funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works to Autism@lemmy.world · 23 days agoMy brother just posted in the family group chat he's been diagnosed with ASD. What's the best, most sensitive, way to reply?message-squaremessage-square22fedilinkarrow-up138arrow-down12
arrow-up136arrow-down1message-squareMy brother just posted in the family group chat he's been diagnosed with ASD. What's the best, most sensitive, way to reply?funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works to Autism@lemmy.world · 23 days agomessage-square22fedilink
minus-squareChexMax@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·22 days agoI mean it’s think the chestnut is saying, “you don’t look autistic” or just saying like, no that’s not true! Or reassuring them they’re “not like other autistics.” Basically anything that treats the diagnosis as inherently bad
I mean it’s think the chestnut is saying, “you don’t look autistic” or just saying like, no that’s not true! Or reassuring them they’re “not like other autistics.” Basically anything that treats the diagnosis as inherently bad