A Moogle  🏳️‍🌈 💻 🎮 🎶 🇸🇪

#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?

I'd personally not criticise autistic celebrities for not being an advocate

That's great. Why?

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.

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.