Autism as a ‘Superpower’? It’s ‘Pure Gaslighting’

Infuriating. SpongeBob Squarepants’ creator Tom Kenny says SpongeBob is autistic. Ha ha ha! Funny, right? Lovable, kind, chatty, pineapple-dwelling, snail pet-loving SpongeBob is autistic. According to Kenny, it’s his superpower!

Chances are SpongeBob would have long ago wandered away from his pineapple and suffocated to death on the dry shore. Just like 15 — FIFTEEN — truly autistic children have wandered and drowned since JUNE. June was just last month.

This diagnosis appropriation MUST stop. It is harmful. It denies truly effective services, support and funding. It quells employment coaching. It negates housing options. It tells parents who are hanging on by a thread that they do not matter. It makes teachers think they should be so much better at their jobs because autism is a superpower, not a classroom full of behaviors, worries and never-ending challenges.

It’s pure gaslighting. But hey, we’ve just lived through how many months of “The President is in a fine fettle and fit as a fiddle — oops — maybe not. Here’s someone else.”

NEURODIVERGENT is the N-word to us. It’s an insult. It means nothing. We’re ALL neurodivergent. We have different personalities, we think and act differently. It’s a made-up word for a made-up agenda. AND IT MUST STOP.

It KILLS. I am not kidding. Or should I use presidential parlance, “It’s no joke, man.”? Parents who have reached the end of their rope HAVE and WILL murder their children, because of the nonsensical “autism is a superpower” mantra. We’ve seen it already. NO ONE GIVES A SH*T about reality.

This is my comment on Twitter/X to the nonsense:

Originally published by Age of Autism.

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