commandertabbycat:

• Support autistic people who aren’t geniuses
• Support autistic people who haven’t made huge, groundbreaking achievements
• Support autistic people who can’t make a career out of their special interests
• Support autistic people who don’t do well academically
• Support autistic people who aren’t interested in maths or science
• Support autistic adults who don’t fit a cute ‘child prodigy’ image
• Support autistic people who are struggling to hold down a minimum-wage job
• Support autistic people who can’t get a job
• Support autistic people who don’t lend themselves to ‘inspirational’ anecdotes about accomplishment in the face of disability