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- Nov 28, 2014
Autism and creativity go together like peanut butter and crack and that combination is exactly why the Kiwi Farms can function as a community based around making fun of speds and weirdos. Making fun of speds and weirdos does not necessarily discourage them from creativity (unless you're @Connor Bible and just use it as an excuse to whine about how you can't write while fishing for asspats).
Now here's where the real dilemma comes. We know autistics to be a simple minded lot and probably think they'd be better off being an assistant under someone's heel rather than an autonomous creative entity because every creative autistic is totally another Chris-Chan. For every 20 Chris-Chans, you probably have a Satoshi Tajiri. Is it worth allowing 20 Sonichu's to roam the creative landscape for the hope of a masterpiece made by an autist, as an example of what autists can potentially do?
However, non-autistics (I hate using the neurotypical/neurodiverse terms sometimes just because of the association with tumblr and stuck up aspie movements) can be just as simple minded, but they typically have even sharper tongues than an autist whose mind can make about 50 times as many connections in a second. Because humans are social creatures, the sharpest tongue can keep the strongest mind down, just by convincing more simple minded people that autists are just geeky lepers who can't do shit or whatever (In short people can be terrible especially if they have anything resembling power over others - I'm looking at Autism Speaks and their terrible videos).
Is it worth suppressing or censoring the works of people based on a neurological condition they have just to make sure some simple minded folk don't get triggered by a weirdo in their creative landscape? Now I seriously don't believe this is implemented in any way and don't think any sane person would unironically think about that, but all it takes is a malevolent crazy or self-loathing parent of someone with autism to convince enough idiots to turn the vistas of the creative landscape into a death trap for autistic people. If we actively fight people solely based on a condition they have, are we really any better than Tumblr?
Now here's where the real dilemma comes. We know autistics to be a simple minded lot and probably think they'd be better off being an assistant under someone's heel rather than an autonomous creative entity because every creative autistic is totally another Chris-Chan. For every 20 Chris-Chans, you probably have a Satoshi Tajiri. Is it worth allowing 20 Sonichu's to roam the creative landscape for the hope of a masterpiece made by an autist, as an example of what autists can potentially do?
However, non-autistics (I hate using the neurotypical/neurodiverse terms sometimes just because of the association with tumblr and stuck up aspie movements) can be just as simple minded, but they typically have even sharper tongues than an autist whose mind can make about 50 times as many connections in a second. Because humans are social creatures, the sharpest tongue can keep the strongest mind down, just by convincing more simple minded people that autists are just geeky lepers who can't do shit or whatever (In short people can be terrible especially if they have anything resembling power over others - I'm looking at Autism Speaks and their terrible videos).
Is it worth suppressing or censoring the works of people based on a neurological condition they have just to make sure some simple minded folk don't get triggered by a weirdo in their creative landscape? Now I seriously don't believe this is implemented in any way and don't think any sane person would unironically think about that, but all it takes is a malevolent crazy or self-loathing parent of someone with autism to convince enough idiots to turn the vistas of the creative landscape into a death trap for autistic people. If we actively fight people solely based on a condition they have, are we really any better than Tumblr?
The thing that really prompted this thought is, I had this idea to make an autism themed Dark Souls-esque RPG named "Autism Quest" (yes it's meant to be a Depression Quest pisstake but text adventures are boring and I also think a graphical style of gameplay would work better to convey autism). While it hasn't been shot down yet, and despite how accurate and empowering I may make my depictions, I can see myself raising some controversy and making enemies should that game ever see the light of day. It could even spark something like what I just described.
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