So neat to once again watch "the ability to see one another's teeth" being valued over being in community with neurodiverse and disabled people
There is little that makes me feel more like a separate species than seeing everyone nod in agreement at "oh it's so lovely to see one another's faces again" like what are you talking about
Truly the level of meaning and value that NTs ascribe to the lower half of the face is baffling to me. “All the thousands of signals that allow us to truly connect with one another” yeah I have no idea what you’re talking about. NTs being able to see my face only results in them being weirdly hostile to me because my face doesn’t move correctly for them. I do not feel like seeing their teeth tells me anything about how they truly feel. How is this more valuable than 1 in 5 people being able to safely exist in the space at all instead of being totally isolated from society and forced to live on the edges, the margins.
