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Be yourself and be true to who you are. Don't let neurotypical conditioning define your identity.
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this post was submitted on 29 Nov 2023
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As fun as Kurzgesagt is I don't think following them on politics is a good move. They are primarily a science channel. They also have potential conflicts of interest given who they are funded by.
We have been labelled in many offensive ways for a long time. Allistic isn't meant to be any more offensive than the word autistic is. I have never seen it being used in a deliberately offensive manner the way autistic is often used in an offensive manner. If neurotypical people are scared about such a label that tells you more about them than it does about us and how they treat people they view as different than them.