. This is people being murder apologists and that is not okay.
Whenever I see a news story about an autistic child being murdered by a caretaker, it’s always “don’t you dare judge them!” or “I understand why…” “oh it’s hard to take care of an autistic child…”
And it happens with other disabilities too! Part of society thinks it’s okay to murder the disabled. Part of society thinks it’s okay to forcefully sterilize people with disabilities.
I have high functioning autism and I have been told I should not reproduce. This has been said to my face. On more than one occasion. And all of those times it was when I mentioned that there is a good chance that autism might be genetic.
And you hardly hear about this from anyone other than the apologists for it. Those that justify it and think it’s not only okay, but should be standard practice! And yet the only social justice blogs I have seen make mention of it in depth is real-justice-walugi, ughsocialjustice and disneyvilliansforjustice. Not one blog that identifies as a “Social Justice Warrior” seems to care about this issue.
And it’s terrifying for me. Forced sterilization is barbaric and disgusting, and yet it is openly done to the disabled in first world countries. Doctors recommend it.
Thankfully, not one in my family is like that, but think for a moment.
If my mother dragged me down and had me sterilized tomorrow, people would support it.
If she murdered me, people would be more sympathetic towards her than me. I would be dead, and people would be crying for her. It’s asinine.
That is ableism. That is worrying and destructive ableism that ends lives. And none of the “social justice warriors” care. They care about what words you use. They act like pointing out that there are different levels of autism in the worst offense against us. They focus on the downright petty and act blissfully unaware of the important things.
They do that while there are innocent people getting their most basic human rights taken away simply because they are disabled.
It has to stop. And I’m seeing nothing being done outside of the disabled community.
~Cadence
reblogging this again for the commentary.
i am not normally in favor of the “stop talking about your oppression because mine is worse!” attitude. but arguments about white headcanons for fictional characters get tens of thousands of notes, and this article link has 25.
it is legal to pay disabled government workers less than minimum wage.
people regularly get away with murdering us.
i’ve been fired for failing to pick up nonverbal cues at least twice, and ended up homeless on one of those occasions.
the richest and most visible group claiming to speak for us is a hate group dedicated to eradicating our existence.
the ‘wheelchair ramps’ that would allow us to interact with institutions are almost entirely absent.
i could go on and on and on. but apparently none of that is remotely as interesting as some celebrity’s latest sexist tweet. look, guys, i don’t want you to stop talking about other stuff. i just want you to talk about this too.