Celebrities Need to SHUT UP About Autism!

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Girl Meets World Autistic Episode: www.imdb.com/title/tt4956028/
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Sia article: www.mamamia.com.au/sia-autism...
Jesse Gender Sia Video: • Sia's Music: The Trap ...
BBC Sia says sorry article: www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainm...
Music IMDB: www.imdb.com/title/tt7541720/
Sia Bipolar: metro.co.uk/2023/09/15/sia-de...
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00:00 Most ableist celebrities of 2023
00:30 Matty Healy uses the R-Word?
02:10 In defense of Andrew Tate?
06:10 Cardi B Thinks AUTISTIC is an Insult?
10:08 Uh oh Graham Linehan
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[@imautisticnowwhat]

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[@asiabattle7117]

Happy New Year Eve and Day

[@ruru_McCakey]

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[@fo4urm640]

Happy New Year. Thanks for all you've given to the community. Pacing can be hard. I believe if you needed a little time off, or more time for a special project. This community would be very forgiving & understanding. All the best for 2024!!!

[@rosykindbunny1313]

I saw that episode. Turns out he wasn't autistic, but his friend (not in the scene) was.

[@llynnmarks3382]

Saying "on the spectrum" is "wrong" is fascinating to me. I'm autistic and feel the phrase helps remind people that everyone has a very different experience.

[@turtleanton6539]

Yes😮

[@comicsans3537]

Yup.I like the pie charts best but like... it's currently called Autism SPECTRUM Disorder. As a very literal autistic.... that means I am ON THE spectrum. Literally speaking lol.

[@charleseunson2629]

I think the issue most folk have with it is related to how many people still say/believe that "everyone is on the spectrum" which is wrong and diminishes our genuine issues and struggles I personally don't use it because I feel its also mostly used by allistic (non-autistic folk) to suggest someone is autistic without saying the word, because they feel its dirty and bad/an insult Which is a systemic and societal issue at the root obviously I also think people use it with the (false) understanding that autism is a linear spectrum with "severe" to "mild" Which, as autistics, we know is incorrect Yes, it's a spectrum, and yes, the phrase "on the spectrum" is correct, I just think the way the majority of the world doesn't understand it the correct way and instead use it to perpetuate harmful stereotypes

[@NeyamStar]

Yes

[@rebecasantiago1819]

I personally don't like "on the spectrum" because it feels like an euphemism (like when you say someone "kicked the bucket" instead of saying they died), but if another autistic person prefers to use this term, then that's fine and I'll respect it

[@Penguzilla]

autistic gets used as an insult in the same way gen x calling people gay was supposed to be an insult

[@kavyamurthy2596]

They still do it. It sucks.

[@freddoublestuff7403]

Yesss

[@elizrebezilmadommdo1662]

Their generation uses both of those words as insults (not all, but most of them see no issue with it unfortunately).

[@2hark2ona2elly]

It’s a good comparison actually.

[@HauntakuTV]

I used to call people both the F slur and the R slur when I was a dumb kid hanging out with the wrong crowd. Guess what? Turns out I'm an autistic trans lesbian so... yeah, I've gotten better since then.

[@scubadiva666]

Being "a little bit autistic" is like being "a little bit pregnant," IMO.

[@ThunderSen]

Lol

[@humanperson8418]

You can be "a little bit pregnant" Someone in the third trimester is allot more 'pregnant' than someone in the first.

[@shockofthenew]

@@humanperson8418 People might colloquially say someone is 'very pregnant' when they have a big baby bump, but medically speaking you're the same amount of pregnant all the way through the process. Pregnant is very much a yes/no state!

[@milen4.v0j]

totally agree 😹😹😹

[@Arcanepsycho]

@@gabbyk.7358you are either Autistic or you are not. The severity of your symptoms don't matter. There is no such thing as "a little bit Autistic" because simply "Autistic" implies a full range of symptoms.

[@jadegreengirl]

I think being a wealthy autistic celebrity is a very different experience to being a regular autistic person, because autism primarily affects us socially. Wealth increases a persons class, which totally changes the social dynamics and oppression an autistic person would usually face.

[@Dancestar1981]

Totally

[@lillypilly6440]

Money would solve most problems like housing

[@XSquidbeatsX]

Rich or poor you’re still human, money only makes problems worse. I don’t know how you are oppressed but if it’s the world oppressing you then it’s probably you.

[@Nothereforit174]

@@XSquidbeatsXyou contradicted yourself. Jusg shut up and let experts and people who experience something speak for ourselves. You’re not needed

[@Nothereforit174]

@@lillypilly6440it solves problems related to finances. If that’s most of your issues then yes but not the case for everyone

[@MykeWinters]

I don’t like phrases like “everyone’s a little autistic”, I have a friend who says that to me, I find it dismissive. I have struggled all my life with bullying, put downs etc. Bloody hell, it’s hard enough as it is without being dismissed as though the struggles are nothing

[@HauntakuTV]

If you replace the word "autistic" with another minority, I'm sure they'll understand how dumb that sounds

[@Laura-gb1jv]

Oh ugh, I hate that one too. My go-to response is "Sure, but some people are more than just 'a little', and I am one of them. You just can't tell (much) because I'm good at hiding it. But hiding it makes me tired really fast."

[@MykeWinters]

@@Laura-gb1jv I just say in my head “I wish I could put my brain in your head, you’d know then”. I tend to over explain, so I try very hard not to say anything back. It’s pointless anyway, they won’t get it, lol. I’ve tried that response as well, still get that blank unknowing look. I do wish people would try to understand, even a little bit….a losing battle with some if not most. Do you get dismissed a lot still?

[@MykeWinters]

@@Laura-gb1jv actually, may be it wouldn’t be a good idea to transplant my brain into their heads, they’d freak out with all the struggle and negativity you receive. It’s not everyone, but I does seem like there are a LOT, well, in my experience

[@promisemochi]

i had a therapist say this to me. i'd seen her for two years prior to my diagnosis. i guess i didn't hide my expression well because apparently i made a visibly disgusted face at that comment and she ghosted me right after....

[@Adrian-555]

young people have been using autistic or (acoustic) as an insult lately. it is pretty frustrating because they’ll say it to neurotypical people just because they’ve done something the person perceives as silly or stupid so it’s like they’re trying to equate autism with being unintelligent. i don’t think most of them realize how harmful it is but that’s what they’re doing, just adding to this total misconception of what autism is.

[@AmoebaMak]

I'm Gen-Z and just a few years ago my friends were making fun of and educating people on not saying the R-slur and now a suprising amount of them are going back and using it. It's scary honestly as one of the only autistic people in the group..

[@RichielaurensIII]

@@AmoebaMak literally jumping on the bandwagon of being “woke”

[@RichielaurensIII]

I legit cannot stand when I see the acoustic thing, but I feel like I will be attacked for saying something, so I just ignore it.

[@promisemochi]

@@AmoebaMak i truly do not get it. a few years ago, everyone was seemingly getting more educated about things. the r-word became a slur (it had been for a while but for a long time it was seen as the proper term when i was growing up) and people were very careful about their language and how they spoke. everyone seemed to be more inclusive. especially young people. especially people online. i would see it on tumblr and vine and it made me feel so hopeful for the youth. what happened? how did things go from that to this? it's one of the most baffling things to me.

[@gabrielleengel7476]

I've had to get on my students about things like this... It's so frustrating that someone being different is looked down upon.

[@mollywantshugs5944]

Defending a human trafficker by dismissing his critic’s humanity (the way she used autism certainly implies that she doesn’t consider autistic people human) is certainly a decision Hartley-Brewer made.

[@Em_Elizabeth]

Yeah, as if someone is less worth listening to if they are autistic.

[@HauntakuTV]

So Sia is a Caitlyn Jenner then. A celebrity who is a part of a community, but actively harms that same community.

[@au_barb]

Perfect analogy tbh.

[@Matty272]

An autistic person, who didn’t realize she was autistic, making a terrible movie grotesquely misrepresenting autism. Some irony there.

[@MadScientist-R.N.]

Because Caitlin Jenner cannot have an opinion??? The one person who has the experience and knowledge they don't want to listen to

[@saratoga6663]

@@MadScientist-R.N.she can and she does, it’s pretty clear that it’s the opinions she’s allowed to have that harm the community she’s apart of

[@betsywoolbright8059]

Who harms what community?

[@CosmosCat487]

The matrix was made by two trans women so "trans people don't make good movies" is just stupid!

[@solsoups]

Nimona was awesome too!

[@Ethetjorsa]

Yeah, like most of my fav movies was made by trans people.

[@lemonmeat]

its always funny how transphobia sigma allpha male whatever people will be like "THIS IS JUST LIKE THE MATRIX!!!!!" or "im just like patrick bateman..." and yet those are medias made by queer and/or trans people lol

[@derp195]

Just here to name drop, but I was Lana Wachowski's waiter one night years ago and she was very sweet while I struggled to pretend I wasn't fazed by the situation.

