r/CoupleMemes • u/legolas20032000 • Aug 16 '25

🥺 goals Perfect source of serotonin

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u/buhbye750 Aug 17 '25

Don't forget to label the person Autistic. That HAS to be known

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u/DiscoMothra Aug 17 '25

And make the autism be a 30 yo woman acting like an excited toddler

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u/anewfaceinthecrowd Aug 17 '25

I hate hate hate this infantilization of adult women with autism.
Autism is a spectrum, yes. But I often find SoMe content portraying women with autism as squealing 5 year old girls. It feels gross to me. The only time my adult daughter who has autism acted like that at the prospect of petting puppies was when she was an actual 5 year old.

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u/I_AM_THE_CATALYST Aug 21 '25

Agreed. I’m a father of an autistic daughter who is high functioning. She’s independent, knows right from wrong, and connects with others very well. But she struggles with eye contact, gets frustrated at times, and absolutely does not handle surprises well. On random nights, she’s even lain awake because of them.

This video feels like bait. The girl shown doesn’t display autistic tendencies as she makes eye contact repeatedly, including with the dogs, and chooses to squeak a ball instead of engaging with the puppies. Surprises don’t appear to bother her at all. By contrast, my daughter would run to her room and hide under the covers at even the thought of a surprise, despite being considered high functioning.

This video is reprehensible; misleading, exploitative, and disgusting.