Oh yeah. The 12-steps in Autism Anonymous (AA), right?

1: We admitted we were powerless over our autism – that our stims had become unmanageable. (Bonus points if you confess to flapping in public. The horror!)

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2: Came to believe that a Neurotypical Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity. (This power is probably ABA therapy)

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7: Humbly asked Him to remove our Autistic shortcomings. (Beg to be "fixed" and made "normal.")

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4: Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of our Autistic traits. (List every special interest, sensory sensitivity, and social gaffe.)

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5: Admitted to Neurotypical God, to ourselves, and to another human being the exact nature of our Autistic wrongs. (Publicly apologize for not making enough eye contact.)

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6: Were entirely ready to have Neurotypical God remove all these defects of character. (Get ready for a lifetime of masking and pretending to be someone you're not.)

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3: Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of the Neurotypical God as we understood Him. (Prepare for forced eye contact and endless small talk.)

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Having had a neurotypical awakening as the result of these steps, we tried to carry this message to other Autistics, and to practice these principles in all our affairs. (Spread the ableist gospel of "recovery.")

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10: Continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong promptly admitted it. (Obsessively analyze every social interaction for signs of Autistic "failure.")

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9: Made direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others. (Unless, of course, they're still traumatized by your lack of social graces.)

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8: Made a list of all persons we had harmed by being Autistic, and became willing to make amends to them all. (Apologize to everyone who ever felt awkward in a conversation with you.)

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