How do you feel when people say something along the lines of “I couldn’t even tell you had autism.”
For me personally, I am pretty neutral about it consciously. I think on a subconscious level, I might see it as a good thing, because of internalized ableism. But I consciously just see it as someone being honest about an observation of me. And I am just like, “okay, that’s cool.” I understand how people saying this can be problematic, but I truly think people just say this because that’s genuinely what they think and maybe they lack the filter or the knowledge to understand why they shouldn’t say that. I have ASD and ADHD, so I lack a filter too and I’ve said some dumb shit. Maybe that’s why I am forgiving of it.