As someone who is on the spectrum, I 100% agree with his take on the fetishization of ASD. Yes, I suffer some issues, but I'm completely independent (and have been from age 18), am financially stable, have friends, own my own home and business, and so on. To ignore the real and pressing needs of people with more severe cases in order t…
As someone who is on the spectrum, I 100% agree with his take on the fetishization of ASD. Yes, I suffer some issues, but I'm completely independent (and have been from age 18), am financially stable, have friends, own my own home and business, and so on. To ignore the real and pressing needs of people with more severe cases in order to feed one's own ego strikes me as obscene. I'm one of the lucky ones for whom ASD can be relegated to the status of an annoying quirk. I'm grateful for that, and respect that a lot of others are not in my position, and they and their families need (and deserve) all the support they can get. Hats off to Freddie for being willing to take this trend on.
As someone who is on the spectrum, I 100% agree with his take on the fetishization of ASD. Yes, I suffer some issues, but I'm completely independent (and have been from age 18), am financially stable, have friends, own my own home and business, and so on. To ignore the real and pressing needs of people with more severe cases in order to feed one's own ego strikes me as obscene. I'm one of the lucky ones for whom ASD can be relegated to the status of an annoying quirk. I'm grateful for that, and respect that a lot of others are not in my position, and they and their families need (and deserve) all the support they can get. Hats off to Freddie for being willing to take this trend on.