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I feel uncomfortable around autistic people. (Sorry but please hear me out)
I am socialised to show "support" for autistic people or I'll face backlash. So here is me, and my true off my chest. You cannot force social change or change me by down voting me here.
I do not want to be friends with them. I do not want to date them. I don't want to sit next to them on the bus or metro. I don't want them as my colleague. I don't want them as my neighbors.
Their actions can get disturbing and scary. From pushing people on the metro (yes I recognised the autistic children because of their school uniform), grabbing my hair (I happen to pass by a stop near a school for autistic children, it was really out of the blue) and making weird noise and hand gestures.
I also dated one once (didnt know he was autistic, we met online) and his lack of facial expressions is scary. Never mind dating etiquette, dating should be fun and all I felt was I am holding on to a robot with emotions and feelings....But the face is neutral and fixed.
I am sorry. You can hate me but you cannot change me. I'll continue being a "bad human being" until I feel safe around autistic people.
Edit: This is an extreme case. Getting straight to the point, autistic people do have some problems conducting themselves in public and that makes me uncomfortable. And the people who make excuses for them to get them out of jail time, fuck you. You are the reason why my fears are not founded.