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    Solarra's Avatar
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    Sylbritt Muscadet
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    Cerberus
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    Archer Lv 89
    Quote Originally Posted by Nedkel View Post
    They should stop sharing their story with strangers on the internet, so healthy ones will stop judging them over their disability and not ostracise them because of it.
    Terrible advice. Yes, people should be careful who they confide in, but I don't feel someone on the spectrum, or with any other disability, should feel obliged to say nothing and just hope nobody notices. Hiding who you are just to fit in isn't healthy for anyone (and that's assuming you succeed).
    People with disabilities are as much a part of our community as those without and people need to accept that.
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    Gylda Bellivel
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    Phoenix
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    Scholar Lv 80
    Quote Originally Posted by Solarra View Post
    People with disabilities are as much a part of our community as those without and people need to accept that.
    Yes they are a part of a community. And no, noone is obliged to accept that.
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    Chloe Lehideux
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    Zodiark
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    Samurai Lv 74
    Quote Originally Posted by Solarra View Post
    Terrible advice. Yes, people should be careful who they confide in, but I don't feel someone on the spectrum, or with any other disability, should feel obliged to say nothing and just hope nobody notices. Hiding who you are just to fit in isn't healthy for anyone (and that's assuming you succeed).
    People with disabilities are as much a part of our community as those without and people need to accept that.
    The thing is, if we are speaking about the internet as a whole, there are many different cultures around the europe/NA/world that tend to accept or not accept people with disabilities at all.
    Not all nations are as kind and accepting as the west, a lot of players will cut themselves off from someone with autism because they just dont like them for some reasons.
    Internet is a wild place afterall, its good advice to avoid telling strangers about disability, a person with autism or some other kind of mental illness could be abused easily by someone with dark intentions online.
    Telling them to be wide open on the internet is asking for trouble.
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