[@intrusive-th0t]

They benefited from male privilege though, nobody would have given two biological women $63 million in the 90s to make a movie

[@stephiechefy]

Some of these examples speak to how a handful of autistic people think their autistic experience is the only one. It’s not. Be yourself and embrace doing what’s best for you, but understand it’s going to be different for others and that’s ok :)

[@AmberAmber]

YES!!!! I have ASD · My brother's son does too · so to him? It means I'm "faking" · & it scares me that hes so ridiculous with his views on ASD individuals cos I dont feel hes gonna be a great advocate for his son (the fact that he FORCES hugs on him makes me queasy).

[@GhostIntoTheFog]

@AmberAmber While it’s your right as an Autistic person to identify in whatever way you wish, you may want to reconsider referring to yourself or other Autistic people as “ASD individuals.” I’ve only ever seen that label used by ableist researchers bending over backward not to use the label “autistic.” Think it about it for a moment. ASD stands for Autism Spectrum Disorder. Do you think it’s appropriate to address someone as an “Autism Spectrum Disorder individual?” It smacks of ableism and discomfort with the autistic label and pathologizes the autistic neurotype even more than person-first language does.

[@HauntakuTV]

@@GhostIntoTheFog Autism isn't a disorder.

[@justarandomperson2786]

@@GhostIntoTheFog Let autistic people refer to themselves however they want. If an AUTISTIC PERSON wants to say "asd individual" then let them - they're referring to themself.

[@nvdawahyaify]

@stephiechefy I agree, and it's quite frequently the most vocal of us that think this way. I'm autistic and I can butter bread with no issues, I love tomatoes, hate avocados, I'm a straight man, I don't like noodles with just butter (no matter the type of noodles), I hate strawberries, in general I don't care if my foods touch, I don't speak to people cruelly and disguise it by saying "I'm just being blunt" (there is a huge difference between being blunt and being cruel), I don't like weighted blankets or sleep masks, and here's the biggest one I absolutely love physical contact (as long as it is firm enough). I would be hugged multiple times a day if I had it my way, but I won't force others into it.

[@yourfavoritesoybean]

not the point, but "No trans art"....Nimona was literally nominated for an oscar this year

[@sylvanticx]

I’m no fan of Cardi B, but I don’t think her reaction was wrong there. Autism isn’t bad, but that person was using it as an insult, so saying “autism isn’t an insult “ isn’t right in that circumstance. She isn’t saying autism is bad, but that person was.

[@o.m9514]

THANK YOU!!

[@hoodiegal]

yeah exactly, that section made me so confused. random person tweets at Cardi saying her child is autistic, Cardi replies that her child is not autistic, people get upset at Cardi? Cardi didn't say anything about autism being bad or an insult, she just clarified that her child is, in fact, not autistic. Why are people getting upset??

[@ruru_McCakey]

The problem with sia is that the movie is extremely offensive. Not even just the restraining part but how she portrays autistic people and how, in Music head she wishes she was 'normal'. Next to that sia kept defending her movie and saying it was an accurate depiction even when autistics told her it wasnt. And double downing on that she had done her research. And then on top of it becoming verbally abusive towards autistic people and blocking them when they had something to say about sia attitude and the movie. (She also even blocked cloe hayden). And when she found out she was autistic herself she hardly made amends. She basically said: yeah, things happen. A lot is going on." She still wouldn't take any responsibility. And if she refers to herself publicly as a kook for being autistic and having mental health issues is also still harmful. Just because she has it herself doesnt mean she gets to talk down on nd or mental health concerns. And what on the elon musk part. He is autistic himself and reproducing like crazy. Some people...

[@alisonmercer5946]

There are comments here actin like poor sia, she made a mistAke ,leave her alone

[@alisonmercer5946]

There are comments here actin like poor sia, she made a mistAke ,leave her alone

[@alisonmercer5946]

There are comments here actin like poor sia, she made a mistAke ,leave her alone

[@alisonmercer5946]

There are comments here actin like poor sia, she made a mistAke ,leave her alone

[@alisonmercer5946]

There are comments here actin like poor sia, she made a mistAke ,leave her alone

[@josiahswenson5255]

Whenever I tell people, I always tell them, "I'm on the autism spectrum." There is nothing wrong with explaining it that way at all. The signs of autism may not be as extreme as it is for other people- a spectrum

[@GhostIntoTheFog]

There’s nothing wrong with explaining it that way as long as you’re not doing so because you feel you don’t deserve the Autistic label or because you see the Autistic label as a slur to be avoided. Also, there are far too many allistic (and Autistic) people who use the phrase “on the spectrum,” yet think the autistic spectrum is a linear functioning or severity scale (which is not how a spectrum is structured at all).

[@ciaraskeleton]

I say I'm Autistic and watch them panic as they try desperately to understand 'which kind of Autistic' I am. I hate that I have to dance around my own disorder, my own brain. I'm not explaining anything to people who can't understand yk? I'm done with that

[@shaydieonshuffle]

@@ciaraskeleton It's like being thrown on a stage to perform "The Nutcracker" but you never attended a lesson and you've never danced in your life and someone laced your shoes up wrong and the script changes up every three seconds just for the fun of everyone else around you

[@shaydieonshuffle]

*it's like that for me when I experience what you're describing, not speaking for anyone else's experience

[@skootergirl22]

Neurotypicals thinking they're helping with Neurodivents and the understand

[@Star_Rattler]

There's no trans art?!?!? THE MATRIX???? THE MATRIX???? UH UH UH THE MATRIX???!??!??!? The creators are trans and the whole story is a trans allegory?!?!

[@tipsybottles]

I didn’t know that. That’s amazing I love it.

[@RinDeal]

The instance with CardiB is that her fans and others are ASSUMING that her daughter is autistic. While that might be true and that Cardi does have the resources to get her daughter diagnosed earlier then most women, especially BIPOC women, it’s annoying af for people to assume something about them, but especially their child, and it doesn’t help anyone!

[@HauntakuTV]

Yeah, but Cardi acted like a B.

[@kendrarasberry3078]

She should have been cancelled a while ago.

[@tamarapowell8982]

@@kendrarasberry3078 why? Sounds like you’re another hater

[@tamarapowell8982]

@@HauntakuTVby defending for child? You would to if it were your child but of course since it’s obvious that you don’t like cardi anything she does is considered wrong

[@DayDreamingWriters]

@@tamarapowell8982 Well, she drugged and robbed a man

[@emmaberger3748]

Also to add to the Greta commentary - people always blame the retaliator. But it’s clear Andrew Tate was stirring up sh** in the first place.

[@HauntakuTV]

Greta is awesome for mocking that dude

[@JonBrase]

I'm in fairly extreme disagreement with Greta on fossil fuels and moderate disagreement on climate change, but she gets my respect for handling Tate how he ought to be handled. I don't know much about him, but his comment to her tells me exactly which vehicles on the highway are driven by people that would be his fans, and they're *all* compensating for something.

[@Virtualblueart]

He was clearly trying to get a rise out of her. But he didn't expect her to retaliate with a nuclear burn.

[@Mcsqw]

​@@JonBraseAndrew Tate is currently under investigation for a number of fairly heinous crimes in Romania including human trafficking for sexual exploitation. Nothing says "small dick energy" quite like that.

[@Jade-hr1mf]

​@JonBrase lmao 😂😂 your part about how his fans drive just killed me. My ex listened to him and he had thousands of dollars of tickets and was so intitled when on the road. Never before did I realize how a person drives tells a good part of their character.

[@JoeJoeTater]

The Wachowski sisters are amazing trans artists. They made The Matrix, V for Vendetta, and Cloud Atlas, which are loved by autistics and allistics alike.

[@joshuaolander201]

You know watching The Matrix trilogy was one of my favorite things to do then the wachowskis came out as trans and it made the entire series hit in a different way but it's still my favorite series.

[@danadavis3647]

Sophia Stewart wrote the Matrix story that the Wachowskis only adapted to screenplay. Sophia Stewart never gets credit for the story. The Wachowskis speak on it as if they created the story, but they did not.

[@MagiciteHeart]

Im an autistic trans woman, and Cloud Atlas is one of my favorite movies as someone who doesn't even watch movies, but I can't get anyone else to sit through it. I had thought it had been badly reviewed and kinda vanished from discourse, I had no idea it was popular with other autistic, or anyone else for that matter

[@WolfsRain99999]

They made The Matrix, V for Vendetta, and Cloud Atlas BEFORE they converted. You do realize that, right?

[@w1nterdays]

@@WolfsRain99999doesn’t mean they were cis before they came out like they fliipped a magical gender switch

[@bigbadror1705]

Talking about being embarrassed by other people being visibly Autistic because of internalised shame is the opposite of how I feel. I'm so happy when I see someone being openly themselves. I hope I can be too one day.

