Prometheus18 wrote:
Anybody who needs to publicly exhibit their pride about any incidental quality of theirs is scarcely proud at all.
I don't feel proud or ashamed of the way I was born. I am proud of some things I accomplished despite not knowing and the disapproval of most people of my autistic traits.
They could be legitimately proud now but there but I would guess a vast majority at some point their lives they were ashamed of their autism/autistic traits.
After a lifetime of shaming, discrimination, ostracization, and bullying for something one was born with self-esteem is usually very low to non-existent. The idea of these "pride" days/months is to have a positive narrative to counteract lifelong negative narratives in order to improve self-esteem. Of course, people take things too far and become supremacists and intentionally rude to other people in the name of that is who I am, etc. This is most likely to happen when somebody first encounters the positive narrative, in autism, this is often just after a person is diagnosed or realizes they are autistic and they are young especially if they have been coddled.
IMHO optimally for a person who is ashamed of who they are "pride" will be a phase that will be ended by reality but the person will not hate who they are anymore.
Unfornutalty today when a few people misuse good things we tend to define the things by the abusers and quit it. I see that happening with the neurodiversity movement today.
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Professionally Identified and joined WP August 26, 2013
DSM 5: Autism Spectrum Disorder, DSM IV: Aspergers Moderate Severity.
18 Jun 2019, 4:01 am
