there's a therapeutic technique called behavioral activation which can be a little confusing in therapy speak, but i found these memes that explain it in examples very well ^_^
Neurodivergent people receive more negative feedback over their lifetime than neurotypical people. Often for completely inconsequential things.
When we're repeatedly told that everything we do and say is somehow wrong maintaining some sense of self-worth can be incredibly hard.
Society needs to stop villainizing autistic people. If weโre friendly, weโre flirting. If weโre honest, weโre mean. If we care about justice and fair play, weโre dramatic, attention seeking, negative, and disrespectful.
Please stop targeting us.
Weโre not monsters.