Aaron on Nostr: I have a list in my head of all the assholes who treated me badly because I'm ...

I have a list in my head of all the assholes who treated me badly because I'm autistic, from the guy who kicked me out as a roomie leaving me homeless, to the group of thugs that held me down and beat me, to the random assholes that punched me in the mouth for looking at them the wrong way or using the wrong words, to the bank manager who decided I was being flippant and did what she wanted with my money instead of what I asked, to the judge who yelled at me and humiliated me in court for asking questions about what the different pleas actually meant, to the boss who nicknamed me "autistic boy", to the boss who refused to promote me and picked me to lay off because of my social skills, to the boss who actively tried to get me fired for refusing a command that I couldn't understand... It goes on and on. If you think ableism isn't real, isn't an actual source of disability all on its own, or is a thing of the past, think again.

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