Why Are We So Quick To Villainies The Label Of Autism?

Why are we so quick to villainies the label of autism? When someone achieves something, we say they overcame their autism.

All my achievements have come from my strengths due to having autism. My achievements in life have happened due to having autism. Yes parts of my autism get in my way at times and I have to overcome those parts of autism, but I also have strengths that give me the ability to do amazing things.

When I fail, yes it can be due to traits of autism, but most of the time it feels like my failures are due to the treatment I receive from outside sources, not the internal.

There is a reason a lot of people with autism want to keep it a secret. We need to stop using autism as a label for why people do things or don’t do things. We are putting restrictions, on people, that don’t need to exist.

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Chloe Estelle

Chloe Estelle

Chloe Estelle is the founder of OurTism, a writer, blogger, filmmaker, photographer, and Asperger’s specialist. She runs a weekly live stream called Starlight Talks where she discusses various topics related to autism. She is beginning a mentorship program through OurTism.com. Chloe’s struggles growing up were invisible to those around her. She didn’t understand the structure of school or social interactions. Chloe was placed in slower classes. Assessments did not capture her true intellectual abilities. This pattern continued and worsened until her grades started dropping and she struggled until she was finally diagnosed at age 16. The diagnoses was a relief that there was a reason for so many of life’s struggles. It still took a while to find the right therapies and practices that would allow her to live a healthy life. Taking what she learned, she is now able to share her experience with the world and hopefully end the struggles of those on the spectrum earlier in their life.

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