#Autism question for those who are #ActuallyAutistic: Do you feel that it's moral immoral, amoral, or something else entirely for celebrities who have been diagnosed as being / are suspected to be on the autism spectrum to not use their position of privilege as a way to advocate?
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I feel like if I were a celebrity I wouldn't be as openly autistic as I am now, so I can't blame others for doing the same
I hate to challenge you, but: Why not? In such a position of privilege you would be less likely to suffer consequences for being open about being on the autism spectrum, not more likely. It's the little people like us who suffer for being open about it.
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I don't feel like I suffer much for it. Celebrities, however, have built an entire career dependant on how the public views them. I feel like if they were very openly autistic, the public perception of them would shift for the worse.
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Yet, the press went apeshit, in a positive way, over Leo DeCaprio's portrayal of Arnie Grape in "What's Eating Gilbert Grape", and seemed almost offended when it came out that he wasn't, in fact, disabled. The press *love* a success-despite-the-odds story.
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Their position of privilege isn't necessarily their fault. I wouldn't hold famous people to potentially unrealistic expectations... Don't tell other people whether or not it's "okay" for them to do something nice. It's made less nice by your expectation, anyway.
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Well, good news, I'm not tweeting at Stephen Spielberg or Dan Aykroyd and lambasting them for their lack of advocacy. I was asking a question and giving my own personal answer to the question. Maybe don't tell me what to do either, hon <3
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