PSA because of a separate thread I'm seeing:
Autistic people need context with unclear communication, because we don't rely on assumptions as much as non-Autistic people. Some of us can hazard guesses but would rather not. Some of us can't even hazard a guess.
!! This is not sealioning. This is disability. !!
Sealioning is a tactic by disingenuous people to frustrate and undermine a thought by engaging in unnecessary discourse to sow doubt in the thought and discredit the person by making the thought appear less-than-well-formed.
We don't give a shit about that, we just want clear communication, and if you're being unclear we're going to ask for clarification. If your opinion is full of shit, we're going to say so instead. Are we CAPABLE of sealioning? Some of us might but this is a rare circumstance and I don't believe this is going to be our default method of fighting opinions we don't like.
Before accusing an Autistic person of sealioning, please re-read your statement without thinking about the context behind it. Is it CRYSTAL, "EXPLAIN LIKE I'M FIVE" CLEAR? If not, they're probably not barking.
#ActuallyAutistic #Sealioning