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The original was posted on /r/autism by /u/dipsAnton on 2026-08-14 14:03:11+00:00.

i've seen a LOT of people openly just... express their hatred autistic people for some reason? and its NEVER criticized nor questioned. i see it CONSTANTLY in this sub and anywhere people talk about autistic people. i always see the excuse of "oh they use their autism as an excuse" but like... no??? autistic people do not typically use their autism as an excuse for their actions. and even if they do, its on an individual level. its usually the allistic people who use it to excuse some autistic people's actions.

what i've noticed is this;

if an autistic person does something i'll see people using it as an excuse to hate autistic people.

if an allistic person does something i'll see people shame the individual instead of the group they're in.

i feel like if you have the capacity to hate autistic people for what they did (or in most cases didnt) do you have the capacity to hate any marginalized groups of people based on what you were told and not what you've actually seen. its so normalized by this point to be bigoted if its against groups of people who dont technically have big "historical context to why hating them is bad (and even people who do)" and its really opening the door to some disgusting people saying some disgusting stuff. they keep pushing what they can say more and more and its gotten to a point where this goes beyond ableism.