Post by @Mabande@mastodon.social

2025-09-23 08:21 UTC

@the_wub@mastodon.social @VeryBadLlama@mas.to In defense of the last line: The US claim is yet another "blame the moms" thing, so a "nah, you having solid interests was not me taking meds, it's from your (undiagnosed) trainspotter dad, the lovable nerd I'm with" is validating for both kid and dad :) I read the poem as exasperated with bullshit, not seeing autism as a negative, nor claiming there's a single lineage.

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@the_wub@mastodon.social 2025-09-23 09:01

@Mabande@mastodon.social @VeryBadLlama@mas.to 1/2 I take your point about the need for a counterweight to women once again being blamed for their children ending up in the autistic spectrum. The fact that women in the autistic spectrum often go under the radar is because female social structures often allow autistic spectrum personalities (ASPs) to socialised and also because the primary diagnostic tools were set up to diagnose male autistic spectrum personalities...

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@the_wub@mastodon.social 2025-09-23 09:17

@Mabande@mastodon.social @VeryBadLlama@mas.to Mother to child "It's yer Dad's fault you are like you are. He never had any time for you he was always out trainspotting in his anorak It's just lucky that you have me to look after you". Mother wanders off to her knitting pattern room. A collection containing 4327 different patterns all ordered on shelves using a version of the Dewey decimal system adapted by the mother when the collection became unmanageable. The child carries on playing with their Brio train set.

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