Why are autistic people forced to mask? Because of people like RFK who continue to say we’re broken.

Описание: Contrary to what you might hear online, “Double Empathy” doesn’t mean autistic people are the only ones putting in the work to connect. That is actually the result of the outdated idea that autistic people are broken, & therefore it’s our job to bridge the communication & neurological gap. Almost as if only ONE party is engaging in cognitive empathy.

Double empathy reframes how we view autism in the grander scheme of humanity. There is no “normal” brain. So no neurotype is broken or wrong. We are all just humans, who have differences, & connecting with other humans who have differences, is a two-way street. As in BOTH parties should be engaging in cognitive empathy. Double Empathy.

But because of people like RFK, pushing ideas like autism is a disease, we are largely still viewed by society as broken. So it is usually left up to us to do the adapting.

Do I feel bad for doing an RFK impression? Yes. My throat hurts and it was an objectively bad impression.