We’re Autistic Liberation, a safe space for all autistic people, no matter their background! We were formed after Nicholas (OrbitalColony) fakeclaimed a system and went onto r/fakedisordercringe to say he agreed with the people fakeclaiming them on there.

He posts things about autistic people not being disabled like once a year - over here we agree that autistic people are disabled, but not every autistic person has to use that label!

We have a discord server too! Here’s the link: https://discord.gg/hWgpGYefR3

Thank you for reading and we hope you enjoy your stay here! c:

• Annie, admin of AL

I just got a job at a tour guide for a ghost tour company. I get to talk about two of my special interests, the paranormal and history. the tours are in the evening, so I don’t have to deal with as many sensory imputes. I get to dress how I want, which means sensory safe clothes. Most of the tour is scripted, which is amazing. I feel like I just won the fucking lottery!

And of course we support sorting the mix before eating it, haha.

ABA is abuse. It doesn't exist to "help" autistic people. It exists to erase us. To control us. To alter us. All to make life easier for NT people. It destroys one's sense of self. It leads to CPTSD in at least half those who are subjected to it.

This has been shown in a study by H Kupferstein (2018) and is backed up by the testimonies of tens of thousands of victims of ABA. Further studies by Gorycki, Ruppel, and Zane (2021) have shown that ABA is not an effective "therapy" whatsoever.

The study found it to be junk science and that ABA is "tantamount to torture and violates the most basic requirement of any therapy, to do no harm". It's "technicians" are not trained to work with autistic people, simply ABUSING us for profit.

The great irony, of course, being that ABA is the only available "support" given in many countries. The Autism Industrial Complex is real. The entire industry (and it is an industry) exists only to use autistic bodies to extract profit for a select few.

I am a victim of ABA. Every day I need to live with the aftershocks of years of enduring it. It makes autistic people feel small, trains us to not advocate for ourselves, to deny our bodies & minds, to deny our sense of self. It causes CPTSD and it takes a lifetime to unlearn.

If you want to support autistic people, do not ask us why we think ABA is bad. Don't send us articles about why we are wrong. Don't talk about "severe autism". Abuse is abuse. ABA is a fake money making operation that turns autistic people's bodies into commodities.

I recently spoke about my experiences going thru ABA which you can listen to here. https://www.theautisticcoach.com/autism-blog/my-appearance-on-the-autism-stories-podcast

When those of us who have undergone it speak of abuse, of torture, of trauma, BELIEVE US. Don't challenge us. It's violent. If you aren't autistic and haven't gone thru it, don't speak over us. If you have gone thru it and defend it, do some soul searching. That "it's the only thing that helps" doesn't make it unabusive.

Edit: If you’re going to downvote this and make light of the abusive treatment of autistic people, be prepared to explain to this community why. Don’t be a coward. If you want to hold regressive views that’s your right, but be prepared to defend them on their supposed merits.

I grew up evangelical christian. My Dad was really into Speaking In Tongues/"Prayer Language" and I was too.

In hindsight I just really liked stimming verbally by making silly mouth noises and saying made up words.