Post #1162508
2026-04-11 06:36 UTC
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@KatyElphinstone@mas.to 2026-04-11 06:36
Autistic hypersensitivities are part of it, as they can make the world overwhelming to the point of distress. But also, our communication styles bring difficulties with fitting in, and that onus gets placed firmly on our shoulders and ours alone. 2/10
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@elmiller0330@disabled.social 2026-04-11 06:56
@KatyElphinstone I've been saying for years now that if the numbers were reversed and autistic people were the majority, a lot of the things we think of as autistic traits would be way less common than you'd think. A lot of of these traits (not even the allistic laundry list of things that make us different) are responses to living in a world that isn't made for us.
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@EvelineSulman@akademienl.social 2026-04-11 11:53
@KatyElphinstone Thanks, esp for the references and your linking this to epistemic injustice.
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@TresFluke@beige.party 2026-04-11 13:10
@KatyElphinstone While growing up, much of that trauma I ascribed as being "hearing impaired" . I did not have the vocabulary back then, to articulate that which I know now. Thank you for your insightful post.