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Shirokitty
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25 Jan 2016, 3:52 pm

I can't say I'll be proud to be autistic if I find out I am. However, I hate not knowing why I'm different. Merely knowing I might be autistic feels like a relief, as though things make more sense.

I certainly don't see autism as something to be ashamed of.



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25 Jan 2016, 4:14 pm

My Autism is not something I did, I was born this way. So no reason to be proud. That is the exact reason I am not ashamed of it either.

Some of things I accomplished despite the impairments and descrimination I am proud of.


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25 Jan 2016, 8:08 pm

ASPartOfMe wrote:
My Autism is not something I did, I was born this way. So no reason to be proud. That is the exact reason I am not ashamed of it either. Some of things I accomplished despite the impairments and descrimination I am proud of.
^This.

Pride is in achievement, not in birth.

It's "Lookie what I did, in spite of these impairments!"

It's NOT "Lookie what I was born with! Ain't I special?"



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25 Jan 2016, 10:07 pm

Fnord wrote:
ASPartOfMe wrote:
My Autism is not something I did, I was born this way. So no reason to be proud. That is the exact reason I am not ashamed of it either. Some of things I accomplished despite the impairments and descrimination I am proud of.
^This.

Pride is in achievement, not in birth.

It's "Lookie what I did, in spite of these impairments!"

It's NOT "Lookie what I was born with! Ain't I special?"

I concur.


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