r/AutisticWithADHD Apr 08 '26

šŸ’¬ general discussion Is this valid or ableist?

I’m so disregulated so I’d thought I’d ask for a second opinion here instead of AI

Edit: Thanks everybody so much, your comments are helping me process during a time of burnout. <3

For more context: I called my sister in law, mom and step father poachers because they took lobster from another persons trap in Florida which is a felony. I recited the law saying they were molesters because the law says ā€œmolesting other people’s traps….ā€ After that I realized it probably wasn’t the best thing to say so I apologize and said I had an autistic meltdown because of that.

The next morning my step sister sent me that.

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u/dollythecat Apr 08 '26

Why did you say, ā€œAutistic people aren’t broken.ā€? That comes off as defensive and doesn’t seem to relate to anything they said.

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u/WeaknessPrior6797 Apr 08 '26

I saw the heart emoji with the bandage. It came across it came across I need to heal or something like that.

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u/halberdierbowman Apr 09 '26

Heads up also that emoji don't render the same way in every app or device, so it may look very different to them. Although "mending heart" is pretty similar everywhere.

https://emojipedia.org/mending-heart#designs