[@imautisticnowwhat]

That's how I feel when I see Chloe Hayden! She's amazing! 💛

[@joana.en.pyjautiste]

We are in the middle ages in France as far as autism's concerned. I was yelled at "idiot" when I was being autistic. So the first time I saw somebody on the spectrum without cognitive deficit stimmed and flapped, I felt like awkward. But the more I watch, the more I accept and love my autistic self. I have opened my autistic you tube channel in french to help french speaking autistic people with validation and acceptance. Thank you for everything you do❤​@@imautisticnowwhat

[@stacig5997]

The best thing that my autism brought me was a deep love and acceptance for my autistic son. When he would go out in public, he would get upset because he started stimming but I taught him to love and accept that part of him and now when I see him stim in public, completely authentic, it makes me so happy to be his mother.

[@narglefargle]

I was diagnosed in the summer of 2018. I didn't tell ANYONE until earlier this year. I finally got sick of hearing people say "What are you--AUTISTIC?!" and meaning it as an insult. I also got super sick of seeing people saying things like "You're not autistic, you don't XYZ" or "Autism is a fad," so I clapped back on someone publicly, and in the process, outed myself. Celebrities spreading their anti-autistic, "I deliberately refuse to understand you" bullshit is one of the main reasons, in my opinion, why I *still* catch crap from all directions about my autistic traits. Deflecting it is fucking exhausting, and these ding-dongs KNOW what they're doing. A pox on all their houses. It's nearly 2024. Why the hell are people still doing this? (Domino by Diners is a FANTASTIC trans-made powerpop record, btw. My favorite record of the whole year, as a matter of fact.)

[@betsywoolbright8059]

Um WOW. That's totally different from my experience. I try to only be around other neurodivergent people, however. Adhd people are usually ok. I am ADHD/Autistic.

[@ezralovesstarscream]

my whole life ive been around people who use being autistic as an insult and its so difficult to speak up about it you’re immediately seen as sensitive or stupid

[@katanakiwi8832]

Fr I used to be so ticked off about it in middle school I've gotten kinda used to it but that still doesn't mean I like it Also, love your Donnie pfp

[@Hawthorn6852]

This is why being diagnosed can often be just as traumatic as going through life undiagnosed. The world still sees autism as an insulting terrible thing that they need to "cure" out of children by training them to not show their autistic traits. The people I grew up around reinforced this idea that being autistic makes you "slow" and "too sensitive". So as someone who was diagnosed, I believed that being autistic made me those things.

[@kyleydiamond]

which is also so bananas because now that I know more about autism i can accurately guess who's masking or undiagnosed because they're presenting exceptional greatness like that person you know who's great at everything? autistic, 100% (not to erase people who dont fall into this category, or who present exceptional but have lacks elsewhere, but just saying- high attention to detail, unique creative work, using senses in a powerful way, self confidence to do their own thing, ability to perfectly follow steps, etc)

[@ezralovesstarscream]

@@katanakiwi8832 thank you! and i relate to that too, as much as you hear it its still hard to be desensitized to it because it just relates so deeply with you and it just feels like a direct insult to you even if youre not even in the conversation

[@ezralovesstarscream]

@@Hawthorn6852 yes! so many other people like me are super smart and skilled at so many things and its sad that such amazing people are put down for something thats not how most people even think it is, most (uneducated) people hear autism and think the nonverbal kid who is “stupid” and think thats it, i have an autistic younger cousin who is so much different than i am to the point no one in my family would ever believe i had it to (thats worded really odd but i hope yk what i mean)

[@sandwichqueen]

I am autistic and trans. It's honestly kinda annoying how these people think they know me better than me without even meeting me.

[@GhostIntoTheFog]

Although not trans myself, it shocks me how commonly TERFs portray Autistic people as unable to accurately perceive our own gender identities and trans identity as just “confusion” caused by being autistic. The fact that laws are actually being passed that demand ASD screening prior to allowing a trans person to access gender-affirming care makes me sick.

[@MagiciteHeart]

Also autistic (PDA), and trans. It's really hilarious, isn't it? They have clearly never met any trans people. Trans girls can only be like 4 or 5 things, and music producer is one of them. Seriously, I also make music and nearly all my trans femme friends IRL do, to the point where it's a meme to us now and whenever we meet a new one we just laugh because of course they are 😂

[@randomnoob101flyhightweek]

LITERALLY 😭

[@artikulv731]

@@GhostIntoTheFogohhh yeah. The infantilization is REAL with the terfs. And it’s not just autistic people, they also insist that all trans men are poor little girls who want to escape the patriarchy or were manipulated into being trans.

[@EllieRose1997]

I am also autistic and trans….I agree

[@Lillyluvsanime]

I used to like Girl Meets World when it was airing on Disney Channel. I somehow missed the "Farkle might be Autistic" episode. When I went back to rewatch the series on Disney+ a few years ago and saw this episode it made me feel so ill and uncomfortable. All the fear mongering, with no clarification on what Autism actually is and then, oh turns out Farkle isn't Autistic after all (even though the character is VERY Autism coded) but actually the group's other friend IS Autistic and there is no apology for how they acted around the idea of Autism, no lesson learned about how Autism isn't some scary disease, no acknowledgement that Farkle's friends tried to f**king ABA him, just. Oh. Farkle's just weird and Smackle IS Autistic and we never knew. The End. The rage that this episode brought me, I don't think I even fully understand. How, how did they think that this was okay? What was the take-away from the episode supposed to be? Teaching a bunch of 12-16 year olds that Autism is a disease and that if it turns out they or a friend are Autistic that it's the worst possible thing to ever learn? To train someone like a dog to not act like themselves so they can skew their evaluation results and be on paper, "not Autistic"? To pity the friend that they find out already has a diagnosis? What was the goal lesson of this damned "very special episode"? I don't think it's fair to put it on Sabrina Carpenter or Rowen Blanchard though, they were kids under contract to play a role. I doubt they had much say in scripting and direction, and considering how even adults still know so little about Autism, I doubt they had much of an understanding of it themselves and went with the information that was presented to them for the episode.

[@julienespinosa159]

Do you still like the rest of the show though?

[@alexandra6188]

I actually really like using the phrase “on the spectrum” in addition to “autistic.” To me, it’s like a celebration of how beautiful and unique each one of us are individually, and not a single one of our existences are exactly the same on this gigantic rainbow. In addition, it’s like a happy reminder that we’ve mostly moved away from the puzzle piece symbol. :3

[@jimwilliams3816]

I use “on the spectrum” at times when my awareness of those that struggle more than me makes me feel impostery, and like I am devaluing others by saying I am autistic. It’s pretty important to me, being of an age where I couldn’t have been diagnosed as a child, and spent 20 years thinking I probably was an Aspie. Lord knows there are still enough people who think that autistic is synonymous with serious cognitive delays. (I do have a dx, and lord knows I do struggle a lot, but so many of my most troublesome traits overlap with other less “controversial” disorders.)

[@rosykindbunny1313]

I don't think Sabrina Carpenter is at fault. She's just acting from a script. On a lighter note, my favorite book was written and illustrated by a trans person. Highly recommend Nimona by ND Stevenson. Both the book and the movie are amazing!

[@Fluid88]

and she was young

[@Virtualblueart]

I did not know that. Very interesting.

[@Mcsqw]

​@@Fluid88Yep...I did a bit of Wikipedia-ing and Sabrina Carpenter would have been between 14-15 and 17-18 while on Girl Meets World.

[@albertlassiter8608]

thanks for the nimona rec ~ love to support my trans peeps

[@midwinter78]

Yay for Nimona. Except it's ND, not NJ. Nate Diana. Gotta love those mixed-gender names - see also Suzy Eddie Izzard. Now if I had the courage...

[@randomdaydreamer9970]

I read the title as just "Celebrities Need to SHUT UP" at first and didn't notice the "About Autism!" part. But you know what? I think the way I originally read the title is more true. Celebrities don't only need to shut up about autism, they just need to shut up.

[@3mindrebel]

Bro they're still people

[@HauntakuTV]

@@3mindrebel People who need to shut up

[@joshuacoleman8000]

​@@HauntakuTVSo celebrities should never talk again?

[@Mcsqw]

There's nothing wrong with them talking about autism or any other subject. The issue is that too many celebrities don't bother to listen or ask questions first.

[@Anindeterminateamountofbees]

@@joshuacoleman8000yea

[@eshbena]

My mother took me to a psychiatrist when I was maybe seven or eight years old. She told the doctor, in front of me, that there was something "wrong with me. For several months, I had this amazingly safe place to play and be myself. (My mother was abusive) After a few months, he told my mom that there was nothing wrong with me and stopped our sessions. This was in the 70's, so the science wasn't that advanced on Autism. Even so, I felt betrayed by him, because not only was my safe space taken away, but I knew that I was different and that I had problems and and I felt abandoned by him. It took me many years to trust a psychiatrist again. I doubt I'm the only person who felt unheard by a doctor.

