funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works to Autism@lemmy.world · 3 months 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-square22linkfedilinkarrow-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 · 3 months agomessage-square22linkfedilink
minus-squareChexMax@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·3 months 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