Ironies in Rose
Autism doesn’t feel like
A disorder. It feels different
An excess of input of empathy,
A lack of theory of mind, not mirror
Neurons. Here psychology shows itself
Why ask an autistic person instead of
Developing conclusions based on theories
Lab rats, brain scans, differences. That input
Should not be separate from the stories of
The brains being scanned, from the ideas.
Different doesn’t mean unable to express ourselves,
Non-verbal doesn’t mean unable to communicate,
Doesn’t mean infantile. Sometimes different just
Means different. So here I am a subject, a disorder.
I lack mirror neurons, have deficiencies in certain chemicals.
But what does that tell you about what I need?