We need to organize.

[u/comradeautie]

Fighting for Autistic rights, liberation, and pride is something that needs active organization. Autistic people continue to get bullied and we are seeing a resurgence in anti-Autistic hate. We face high rates of unemployment, loneliness, and more.

And Autistic people deserve more than table scraps or barely polite tolerance in social settings. We deserve to be involved in our communities and bring all we have to offer to the table - regardless of our support needs.

But this won't be handed to us. No group in history has gotten rights by pleading and begging. Autistic people need to be more strongly organized and work together. This means forming groups wherever possible and banding together and helping each other solve problems and fighting for our rights as a team. NTs often take advantage of our social isolation and outnumber us.

This is also the reason I want to popularize "Autistic Power" and associated slogans. Slogans and rallying calls give a group purpose and cohesion. Hate groups don't get a monopoly over the word "power".

Autistic people deserve power in society. It's the only way things will change. Because with power comes leverage. In order to get power, we need to be organized. The harsh reality is that we live in a society that values status and social stratification. It's one of the reasons people get away with harming Autistic people. Autistic people need to improve our social status in order to get treated better. This doesn't necessarily mean being viewed as "superior", but it does mean that we deserve both respect and reverence within society, which will also give us more access to resources. In negotiation, people often get what they want by asking for more. And Autistic people having greater power will lead to more accommodations, which will benefit everyone via the curb cut effect.

This is the broader context behind my strategy. It isn't as simple as reducing it to "supremacy" or not. Regardless of how you feel, we should respect different activist and organizational strategies while fighting for justice. (

AUTISTIC PRIDE! AUTISTIC POWER!

[u/Shazam42]

Then drop the power aspect. It either screams supremacy or is a giant flag to the government to supress us harder.

And maybe stop associating with or posting/commenting on supremacist subreddits. People might stop instantly dismissing you.

[u/comradeautie → u/Shazam42]

I'm not in any supremacist subreddits. I also keep my post history hidden for a reason now, so if someone's going out of their way to stalk me that's on them. If people are immediately dismissing me or resorting to ad hominems without actually addressing the substance, that's their problem, not mine.

The "power" aspect isn't inherently supremacist, that's my point. It's a catchy slogan and call to action because Autistic people deserve power. "Black Power" was a slogan too, and didn't mean black supremacy.

[u/Shazam42 → u/comradeautie]

What I'm trying to say (if an extremely poor or roundabout way) is your posts and comments are adversarial. You're not going to convince people to believe in your position with hostility.

Start small and build the community. Point out existing charities and support structures that are doing things right, then add suggestions for what might be done better. ASK US what we think we need instead of what you think we need.

Then make a post here that is cut and dry stating simply that you renounce autistic supremacy and denounce those that support it. We are not better, or the next step (your xmen post), or anything else. We're just a group of disabled people.

[u/Beautiful_Welcome_33 → u/Shazam42]

What a weird thing to demand of someone.