@dramypsyd

Which reminds me.

Doctor: I have the results for you. They show you are #autistic.
Patient: And how can you help me.
Doctor: We have a lot of therapies that will help you behave normally.
Patient: Fuck you.
Doctor: We’ve got treatments for Tourette’s too.

I am not sure I am interrupting your post correctly. But one highlights trans authors for the same reason you highlight any other group that has been discriminated against, systematically silenced, and locked out of the publishing industry. The same reason you support POC authors, women authors, ASD authors, etc.

It is not necessarily because they write about being that minority; it is because they are routinely silenced. Whatever they write in someway reflects their life experience as a marginalized individual.

I fit none of the criteria you mention, yet my characters reflect the realities of being trans, lesbian, and/or asexual. Undoubtedly, it also reflects life as ASD without my being aware of it.

@elysegrasso
#Trans #actuallyautistic #Asexual #TransgenderDayofVisibility #WritersCoffeeClub #TDOV

@fcktheworld587 i think it’s quite depended on the ‘interest groups’/social circles your post get’s shared around since there is no algorithm.
i’m quite sure there are many parts (as well as the size of these parts) of fedi i do not know of because of that, which makes comparisons hard.
for me personally, i’d say “not neccecarily” because my only other ‘social media’ is youtube and i basically only follow select creators, many of which are autistic or otherwise neurodivergent.
i’d say it has to do with the double empathy problem that one can realise quite quickly that a neurodiverse peer group is just a lot easier to navigate which then leads to “flocking” of autistic/neurodivergent people both in real life and online.
#actuallyautistic