[@mysryuza]

I’m appalled how not enough people in media talk about what Sia did and her movie.

[@MagiciteHeart]

I'm just appalled in general 🫤

[@skootergirl22]

They would do if she made a movie on a different race or sexuliity

[@RAFMnBgaming]

The problem is that that would require watching it.

[@Angel.-dust3620]

@@RAFMnBgamingbased on the information about it, as an autistic person, I don’t wanna watch it, if your gonna make a movie abt us MAKE IT WITH AN AUTISTIC ACTOR/ACTRESS, please

[@GhostIntoTheFog]

Do Amy Schumer next. Since her husband was diagnosed Autistic, she has spread an incalculable amount of misinformation about the Autistic community and won’t stop using the “Asperger’s” label in her comedy routine, even after acknowledging it’s a problematic label. She even just headlined Jon Stewart’s semi-annual “Night of Too Many Stars” fundraiser, which, in part, funds ABA. (That’s the same fundraiser Paige Layle spoke out against 2 years ago.)

[@its.Lora.]

After all these years, I still have never met a single soul who thinks Amy Schumer is funny. It's a mystery how she is anywhere, or why her nasty opinions circulate still.

[@3mindrebel]

She's also a zionist so... definitely a lost cause all around

[@HauntakuTV]

@@its.Lora. I've insulted her in the past and she seemed pretty okay with it. I think the reason why people keep giving her chances is because of her infectious personality. I hope that she'll stop making bad "jokes" and "satire" about minorities though. That stuff is never okay.

[@kkilljoy3588]

@@HauntakuTVeh. I think it’s internalized misogyny. She’s the “girl” making “boy” jokes. But it’s just joke theft and internalized misogyny from the outside, esp looking backward from this future lens of now onto the rougher time of the 00s and 10s. But that’s my own opinion - again w the hindsight benefit. I can say I wasn’t nearly as harsh on her at the time as I am now bc it was a different era w different standards and we were ALL different people then and I can admit that.

[@aussieman3021]

Paige Layle was actually talking about another fundraiser that was backed by the same charity organisation called Colour The Spectrum that was streamed live at the end of April 2021.

[@amberr3662]

I'm so sorry, this ended up being quite ranty lol, but I wanted to talk about my experience with ableism irl I ended up quitting my job at a fast food joint. There were many reasons (I don't think constant overload of sounds, smells, having to switch tasks constantly, socialising with co-workers, masking, etc.), but one was because of my co-workers. I was pretty open about my suspected autism and anxiety with my managers, and they were all really nice about it and let me be accommodated, but I didn't feel safe/okay with telling any of my co-workers about it because they were throwing the word 'autistic' and the R-slur around at each other. I wanted to tell them to stop, but I knew I'd have to explain why it was making me uncomfortable if I wanted them to be receptive. I was not comfortable with disclosing the autism, especially since I wasn't (and still am not) formally diagnosed. Seeing all the stuff on 'fake disorder cringe' and lack of acceptance of self-diagnosis was freaking me out, and I was so worried that they'd see me the way self-diagnosed people are seen. Especially since they were joking about how they weren't allowed to say that, and "oH I'm gOnNa rePorT yOu" mockingly. Yeah I'm mostly glad I quit, but I'm now facing the emotional turmoil of trying to find a new job, trying not to freak out over the idea of not being able to get a job that works for me. Tl;dr contrary to popular belief, ableism is a very real thing that exists both on and off the Internet, and it's horrible

[@johnfsenpai]

Report them tho (sorry for what you've been going through, and I guess it might be a little too late for that, but at the same time for anyone who is still in that situation: you don't need to disclose your autism, diagnoses or not, to tell people it makes you uncomfortable to hear it used as an insult, you don't have to tell them either and you can simply report them, if it's really not allowed as they say)

[@turtleanton6539]

Indeed it is

[@alpacafish1269]

Hearing your story saddens me and I'm sorry you had to experience that. Honestly good on you for leaving such an uncomfortable space.

[@abiowen7426]

Ableism is everywhere and unfortunately it’s such a common experience for autistic people, I’m sorry you had to go through that. I hope you find a job with a more positive and supportive environment. Also, regarding your self-diagnosis - every autistic person starts off as being undiagnosed, and diagnosis can take years. I wasn’t diagnosed until I was 20, and I before that I dealt with many people not believing me when I said I thought I might be autistic. It caused me to doubt myself, and I still question it to this day despite being diagnosed. You are part of the community, and you know yourself better than anyone. You’re autistic and that’s absolutely valid ❤

[@multiplemysteries5242]

I feel the same way about where I go to school. The teachers and staff are very supportive, but my peers ... aren't. They do almost all of the same shit you described here, and it's made me hide my autism from anyone who isn't a friend for the same reasons. However, even though I've never directly stated it to most people, I think a lot of people have caught on, and they harass me because of it.

[@hannekezijlmans6578]

My usual response to "everyone is a little autistic": Yes, everyone probably has a few autistic traits, to some extent. So you can understand a little bit of it. But being autistic means you have so many of them and they control your life to such extent, that it gets in the way of every day life. I need you to understand how that's different. So I appreciate you understanding how sensory issues make me tired, but that doesn't mean you fully understand how my life is, because it's a lot more than that. Can we agree there?

[@FigureFarter]

Mine is "if everyone is a little autistic, then no one's autistic at all"

[@Angel.-dust3620]

@@FigureFarteryep, I agree, autistic traits don’t make you autistic, you are 0% autistic if you just have like 3 traits/ aren’t autistic , you are 100% autistic if you have many traits and diagnosed/undiagnosed autistic. You can’t be a “little bit autistic”

[@karladolman9664]

Being wealthy like Sia makes accessing all kinds of support available and easy regardless of having a diagnosis or even knowing she was autistic. You don't need to know you are autistic to be able to employ people to do things you find hard or are beneficial for you, able to afford all kinds of sensory support as well as being wealthy and famous enough to be able to insist on controlling your environment pretty much anywhere you go, having anything you want tailored to you, as well as the basic low stress of being able to have secure housing, bills, food etc. As well as being able to access the best specialists the very moment you feel you may want a diagnosis and once you have one being able to afford to pay for any additional supports that you may not have already had.

[@congratulations-]

No thank YOU. You have literally changed my life. I feel so lucky that your channel got into my KZbin feed. I have been researching autism for a long time before finding your channel but you have helped me fully accept it and helped me express myself to other people easier. I cannot thank you enough.

[@Robert_McGarry_Poems]

💯

[@user-fr2tg7pz8r]

Same!

[@Angel.-dust3620]

💯💯💯💯💯💯

[@xXTOXICXx27]

Abelism is very real. Especially in the US, I'd say we are abelist at the core, which is just sad and disappointing. I distinctly remember enduring several years of severe bullying because I was being placed in specialized classes due to my learning disability/autism. Because of this, I never really had any friends. We need to do better with how we interact with autistic folks, and disabled folks in general.

[@turtleanton6539]

Capitalism is abelist at its core

[@mamamiaWAAAHHH]

I suspect I'm autistic, and even then I get bullied and have been since kindergarten just for behaving differently + being ftm. It's weird how even if you aren't diagnosed everybody can find a way to bring ya down.. stay strong

[@deephilipjr]

I mean, eugenics was perfected here in the USA before even the Nazis took power. Our whole system of evaluation based on "ability" is rotten to the core

[@nuclearcatbaby1131]

Danny Elfman is being MeToo’d and it’s disgusting how they use ableist tropes to try and get people to believe it without evidence. The one anonymous bitch who wrote an open letter to his fans (I did some investigation and I believe her name is Shannon Egleson) used his interest in dolls against him to try and insinuate that he’s a biastophile just because (if she’s telling the truth) he confessed to masturbating to her while she was asleep which she is likening to rape. If that’s raped then I’ve been raped by strangers hundreds of times every day.

[@mms598]

People continue to discuss racism and misogyny yet never discuss ableism. Yet ableism is a much larger issue than both of those

[@thatotherted3555]

Wendy Carlos is a trans musician who was a pioneer in the field of electronic music, and composed the scores for the movies _A Clockwork Orange,_ _The Shining,_ and _Tron._

[@DizzehxxMitizzeh42]

I have been thinking lately that "disgust" is probably shame turned outwards - essentially things we'd feel ashamed to see in ourselves illicits a feeling of disgust when we see them in other people.

[@ThunderSen]

This is helpful info. Thanks.

[@emmaberger3748]

Yeah the shame about autism is reaaallll. Thanks for bringing it more attention because sometimes I feel awful for thinking that way or being uncomfortable with stimming etc but it’s truly just internalized ableism. As long as we continue to challenge it, it’s similar to unconscious biases.

