BdUnicorn

CW/TW gender dysphoria, functioning labels, ableism, stereotypes, sexism. Hello everyone. It is still Autism acceptance month and will be my last entry for that month. In this blog, I will discuss these the findings from the articles and then give my personal opinions connecting both of my personal and anecdotal experiences as ways to ignite a conversation about both transgender and autistic people. I want to explore why some people are both autistic and transgender. I myself am both. In my previous blog about autism fashion, I stated that I was diagnosed at age 4 with the outdated diagnosis label of Asperger's Syndrome. Instead, I call my condition autism, coming from the current standards of diagnosis. Autism spectrum disorder and being transgender are two different things, though they are misunderstood, they have seen massively more awareness and even some acceptance, albeit to lesser degrees. However, being trans is not a mental disorder. The only thing in the DSM-V...

Hello everyone, today we are going to have a conversation on what I call autism chic. It is Autism Month, April. And this day, April 2nd is Autism Awareness Day. If you do not know, your dear writer, Brittany, is autistic. Now you are aware. I want to start my series of various autism blogs with fashion. Now, you're probably what the hell do fashion and autism have to do with each other? Autism is a complex spectrum of various mental states and abilities. I have it. I was diagnosed with Autism, specifically Asperger's Syndrome, in 2001. I was considered "high functioning" but that's a topic for another time. Clothing must be comfortable but stylish? I do not know. Am I doing a fashion? As I said before I am very concerned and fascinated with beauty standards and fashion even though I know they have a lot of societal, systematic problems. When I try on clothes I have a few criteria: comfort, price, and style. I usually sort by style, then I try it on ...