I've worked in a neurodiverse adverse workplace and had neurotypical trauma inflicted. This episode was somewhat healing as it showed me that I was not alone. My experience was not idiosyncratic- not unique just to me. I find listening to these podcasts gives me a different perspective to combat the internal ableism that was instilled in me over decades.
I'd like to encourage less stigmatizing language regarding an overlapping community- those who consider suicide an option. The common phrase 'commit suicide' divides this manner of death from all others. There is no other 'committed death'. The word 'commit' brings up the thoughts of sin and crimes shutting down the conversation for many as it just doesn't feel safe. Note that even if one thinks of suicide as a sin or a crime, that direction of thought is not helpful to the individual in that moment.
Thanks River! I am still in the early stages as a self-identifying, late diagnosed, highly masked female. Since finding the Autistic Culture Podcast , I have thought 'Suicide is Autistic'. There is the fact that suicide is a leading case of our people. The American Association of Suicidology has a section specifically regarding autism- https://suicidology.org/resources/autism-resources/
When suicide prevention is a special interest, it isn't all doom and gloom. There are stories of hope and understanding.
I think you're spot on. As Matt says, "When it comes to autistics, it's not IF we'll think about su*cide, it's WHEN." Due to the nature of the topic, we'd really need to have an autistic expert on to info dump all of their knowledge and share tips from their specialized skillset, and to be able to do so in a highly sensitive, eloquent, and thoughtful way--it's not one we'd want to mess up even a tiny bit! Feel free to email us links to such experts if you come across them! info@AutisticCulturePodcast.com
I haven't finished yet- I'm too frustrated by the ableism that is CLEAR to me by corporate WikiMedia *and* many of the contributors. But I'm grateful for this episode; the content is fascinating, and it touched on some really great, albeit heavy, realities of corporate, capitalistic realities.
Thanks for listening and taking the time to comment! Yes, we are up against some entrenched ableism when it comes to work equality, but thankfully, we have our amazing community to lean on and to work together for change!
This was timely. My workplace is having a Wikipedia Edit-a-thon in 10 days, our seventh. This year's theme is "Edit for Equity." "The goal of this year's event is to boost the inclusion of traditionally underrepresented communities. Take part in writing or editing articles about notable women, LGBTQIA+ communities and people, or any related topic."
I've worked in a neurodiverse adverse workplace and had neurotypical trauma inflicted. This episode was somewhat healing as it showed me that I was not alone. My experience was not idiosyncratic- not unique just to me. I find listening to these podcasts gives me a different perspective to combat the internal ableism that was instilled in me over decades.
I'd like to encourage less stigmatizing language regarding an overlapping community- those who consider suicide an option. The common phrase 'commit suicide' divides this manner of death from all others. There is no other 'committed death'. The word 'commit' brings up the thoughts of sin and crimes shutting down the conversation for many as it just doesn't feel safe. Note that even if one thinks of suicide as a sin or a crime, that direction of thought is not helpful to the individual in that moment.
The phrase that we can use instead is 'died by suicide'. It is the same number of letters and makes suicide parallel to every other mechanism of death out there. https://speakingofsuicide.com/2017/09/21/suicide-language/
Thank you for taking the time to share this information. When we know better, we can do better!
Thanks River! I am still in the early stages as a self-identifying, late diagnosed, highly masked female. Since finding the Autistic Culture Podcast , I have thought 'Suicide is Autistic'. There is the fact that suicide is a leading case of our people. The American Association of Suicidology has a section specifically regarding autism- https://suicidology.org/resources/autism-resources/
When suicide prevention is a special interest, it isn't all doom and gloom. There are stories of hope and understanding.
I think you're spot on. As Matt says, "When it comes to autistics, it's not IF we'll think about su*cide, it's WHEN." Due to the nature of the topic, we'd really need to have an autistic expert on to info dump all of their knowledge and share tips from their specialized skillset, and to be able to do so in a highly sensitive, eloquent, and thoughtful way--it's not one we'd want to mess up even a tiny bit! Feel free to email us links to such experts if you come across them! info@AutisticCulturePodcast.com
I haven't finished yet- I'm too frustrated by the ableism that is CLEAR to me by corporate WikiMedia *and* many of the contributors. But I'm grateful for this episode; the content is fascinating, and it touched on some really great, albeit heavy, realities of corporate, capitalistic realities.
Thanks for listening and taking the time to comment! Yes, we are up against some entrenched ableism when it comes to work equality, but thankfully, we have our amazing community to lean on and to work together for change!
This was timely. My workplace is having a Wikipedia Edit-a-thon in 10 days, our seventh. This year's theme is "Edit for Equity." "The goal of this year's event is to boost the inclusion of traditionally underrepresented communities. Take part in writing or editing articles about notable women, LGBTQIA+ communities and people, or any related topic."
Kismet!