[@EllieRose1997]

Same. Been told to stop stimming before. I hate ableism

[@joana.en.pyjautiste]

👍

[@tinyprettymoon]

I really liked Girl Meets World (and still love Sabrina Carpenter) but idk why anyone would criticize her as if she wrote Maya to be in such denial about her friend possibly being autistic. The writers definitely could have handled it better instead of making Farkle’s friends “pleased” when he didn’t get the diagnosis he expected. Maybe they could have started to accept the fact that he could have Asperger’s and that nothing has changed except that he has a name for what makes him the way he is instead of treating it as if he’s terminally ill or suddenly not the same person. I think they had good intentions and the overall message of that episode was pretty good but the road to hell is paved with good intentions as they say (idk if anyone other than my bf says that actually lol)

[@rahbeeuh]

I think bringing up Sabrina was kinduva joke not really criticizing her. She's just the most popular person in that scene.

[@twiggledowntown3564]

Does anyone remember the second character in the episode. I forgot the name of the character who did have autism.

[@tinyprettymoon]

@@twiggledowntown3564 Smackle

[@marystacey824]

From what I remember, they excepted her for her. They didn’t change the way they acted with her. And they didn’t get an Asperger’s diagnosis because he wasn’t having Asperger’s, he was plain out on the spectrum. But I don’t know if I’m all they way right or not. And I think the only reason why they acted like that in the first scene was because they didn’t understand autism yet. I think I remember them studying about it so they would understand, but like I said that’s what I think, I might be wrong, I don’t know. I’m very sorry if I am wrong. I’m autistic and I have ADHD too and I’m still trying to learn about how my brain works and what is wrong and what is right, so if I’m wrong please don’t come after me, I’m just saying what I was thinking, that’s all. And also Happy New Years 🙂💙🎉🎊

[@tinyprettymoon]

@@marystacey824 I honestly didn’t remember the episode too much myself so I was reading the wiki and it did say they were researching but even after it said they were pleased to find out Farkle didn’t get diagnosed and it didn’t mention anything about him being on the spectrum, he’s just a genius or something but Smackle was disappointed that he didn’t get diagnosed because I think she wanted to relate to him better and have that in common. It didn’t say that outright, that’s just what I inferred. I guess it’s just interesting that people find it difficult to accept an autism diagnosis when it comes to someone they’ve known for years versus someone who’s already been diagnosed and that they just met. But yeah I totally get “thinking out loud” in comments lol I go on so many tangents sometimes I’ll end up deleting the whole comment

[@Loaf0fBread]

This “self” shame has been something I’ve had to work hard in recognizing in myself so I can let other autistic adults live. I think it’s forcing flashbacks to the negative reactions I got from my own family and friends about certain behavior, so we identify the autistic behavior wrong when it’s actually harmless.

[@aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaarbo]

Funny story about Greta having autistic in her bio, i had it too, and i couldnt comment a single opinion without people calling me the r-word. I then decided to change autistic to “Call me a keyboard the way i got W ASD” And i havent gotten a single message about it since

[@wig8055]

happy new years eve, i love the tinsel in your hair!! to be fair to sabrina carpenter, she was around 12 acting in a tv show just doing what the grown ups where telling her to do and say. the tv show itself was really bad and it turned out the character didn't even end up having autism, but i just thought i'd let you know!

[@rosykindbunny1313]

Yeah, it's kinda unfair to pin that on her

[@agoodwasteoftime]

18:04 i think one of the reasons i hate the phrase "on the spectrum" is that its used by a lot of people as some alternate way of saying autistic, in that they want to avoid saying autistic because they think its a dirty word or "too serious sounding" or something so they say "on the spectrum" as this kind of hush-hush euphemistic way of saying autistic. In my eyes, that phrase is only there to make NTs feel like they're doing a good thing by saying that instead of autistic, for some reason.

[@ruru_McCakey]

Oh that is a very good explanation! I feel that. I think you could be very right! Thank you for sharing.🌸

[@comicsans3537]

Could be, especially for older than (and older) gen Z. It WAS always an insult primarily :/ So those people are repulsed by attempting to use it in a positive way, which is fair as much as it hurts younger autistics. It sucks. I'm glad to see the younger gen z and gen alpha be unabashed about it tbh.

[@ombrenightcores4153]

I don’t particularly agree, I like referring to myself as “on the spectrum” because I have a very different experience than most autistic people despite having a diagnosis. I don’t think it’s necessarily a bad thing

[@agoodwasteoftime]

@@ombrenightcores4153 I think that’s totally fine, if it’s autistic people using it for themselves it’s not so bad. And I can relate to feeling like you don’t exactly experience autism in the same way as other autistic people. Sometimes I feel like even amongst autistic people I still feel like a bit of an odd one out because I don’t have all the same experiences, even though I’m still diagnosed

[@mossy_brickens]

Someone said in comments that it's a good phrase because it reminds us that we're all going through different kinds of struggles, and it makes sense. But for some reason I'm uncomfortable to hear it. I don't know if I'm just ADHD or audhd, so I usually use "neurodivergent". And when someone rephrases it specifically as "on the spectrum" it feels almost like attack 😅 because of the way they use it. Like, you know, when guys trying to use scientific sounding words to describe "typical behaviour of female homo sapiens" or something like that. All these words are fine without context and there is some actual typical behaviour probably, but you know for sure that you're going to hear some mean bullshit after that. I don't want to feel bad about "on the spectrum" because it's actually good outside of this context too... I don't know if I should pay attention to some assholes trying to turn normal words into this. It's kinda like if everyone just gave up on a word "autistic" because someone used it incorrectly

[@lornatw]

With the Cardi B thing I don't think she was saying having an autistic child was an insult what she found insulting or too much was strangers giving a diagnosis in general no matter what it is. It's not random people's place to do that and isn't fair. It would be different if it was people in her day to day life or she was asking about disabilities or sharing something about the kid to the public other than their picture but she wasn't. She was sharing general life. So yeah I don't think she was being defensive because she believes autism is bad but being defensive because she didn't appreciate diagnosis of any sort irrelevant to what she was sharing. And I don't blame her. I'd hate to share something cute or fun and everyone dismiss that and start making theories I never queried about.

[@stellounicorn]

I am an autistic teenager and I've been watching your videos for a long time. You really helped me realize I had autism and finally got a medical diagnosis. Thank you!!

[@Dreykopff]

Celebrities need to shut up in general. Thanks for the content and have a good new one, people. /edit: fav trans artist, you say...does the friend who made some of my Twitch emotes count?

[@JDMimeTHEFIRST]

Hmm . . . I think if people are harassing them, they have a right to stand up for themselves. I also think when it comes to big issues, it’s nice for some to use their wealth for good like Jane Fonda. Instead of Taylor Swift who just jets around and pollutes more and didn’t say who she was voting for so Trump fans and Bernie bro misogynists would still buy her tickets

[@digiscream]

To be fair to that Girl Meets World clip...that's genuinely a pretty good representation of how many people react when someone discloses their autism, and it was portrayed as the wrong reaction in the show (at least, that's how it came across to me).

[@Loifey]

Even if it’s accurate reaction it’s kinda weird that they never showed how the reaction was harmful

[@dr.happyfuntimes1214]

@@Loifeyyeah

[@fabplays6559]

"There's no great trans film." The Matrix, which was directed by two trans women and won 37 awards:

[@Jbatley1]

Yeah, I get what you mean about being singled out when I first realised I was autistic. I told all my friends to which most of them replied “oh so that’s what’s wrong with you then?” not realising how insulting or offensive that felt at the time, but it was also quite supportive as they’ve all stuck around me, and I appreciate them to death.

[@SumRndmPenguin]

11:29 Lmao, the Matrix was made by a pair of trans women. What is this guy talking about?

[@johnfsenpai]

Cardi B is NTA in the situation. It's the troll who is to blame for using "autistic" as an insult in the first place.

[@MagiciteHeart]

Ikr??? When I heard this I audibly cackled, because telling some ableist asshat insulting my CHILD to "go play in traffic" is EXACTLY what my PDA ass would have done 😆 I'm in my wrath era, I have no respect or civility for people who invalidate my entire existence with such ease and arrogance. Cardi B is super intelligent and has consistently good and well-informed takes on many social issues, so I'm fairly confident she's also knowledgeable about this and knew they were being disingenuous and she walked them like a dog, rightly so. I also sometimes wonder, as I have for some other people I've seen in interviews from time to time, if she might actually be PDA autistic, because I know my own and she has the vibe. So does Doja Cat, especially recently. People are just mad at us because we DGAF enough to say what everyone else really wants to. People try to manipulate us with sneaky shit and then act all wounded when we're not sneaky back and publicly shame them. It's like trying to call someone a bully for punching you in the face when they just caught you trying to poison their drink behind their back. Typical idiot villan behavior 🤣 They project their own narcissism onto us because their fragile egos can't handle the fact that we refuses to play their weird manipulation games for even a second. You can cry harder, for all the sweet and innocent and genuine autistic people you've hurt with your profound ignorance and dishonesty. I'm pretty sure PDA autistics evolved as the equivalent to white blood cells in the immune system, to protect us all from hostile invaders, because nothing makes me rage harder than people being abusive/manipulative to the innocent, especially children/animals/elderly. As an example, I spent 4th and 5th grade in special "bad kid" school because I kicked another kid in the face and broke his nose because I caught him pulling the wings off a living bee, and I was legitimately shook when I told the adults and they acted like I was the crazy/disturbed/violent one. But every single autistic person I have ever met has understood without me even having to explain myself frantically like i normally feel like i have to to soothe the actually cruel/ignorant/dangerous neurotypicals just so they don't throw me in a cell and beat me because they found me slightly annoying or violating some suspiciously convenient and arbitrary "rule" they pulled out thier ass that somehow justifies them stripping me of my autonomy and fundamental right to exist. So yeah, I learned at a very young age that we do not see the world the same way, and I truly could not care less, cuz fuck 'em. 🤷‍♀️

[@skootergirl22]

Imagine if she used the N word

[@kukui79]

​@@skootergirl22 why are you all over these comments trying to stoke division between oppressed groups? It's really creepy tbh.

