sbroxman-autisticquestions:

If you see an autistic person trying to talk positively about autism, don’t try to shut them down and tell them “autism shouldn’t be talked positively about”

It doesn’t matter who you are or what your reasons are, this is a person who’s autistic who is trying to see something positively that they will be living with for the rest of their life

It’s not “romanticising”, it’s not “ignoring the negative sides”, it’s taking something we live with and seeing the positives it’s given us, as well as the negatives

Do you want to know how much seeing the positives has helped me? A lot! It’s helped me to focus on things I’m good at, it’s helped me to like myself more

All you’re doing by telling an autistic person not to look at autism positively is ruining self-confidence, telling them they have something “bad”