Starlight<p><span>I know at least one person who needs to hear this: being autistic and/or ADHD isn't a "mental health condition". It's a neurotype. Nothing is wrong with us. We are normal, we are fine, we are just as awesome as people of other neurotypes.<br><br>Its a mental health condition only in so much as being a woman, trans, queer, ect are mental health conditions. That is to say, the bigotry against us causes mental health problems. The systems that aren't designed to include us make the world harder to exist in. <br><br>And please never tell us that we're being toxic and off-putting, or that you hope we get [mental] help when we mention being autistic and/or ADHD and talk about facing ableism for it. It's no different than telling any other marginalized group the same stuff.<br><br>And since I'm mentioning being autistic, I think I'm obligated to add a few vocalization stims.<br><br>Aaaaaaarffff </span>:neofox_mug:<span><br>Grrrrrrarfff<br>Mew </span>:ablobcatwave:<span> </span><a href="https://firefish.social/tags/actuallyautisic" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#actuallyautisic</a><span> </span><a href="https://firefish.social/tags/autisticpride" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#autisticpride</a><span> </span><a href="https://firefish.social/tags/ableism" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ableism</a></p>