[@johnfsenpai]

@@skootergirl22 honestly I would expect a rapper to use this word a lot

[@kphoria1009]

@@skootergirl22she does, she’s black, what is your point

[@randomperson16955]

Sadly, it's normal activity in my year for 'autistic' to be used as an insult. I can't wait until I get an official diagnosis so I can make all the people who say the 'jokes' uncomfortable. ❤

[@numbersstationsarchive194]

Your self-righteousness certainly won't make them feel uncomfortable, honey.

[@randomperson16955]

@@numbersstationsarchive194 It is obvious from other comments that you are very insecure about yourself, so I am simply going to ignore your nattering ❤️

[@fiefiequeen]

I hate going to school, every day they make fun of autism and act like it’s a bad thing or “oh if u have autism ur dumb” when really it’s the opposite

[@rain.742]

I'm not sure why it's Sabrina's fault? Isn't she just an actress (and a child at the time)? Surely she would've been reading lines told to her by someone else and acting in whatever way the director wanted?

[@imautisticnowwhat]

I was just being a bit silly when I said that - I should've clarified 😂 It's definitely not her fault!

[@MathNerd1729]

@@imautisticnowwhat Ohhh, okay good :) Btw, that episode aired in September 2015 making Sabrina 16 at the time. So given that even slightly more than 4 years after that episode, 15-year-old me felt the need to try to "cure" my autism via spiritual means [I mostly associated it with the excuses anti-vaxxers made & only heard about my autism a decade after being diagnosed] . . . I think we really should just blame those who actually wrote the script instead of the actors.

[@SoVidushi]

@@imautisticnowwhat you can also cut that segment out if so many people are confused by it.

[@badcaseofstripes]

Lauren Bousfield is one of my favorite trans artists, she's one of the best electronic musicians of all time. Just because trans people get swept under the rug and dismissed doesn't mean we don't make good art, most of the best musical artists I've ever heard are trans. We are much more numerous than people would think. Just because that guy is lazy and hasn't exposed himself to trans art doesn't mean we're not here and thriving all the time. Trans artists are producing groundbreaking and heavily influential art all the time, yet people try to strip us of the right to be considered good at anything, or to be given props for our works. It is for that exact reason that trans people often go above and beyond in skill, and dedication to their craft, as an effort to rehumanize themselves again.

[@zappasmoustache23]

I feel the problem here is that you’re defying works by trans artists as trans art. Unless the subject matter is about trans issues it’s just art. Whether the artist is trans or not simply doesn’t come into it. The point is trans, gay, queer people should be able to exist in society just being accepted as individuals without fanfare regarding their gender or sexuality, that’s what normalising is. I think the reason why so many are resistant is because as with most things, it’s the extremists who’s voices seem to get heard and so people judge based on those views. And unfortunately most people are wilfully ignorant so will never actually bother to explore the opposing argument. Humans humaning I guess. We never got past ‘it’s different set it on fire!’

[@septopia]

Sorry, just do not agree with op I definitely say Wendy Carlos over all But, yeah .,, Best musical artist of all time? Err

[@pastelk]

omg wasn't expecting someone to mention lauren bousfield here. I love her music

[@kkilljoy3588]

If you could possibly say that, you don’t know who Wendy Carlos is. She essentially CREATED electronic music, back when it was created on a moog. And yes, she is trans and she is incredible. If you don’t know her, look her up. The score to A Clockwork Orange. Switched on Beethoven Switched on Bach The score behind the opening credits to The Shining ….among an a huge and incredible body of further work, that just being some of her most early and ground breaking Also if you aren’t familiar, look up early moog synthesizers. They are also incredible. They were huge cabinets of knobs and buttons and took up near walls. Moog passed away a couple decades ago sadly but he and his synthesizers evolved with the craft until his death.

[@septopia]

@@kkilljoy3588 I was referring exactly to her for all that, if I'm not confused.

[@coolstar7819]

my brother is autistic is bullied in school... He is now learning to be proud of who he is Finding your channel today gave me a lot of hope ❤

[@Snipe4261]

I made it to the age of 35 before I was diagnosed as autistic and even then I only found out because I was having a really hard time dealing with COVID-19 restrictions and went to a psychologist about that and he was all "well actually, everything has been hard for you your entire life because you're autistic", which I wasn't really expecting. Learning that was really hard for me because I had been carrying around this fairly negative understanding of autism and autistic people, based mostly on ignorance. So I think its probably easy for autistic people to judge other autistic people harshly or even ignorantly, diagnosed or not, and this has led me to be a little more intentionally compassionate and understanding about other peoples hidden difficulties, just so long as they are willing to admit they have made mistakes when those mistakes are pointed out to them, and they try to be better.

[@TinyRobotED-tm9rs]

The fact that people say things like this is just confusing, like surely it is not too hard to just not be ableist

[@higuchistan]

Note for my future self: is this going to be as ableist as I think?

[@higuchistan]

It's ableist so far alright

[@neonisirrelevant]

I verbally said "uhm you should look up Noahfinnce" when the one tweet about there being no good trans music came up then she mentioned him twice and now I'm very happy 😌

[@kittyr6534]

I love how nuanced your responses are to these situations and how you reflect on what may be behind a person’s comments or actions, while at the same time explaining what is wrong / hurtful / damaging about the comments or actions.

[@giuliaingmajor]

Honestly I am so glad celebrities out there are being exposed for who they are. I also grew up when autism wasn't widely known and it was used as a joke or to make fun of people without even knowing what it is. The fact that there are people like these spreading all this BS and mocking... What the heck :/ By the way, thank you so much for your content, I recently started following you! 🥰

[@SodapopTheOtter]

My favourite trans music artist is Cavetown. My favourite songs are Devil Town, Lemon Boy, and Boys Will Be Bugs! He goes by He/They and his stuff is awesome. :]

[@piggiethemarshin6650]

I JUST TUNRED 14‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️:3

[@timmcdraw7568]

Julia Hartley-Brewer is a British radio presenter, political journalist and newspaper columnist who was born in 1968. She hosts the weekday breakfast radio show on Talkradio. I just looked it up out of curiosity and thought id share. Also, it was literally just 2007 when we in the woods greater art world were talking about the ridiculous but infamous statement by the (annoyingly great) painter Georg Baselitz (which was taken seriously) “there are no great women artistes” . Obviously, once the museums and collectors were pressured enough to pay attention to women, a mission that was going on well before 2007 and continues today, and women were given the time of day, that statement has become a sort of well trodden joke. There’s an extremely long list of great women artists who needed unearthing, and many (most I’d say) of the great contemporary painters are women. Or. Not cis men. The statement that there are no great trans artists will also become a joke. And in the world of art is already being proven wrong. Sorry to that poor unsophisticated unexplorative old lump, his loss.

[@xxluminousreveriexx]

i actually haven't been diagnosed, but i was misdiagnosed as borderline personality disorder while i was a functioning alcoholic. some states/counties dont have enough data or care enough to get the new dsm5 book, so they just keep misdiagnosing people in my community.

[@stevenwarner9156]

One of the reasons I am not such a big fan of the phrase "on the spectrum" is how I think it misleads people as to what the spectrum is. It sounds like a spectrum upon which you are placed; like a sliding scale. But the spectrum actually refers to a spectrum/constellation of traits which act like colours for a painting. They are components and don't dictate everything about a painting. There's nuance which gets lost when we talk of the spectrum as if it is a spectrum of people with "mild" to "severe" "symptoms". Great video as always. Even when showing ableist takes you can make people smile. Thank you.

[@sourdface4709]

I think psychologists are bad at naming things. Half the psych terms I've heard don't mean what they sound like they mean.

[@SumRndmPenguin]

Alexander Avila also makes amazing video essays and is a trans man. And has Graham ever heard anything Lena Raine has made?

