neurotypicals like to mock ppl on the internet for having the gall to claim to be autistic or psychotic or have a personality disorder because they don’t believe we exist in real life.
they dont think we’re ~real people~ who use computers or have interests or do anything outside of what their stereotypes of us are.
we exist when there’s been a shooting, but not when we’re talking amongst ourselves about our struggles and interests and everything else.
we exist when we’re in institutions, but not when we’re protesting the horrific treatment of neurodivergent ppl.
we exist in their horror stories, but not in their everyday lives and when they see us, openly autistic or mentally ill, having interests and hobbies, making jokes, doing normal everyday ~real~ people things they automatically discount us as being autistic or mentally ill because mentally ill and autistic people aren’t real people