Hostility toward autists on the Internet

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Do you think that the majority of people on the Internet are hostile toward autists?

I voted no. Can you link to some webpages encouraged you to create this poll?

Yes, very much so. People are hostile towards Autistic people on the internet and in real life.

There is a lot of hostility on the Internet even when autists are not involved.

I voted no. The internet is a big place of millions of people and only the minority have autism. No one knows you have it unless you say you do and I don't see any discussions online from people being mean to someone with autism. Those are just a few places where people seem hostile towards self diagnosers or claiming people are faking it or people calling every self diagnosed sociopath an autist or using it as an insult to call someone stupid or when they don't agree with them.

I think yes and no, the most hurtful nasty things are said on the internet but at the same time the internet is where most people come in contact with real people on the spectrum when the popular stereotype for a lot of Americans is still Rain Man so it goes both ways. Social media has made things a lot harder.

Yes, especially on social media and unsanctioned forums, as well as on Youtube with people using the word autism as an insult to people, as well as the R word.

God forbid we dare to speak and are shamed for being born on the spectrum. It's made me very wary of even doing ANYTHING on the internet.

The only way they know is if you tell them although they still use "autistic" and "autism" to make something an insult so I would say yes.

I tentatively vote no. I do see "that's autistic" and similar insults thrown around online a lot, but I strongly suspect that's because people on the spectrum have a disproportionately large presence online. We have difficulties with body language, large groups, etc., all of which are non-issues online, plus many of us can sometimes withdraw socially. That can make the internet a very appealing place to interact with others. So I strongly suspect a lot of the people who throw around those insults are themselves on the spectrum, or have issues related to autism, so they say it because they're hyperaware of their own issues they face.

From my experience, people on the Internet are pretty hostile in general. I've seen autism been used as an insult a lot.

I always bring light to how insensitive their being, fore Hiding in the shadows won't work. At least in my opinion. I've noticed in all crowds different age groups are less hostile. The Children are more hostile, The teenagers are the most hostile, and Adults are the least, in General at least in the sites I'm on. I only go on a handful of websites though.
No, most people who through around insults about the disabled are abled. It's the abled majority who do that..