[@bean5432]

I love his video essays!

[@jellie_fishh]

11:33 Graham Linehan has never heard of The Matrix I guess. It was written and directed by Lana and Lily Wachowski, two trans women. The aspect of living a double life resonated with a lot of trans viewers. Also the name Neo sounds so androgynous lol

[@bosstowndynamics5488]

11:00 It's about self insight and the (perceived) lack of it among autistic people, my parents are transphobic and one of their "arguments" is that gender clinics are supposedly victimising vulnerable autistic people - it hasn't occurred to them in the slightest that you can't just magically talk autistic people into being trans (and even if you could, like, why would you?). It's particularly ironic because they're definitely neurodivergent themselves but have approximately no insight into their own mental health, through willful ignorance

[@derianimp]

Wendy Carlos is my fav trans musician. She pretty much popularized electronic music and heavily influenced the genre as a whole.

[@pedrova8058]

What would synths be like without her ♥?

[@badnewsburt9675]

Wow I didn't know she was trans

[@andersrhys9140]

As a trans person, thank you for showing a photo of Graham Linehan when you said stupid celebrities 😂

[@Jazzzzzz07]

When I was undiagnosed, a girl in my class called me autistic as an insult. I had a panic attack/autistic meltdown straight after in front of my whole class. Everyone laughed at me and called me the r word. The teacher didn't do anything about it and just watched me. I am so glad I never have to see those people again.

[@loujohnson3735]

I don't use twitter because I want to have faith in humanity. Seems that I haven't been missing much 😅

[@Heather-nq4rv]

Me too. No Twitter, no Instagram, no Twitter, no Tik Tok. I feel much more peaceful. 👍😂

[@HauntakuTV]

I quit twitter when the musky boy took over it

[@strabbie9548]

"There's no great trans film" does this guy not like THE MATRIX?????

[@knrdvmmlbkkn]

"does this guy not like THE MATRIX?????" Maybe not. I don't.

[@karlholde6901]

Hey, I just found your channel and I really appreciate it. I just got diagnosed as a 23 year old. It has been kind of a bummer that there don't seem to be any treatment for my executive problems. So mostly I have just been reading up on masking and trying to untangle which learned behaviors are simple good practice, or which are super inauthentic and just shuts me out from my surroundings. I really just want to wish you good luck with your channel.

[@ohokay4663]

11:36 "There's no great trans film" The Wachowski Sisters: am i a joke to you

[@GorillaWithACellphone]

Is that able to be considered a trans film though? They weren’t known to be trans until after the films were years old

[@agoodwasteoftime]

I watched Music (through *cough cough* alternate resources, didn't want to give money to it) and it was not a good movie. Even putting the autism rep aside (if you can), its just not very well written at all. To me, it seemed like Sia saw this movie as her child and so refused to accept any criticism from anyone, and in turn made a bad movie. It was a movie full of boring stereotypes, saviour complexes and characters that seemed like they were supposed to be relevant but weren't really? Yeah, I could have written a better movie than that, and I'm just a uni graduate who half-studied screenwriting.

[@3mindrebel]

Good for you?

[@agoodwasteoftime]

@@3mindrebel this wasn't me trying to brag lol, just trying to prove how terrible of a movie it was.

[@skootergirl22]

There's people who support PETA even though they kill animals, same with Autism speaks except they don't kill who's under their care

[@facthunt2facthunt245]

It goes to show that degrees can be a bit pointless when you can't get a job in your chosen field. Studying screenwriting or almost anything to do with filmmaking is pointless because the jobs always go to connected people. It's nepotism that gets people creative jobs not talent.

[@agoodwasteoftime]

@@facthunt2facthunt245 unfortunately so, not sure if I’m ever going to get anywhere in my life goal of screenwriting, but we’ll just have to see I guess

[@EliasKayama245]

I didn't know that using the term "on the spectrum" was considered offensive. I'm autistic myself. I didn't notice the implication of "being a little bit autistic" which is not possible I know.

[@GhostIntoTheFog]

It’s a term that’s become offensive based on context. In my experience, people (allistic and Autistic) lean on it as a way of avoiding the word “Autistic” and have a very poor grasp of what a spectrum even is.

[@imautisticnowwhat]

I think there are mixed feelings about it - I've definitely heard a lot of autistic people use it. It depends on the context and what else you're saying, I suppose. I don't think it's inherently bad 😊

[@curtisholsinger6023]

"Getting the diagnosis doesn't change a person." Respectfully, I disagree. Getting diagnosed as being Autistic and ADHD (subtype inattentive) rocked my world. I had a phrase I liked to use to reassure myself, "I'll always be okay." That meant to me that no matter what, I can take care of myself, get some sleep, reset back to default. But the idea was that my "default" was acceptable to myself and to others. The diagnosis confirmed that there was something there that was not external that I was having difficulty dealing with, and that others might judge me for or might dismiss me because of that. The act of digging into that, going through therapy, trying to understand myself better... it's made me some friends, put my marriage in difficult terrain, and challenged my self-esteem quite a bit. There's some baggage from my childhood too - my mom used to be a vaccine conspiracy theorist and that has hit me hard, the realization that she may still think I'm "damaged," even if she's no longer against vaccines. The idea that we don't change just because we got a label is tempting, but it can have a profound impact on oneself. If any of you who choose to read this want to go get a diagnosis, by all means, go do so. Just be aware that you may have a life-altering set of experiences. Make sure you have a good support network and know your rights when it comes to work and sharing your medical status, your needs, etc. Good luck to everyone.

[@aikoaikoaikoaikoaikoaiko]

once some kid in my class asked the computer teacher “are you diabetic? are you lactose-intolerant? are you AUTISTIC?” then he started laughing and i dont understand because autism has nothing to do with diabetes or lactose-intolerance???? ._.

[@strictnonconformist7369]

Without more context, it’s hard to make sense of this properly. You’re right in that they’re not immediately related. Let me propose another potential aspect that may not have occurred to you: someone deeply into computers has in the past been regarded as a geek or nerd, and often perceived as otherwise being physically unhealthy, or perhaps they’d be jocks, or “regular” people, and so the stereotypes of “pencil-necked geeks” rears its ugly head. Next, when you combine that with the apparently high percentage of autistics with a variety of additional health problems not on the ICM/DSM compared to the rest of the human population, and the rather high representation of autistics in the computer realm, it fits according to that logic. Me? I’m reactive hypoglycemic, in the past I believed I was lactose intolerant (perhaps I really am) but found after removing wheat from my diet, I seem to not have the same issue with milk… and I’m audhd and got into computers in 5th grade, and over 40 years later, I’ve been making a living in the field. I got my high school varsity letter in Computer Club Competition, not that it felt very useful to have it in the last assembly in 12th grade shortly before graduation…

[@HauntakuTV]

@@strictnonconformist7369 If they don't drink milk and their not lactose-intolerant and they don't come from a culture where drinking milk is bad then they may just not like milk which could be due to the texture or the thought as to where milk comes from.

[@coolstar7819]

they laughed because what the kid said makes no sense

[@Mistah_Krinkle]

Your growing success brings me true joy. You keep getting better and better keep killing it girl.

[@d3adm3mori3s9]

This is unrelated to the video but I'm loving your sparkly outfit, I can't stop looking at your earrings they're amasing!

[@punklesam94]

As an autistic, it angers me to the core when I hear celebrities sprout nonsense while having no idea what it's like to ACTUALLY live with it. It does nothing but stigmatises individuals who have it and it makes it more UNNESSESARILY difficult to mix in with society in general.

[@yesterdaysrose5446]

Frankly the whole Andrew Tate thread is just "I can't hear your reasonable arguments over the noise of my awesome cars! Oh, the environmental impact? I don't care!" And Greta's response was wholly justified, she called out the ego and the arrogance.

[@IaconDawnshire]

Maybe it's just me but it seems like Andrew Tate's viewpoints is becoming more insane by the day. Now he's like "men and women" can't be friends" Me: Yea how about no. You're wrong.

[@ImawerecatProductions]

​@@IaconDawnshireTo be fair, no intelligent person, man or woman, wants to be friends with andrew tate

[@margodphd]

​@@ImawerecatProductions Yep. He's not only toxic, he's pathetic.

[@wreckerlynn]

I feel like, with Sia’s situation, it can kind of depend how like… forcefully we have had masking and the like enforced upon us. I’m not fully familiar with Sia’s story, but I know for me; the way I grew up, both peers and family, enforced that I couldn’t act in a way that was “not normal” and any time my mask slipped I would be strictly punished for it. The way this would present for me later in life was that I would get angry at people who didn’t follow the same rules, because like… *I* had to smother all these things, why couldn’t they? When I learned I was Autistic and ADHD and that these were symptoms and normal and that I shouldn’t have been in the situation I had been in where I’d had to hide myself a lot of my anger started to fade, and my incorrect beliefs about other people shifted. If Sia was undiagnosed and unable to come to terms with her own symptoms, I think it’s a lot easier to fall victim to misconceptions due to projections and self loathing. While the article is correct that she’s a celebrity with more access than more people will likely ever have, if she didn’t have a diagnosis and didn’t know where to look, then she wasn’t actually getting the support herself? She did something wrong, but what’s the point of continuing to punish her for that? No one wins. I don’t really wanna create a world where people are ruined forever because they let their trauma and biases lead to mistakes they can never recover from, even once they start learning and healing and changing from it. That sounds terrifying.

