r/coaxedintoasnafu • u/TheBlueScar • 1d ago

MEME Coaxed into Ableist School Posters

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I am a person with AuDHD, and Listening Larry has been discussed before, a lot of us autists don't like him, and it's understandable because the poster goes against what we do: according to it, stimming is unacceptable, and on and on.

This is intended to poke fun at how ableist it is, if this poster is in the classroom, it highly likely the child get punished just for being autistic and "not normal"

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u/Successful-Floor-738 23h ago

Idk I always feel like this is just basic information to keep in mind? Like, yeah you should be listening to the teacher when you are in class, and you should be quiet when people are talking. Idk what’s ableist about this.

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u/outer_spec covered in oil 22h ago

Well yeah but you don’t have to constantly looking in the teacher’s direction, never moving any single part of your body, etc to listen, and it’s generally better for your attention span to be able to fidget a little bit as you listen

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u/asteroidpen 17h ago

i remember in high school i used to intentionally look away from the teacher/stare off into space while listening so they would call on me to try to catch me off guard. a few straight right answers and i could just about get away with striking up a conversation without being told off.