Autism Awareness
Thursday, 13 Mar 2025
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Why blue
In my very first semester of college, in a class whose main intention was to teach us about our college itself (one of the tests quite literally had half the questions about the college’s rules), there was a day in which the people from what was effectively the committee for disabled people came and explained what they did and what disabled students had a right to. There was also a mostly-blind guy who showed us his adaptations, that part was cool.
Anyways, during the presentation, the woman who was giving it casually said that, had there been anyone with autism in the classroom, they wouldn’t have been able to understand anything she was talking about. Meanwhile, lil’ autistic me (I’m 5’3) was fiddling with a cap she’d given me for contributing (I think I’d googled the definition of mutism, or somesuch?) to the presentation. This was, and I say this unironically, probably the biggest example of ableism I’ve ever been subjected to, especially considering how *casual* it was, and it came from a woman whose literal livelihood comes from aiding disabled people. I almost interrupted the lady to correct her on the spot, but then decided my professor would probably disapprove of that course of action.
By the way, to be fair to her, I hadn’t actually informed my college of the diagnosis, so the lady couldn’t really know *that* part. That, however, might be even worse, in a way.
Why would tbey do that for any reason. Blue light just makes you more alert and probably a bit stressed
I was unaware that blue was the colour of autism?
TBF, is there any way to draw awareness for autism that doesn’t trigger at least a few people on the spectrum? Although it could be less invasive than changing all the lights.
If that isn’t a perfect metaphor for the entire “awareness” movement being a sham, I don’t know what is.
You’ll be aware of your autism. Either willingly or by **FORCE**
MISSION ACCOMPLISHED
Next up: hurdling for people in wheelchairs
Even imagining being in the blue lights almost made me have a panic attack
Does anyone know why it’s “light it up blue”? I looked on both the Autism Speaks (fucked be their name) website and another website and the closest thing to an explanation is that it could be because ASD is more often diagnosed in males, which seems like a strange reason.
Ok. So if I need to find out who’s an autist, I just need to flip on the blue lights in my room. I am sure this won’t result in anything bad…
this is probably a bot, and if not (extremely unlikely), they definitely stole an older post. [this is the original](https://www.reddit.com/r/CuratedTumblr/comments/17uvuyu/autism_awareness/)
THIS IS THE AUTISM AWARENESS SIREN
WE WILL MAKE YOU AWARE OF YOUR AUTISM
*-AGGRESSIVE WEEWOO SIREN NOISES-*
Me when they changed from clapping to flapping
A swing and a miss 🤣
Feel like Blue is one of the worst primary color you could’ve picked for ambient lighting with how oppressive they can be. Warmer shades of yellow would’ve been better.
Blue bulbs are a devil’s creation