[@MissingScaffolding]

Totally with you. Such a a wise and compassionate response and perspective. 💓

[@Robert_McGarry_Poems]

Deep. But you have to give people their space to be traumatized. In the face of... Emotions are real. Which is why the conversation must be had continuously. It's not a blueprint you are pointing out, but the culture of sharing and understanding itself.

[@alisonmercer5946]

When was sia even punished though? People hating that movie that she made that she would not listen to anyone who her how awful it was even before it was finWas that punishment? She's gross imo , for more reasons than and they opunion

[@alisonmercer5946]

When was sia even punished though? People hating that movie that she made that she would not listen to anyone who her how awful it was even before it was finWas that punishment? She's gross imo , for more reasons than and they opunion

[@alisonmercer5946]

When was sia even punished though? People hating that movie that she made that she would not listen to anyone who her how awful it was even before it was finWas that punishment? She's gross imo , for more reasons than and they opunion

[@j.c.2240]

In my personal experience, autistic people have MORE self-awareness and do more self reflection than any neurotypical person. Does anybody have similar experiences, or different experiences? Would anyone like to speculate on why this might be the case?

[@GhostIntoTheFog]

It’s reductive to paint Autistic people as more self-aware or self-reflective than allistic people. Musk, for instance, is incapable of self-reflection and lashes out at even the most benign criticism. It’s just like when people claim Autistic people are more empathetic than allistic people; once again, Musk proves that’s a gross generalization.

[@junenei]

My guess is that autistic people simply have to. We get rejected and criticised by everyone around us so eventually we need to ask ourselves "why do people always seem to have a problem with me in particular?". And being diagnosed does kind of confirm that we experience the world differently than allistic people. So while an allistic person might blame others for their troubles and assume they are in the right, autistic people know "This doesn't make sense to me but since my brain is literally very different from theirs this is probably how they feel about XYZ.". Additionally, our experiences are often dismissed by others so we know how it feels to have a different "reality" other people don't understand (for example being in pain because of noise but others think that's not a thing) so I think we are just aware of the fact that other people's reality can be different from our own but still be true. Of course there are autistic people who aren't and allistic people who are very self-aware but I agree with your observations from my personal experiences and I also think it makes sense logically.

[@skootergirl22]

Strangely, I heard that autism is the next human evolution

[@alptraum7644]

we can't afford to not be self-aware. we're constantly told from a young age that there is "something wrong with us," whether it's in those exact words or no. either way we tend to grow up with a distinct sense of knowing that we're different from most people. on top of that, the world itself is not set up for or to help autistic people. so we have to come up with ways of navigating the world while also not getting hurt. we can't afford to just Be the way neurotypical people often can. the world's made for them, and nobody's trying to correct every single behavior of theirs at every turn. and of course that only gets worse if you're marginalized in other ways as well, i.e., if youre lgbt, if you're a person of color, if you're a woman, etc. i very frequently wonder what it's like, if im honest. imagine not policing yourself constantly? not watching yourself through an imagined neurotypical's eyes? absolutely unhinged, i cannot begin to imagine what that's like.

[@tabitas.2719]

Thanks for making me aware of potential negative interpretations of being "on the spectrum". I've used it interchangeably with being autistic for myself (since my self-diagnosis 4 years ago now); as I, personally, like the connotation that it brings for me that knowing one autistic, you know one autistic - because, being a spectrum, we all have a different profile (sensory needs, etc.). I see what you said/explained there, though, too. I'm gonna have to do more research and thinking on it. Thanks for raising that awareness, and I'd love to read whatever anyone chiming in might write! :)

[@elisabethschmerzler963]

I remember when Music came out I heard my mother (A speech language pathologist specializing in autism) LOUDLY ranting to my dad about how fucked up the movie was and how it was going to be so harmful to all neurodivergent people. She has been a huge advocate for neurodivergent rights since day one and has been the best parent a child with ADHD could ask for. I legitimately think she would strangle Sia if she ever saw her in person

[@imautisticnowwhat]

What an amazing mum you have!

[@raphaelmartins6529]

About Sia, I don't think the fact that she was ableist in the movie controversy is incompatible with her autism diagnose. It's not because you are autistic that you are properly educated and conscientious about autism and ableism, specially because we all grow up in an ableist society and learned things that way, and autism is such a complex condition. I also don't think it's good to never give Sia a chance of growing and learning from what happened. Like, what some people are doing. Yes, it was awful, unexcusable, but now will we keep pointing fingers at her forever? I think the fact that she wanted to make his movie and how defensive she felt about the movie (what led to all of that unprofessional and offensive responses) might be related to the fact that she was probably thinking about her being autistic back then. It makes sense that she is autistic, I don't know how to explain, but she is different. I know that the way artists present themselves publicly is not always the way they are on the inside, so the way Sia acts on stage could just be a performance, and not her real traits and personality, but now that we all know she is autistic, it makes a lot of sense.

[@3mindrebel]

Thank you, some people in these comments are crying about an obviously stupid movie, but no one realizes that the music industry is very fucking ableist, and some people don't realize that (especially if they aren't in the music industry)

[@katiegreenhalgh-higham3400]

It is still definitely possible for lower needs autistic people to be ableist against higher needs autistic people. Her problem is that she went off half baked without educating herself about the actual autistic community, going off of problematic stuff that parents of higher needs autistics do to them (like restraints), Autism Speaks, etc.

[@AshesAutismArt]

i swear some celebries think we either dont exist an fake our stimms or think we have the intellect of a pigeon

[@ImawerecatProductions]

Replace "celebrities" with "99.9% of the human race"

[@TheAmazingEddySarr_train]

​@@ImawerecatProductionstrue

[@calvinfatman7918]

Pigeons are actually very smart.

[@Chill.08]

happy new years! thank you for all the education you have given so many people this past year!

[@schwammi]

"there are no great trans films" BRO A TRANS WOMAN LITERALLY WROTE THE MATRIX, WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT? 💀

[@braininjurydiy]

Yea I mentioned i have it and thought prince louie might have it or adhd on a you tube vid, can't know at all from this kind of distance I was just curious, and a woman told me not to equate my problems with prince louie. I clapped back that I never said my autism was a 'problem' and neurodiverse people are celebrated now esp as we often have unique gifts, I never thought or said louies imaginative behaviour and other traits was anything other than endearing, i put it to her that she took offense because she viewed autistic people as deficient in some way and didn't want to believe her idolised member of the royal family might have the condition.

[@TaraGoodfellow-kj5id]

Adding to the list of trans creators, Abigail from PhilosophyTube is fantastic and is also branching off into making her own plays and movies! Have not watched her play yet but her KZbin videos are amazing

[@helenwhite2957]

I absolutely LOVE your shirt and earrings ! They look like something I would wear! I’m 28 and on the autism spectrum and I love things with bling and sparkle. Even when I get my nails done I like glitter on them. Have a happy new year and stay safe.

[@noa_is_unavailable]

thank you for using your platform to speak up about trans and autistic people. there are so many amazing trans and autistic voices now and i love that you mentioned ethel cain - she's one of my favourite artists right now. also i love how graham linehan says there is no great trans art but fails to realise that the matrix was literally written and directed by the wachowski sisters, who wrote the movies as a trans allegory.

[@isabellafogal3244]

Happy New Years to everyone reading this

[@JonBrase]

I find "on the spectrum" to be quite useful: "autistic" can be taken to refer to Kanner autism only (since that was the original definition), "Aspergers" is controversial, "neurodivergent" can refer to *any* non-majority neurotype, etc. "On the spectrum" refers to everything that falls under the modern understanding of ASD, makes a nod towards things that have the same underlying causes but may not fall under present diagnostic criteria, and does not refer to any allistic neurotypes.

[@katatonic726]

My cousin is diagnosed with Aspergers & the reactions from some of our family was 👀 very much "girl meets world". I've been researching & reflecting for the last 3.5 years & last year I decided to tell my mom I think I may be autistic too & I know I have been masking a lot since childhood; this off-put energy was also her & my sister's response 🫥 I think it's okay the tv show portrayed this unsettled reaction from the girls, because it is still such a common response from many uneducated people, especially since the young man comes into the conversation & is supportive of learning what the boy is talking about & is open-minded with kind-curiosity about it ❤

[@genderflu1dwh0r17]

This is my first video from you (I think, I've seen your videos on my feed before though) and I really appreciate you talking about this stuff