One of the frequently asked questions on the microblogging platform Tumblr, is how I see Tumblr, how important it is for me personally and how I see platforms in general. In this short text I’ll try to answer those three questions.
How do autistics deal with eroticism?
One of my contacts on Tumblr, asks me how autistic people deal with the spectrum of eroticism on social and other media from the soft beginnings to more edgier expressions without becoming puritan nor pervert. This honest answer is written without much experience on the subject but with so much more zest.
Writing in English
Writing a text about my feelings, thoughts, ideas in a foreign language is tricky. Somehow I have to simplify what I mean. So that’s why I only write in Dutch, the language in which I grew up. Although I have had many years of education in English. Still it remains difficult to express exactly what I am trying to say.
Furthermore, I am a bit afraid to make stupid mistakes. English is rather difficult to write in. Especially if I want my text to be more than a series of online quotes put together. Or something like the texts and talks of non-native speaking politicians and entrepreneurs abroad. But then, why not give it a try? If everyone else fails to write well, I shouldn’t bother to make huge errors. It is, after all, a free world, and writing without errors is so unfashionable.
How about autistic happiness?
Some of the more popular books that are published on autism, are about recovery. Not about acceptance or social inclusion, but about stimulating children, youngsters and adults, yes even elderly people with autism to outgrow their autism, or, if you like, loose their autistic symptoms. So that they can appear, from the outside, normal. NormalContinue reading “How about autistic happiness?”
The European Autist 