Autistic girl community on Yik Yak | why do people refuse to recognize how misogyny shapes autistic women’s experience growing up? we don’t exist in a vacuum. you can have multiple marginalized identities and it is really sad to see autistic men absolutely refuse to see it.

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Autistic girl community 7w

why do people refuse to recognize how misogyny shapes autistic women’s experience growing up? we don’t exist in a vacuum. you can have multiple marginalized identities and it is really sad to see autistic men absolutely refuse to see it.

Anonymous 7w

no one’s saying men don’t suffer but it’s different and it shouldn’t be like pulling teeth to get people to admit that. they don’t even know what autism looks like in women and girls bc they never studied it to the same degree. to say that isn’t traumatizing, to completely ignore people’s experiences existing in the intersection of ableism and sexism is so harmful and ignorant

Anonymous 7w

i completely agree!! it's really frustrating. idk exactly what to say, but i hope it helps to know that you're not alone

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Anonymous 7w

I didn’t get diagnosed with autism until I was 12 and I feel that is considered hella early among black women :(

Anonymous 7w

I can really relate to this. I am sorry you’re going through this. I’m at the point to where I don’t really know how to get autistic men to understand cause they tend to not get it and it’s really difficult

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#1 7w

thank you!!

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#2 7w

i totally get this and i’m not sure. it seems pretty obvious to me that gender, race, and socioeconomic status impacts your experience as a disabled person. but i think all we can do is educate and move on from the people who are committed to remaining ignorant. i’m glad this sub yak exists bc i honestly keep running into this issue in the ND subyak. it hasn’t felt like a safe space so i’m glad this place does ❤️

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archery 7w

seriously! that’s 12 years of not being able to learn about yourself. thinking everything is normal and it’s just a personal failure can do so much damage for your confidence. i was so confused and hated myself until i finally understood why everything was so difficult for me at the big age of 26. it gave me so much empathy for myself which would’ve been life changing to have growing up