There’s actually a lot of overlap between the disabled and LGBTIQA+ communities.

Violence isn’t a mental illness. Mentally ill people are far more likely to be victims of violence than violent themselves, and reinforcing the misconception directly hurts vulnerable people.

Correlation doesn’t equal causation though. So even drawing that basic conclusion is a bit of a stretch given how basic and flawed the methods of this study were.

Continuing to use functioning labels and terms like “severe” and “mild” Autism perpetuates the misconceptions that they’re a thing, which actively harms Autistic people. So please stop!

A high functioning actor with ASD can’t know what it’s like to have ASD so severe they are completely non-verbal any more than a neurotypical actor can.

Yes well it’s more of a neurotype than a disease, human brains are complex!
We’re still trying to unlearn a lot of bad and biased science that’s been informed by a “deficit model” that assumes any difference from an assumed neurotypical norm is a deficit or problem.

Ok so here’s some info about functioning labels and how they’re inaccurate and harm all Autistic people.

As for Sia: she’s also not American, and maybe does not care about political correctness

So is it better to just say autistic or neurodivergent and then list how it affects them ?

Ok but plenty of other Autistic actors have said they would have loved the opportunity to act the role. And she responded by insulting them.

It’s not a “Witch Hunt”, it’s based on what she has actually said and done.

I agree with you... but we don’t use the term hermaphrodite for human beings. It’s considered highly offensive.

Even in “Western” countries the average life expectancy for trans people is roughly 35, mostly due to violence against Black trans women, and suicide due to social and family rejection.

Wilful ignorance and blindness aren’t the same thing. It’s well past time we phase out using disability as metaphor for things we don’t like.

If you’re commenting on an article about toxicity towards marginalised groups including disabled people, it’s not a good look to incorporate an ableist slur in your intended insult. In fact, it’s never a good look.

Or we could listen to all of the groups that are ignored by society? Especially when it’s coming from the same cultural narrative that womanhood is all about producing babies, and that the production of babies is always fulfilling and beautiful, and never messy, painful, or traumatising.

Condoms are still a thing, but apparently “stealthing” is too, so it’s always good to have a backup.

It’s literally in the photo that they’re non binary. So maybe don’t call them a woman or use female pronouns for them?

If you decide to vote for racism, sexual assault, and genocide because of “hysterics”, that’s on you.

Gender is so hard to define because it’s a social construct, like money and traffic lights it’s real and affects lives but it doesn’t have an objective meaning apart from the societies it occurs in.