To go along with the previous blogs I have mentioned, there is something that I have been seeing a lot of as a neurodiverse individual and I thought it would be best to address it with you all.
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It is the matter that people feel like they have a sense of entitlement to do whatever they want to. I see this a lot both in my day job and on social media. People think that they have a right to anything as they please and I feel that as a neurodiverse individual, we need to teach our children that no one is entitled to everything. This is true in our schools where some students think that they can walk over everyone because they have a status or that they are older than some others.
Because we can be so easily believed, it’s up to those we look up to teach us what we can be entitled to and what we can’t be entitled to. For one thing, we have to work for something that we otherwise can’t have on a silver platter.
Even if there is someone who was born with a silver spoon in their mouths, it doesn’t mean that we get everything automatically. This is sadly the case with a lot of people these days and as a result, we see many neurodiverse/disabled individuals being picked on at work or in school.
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Case in point? Angelica Pickles from “Rugrats.” If there is one character from my childhood that I couldn’t stand as a kid and that I can’t stand as an adult, it’s Angelica. This spoiled monster feels that because she is older than Tommy, Chuckie, Phil and Lil, she feels entitled to torment them as much as she pleases.
Do you even wonder how many Angelica’s there are in the world right now? A lot!
And unfortunately, there are some neurodiverse/disabled individuals who think that they can be like Angelica and use their disability as an excuse to get what they want. I deal with some neurodiverse/disabled individuals that have a lack of social or personal boundaries for others because they were never taught them in the first place.
This also transpires into the workplace because of the fact, that they have a disability, they can do whatever they want and there is nothing that others around them can do about it.
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The truth is, if we want to obtain entitlement to something in life, we have to earn it. I mean, was I entitled to get an apartment right after high school? No, I had to work for it whether its learning life skills or job skills.
Did I immediately get the respect amongst my peers in the autism/neurodiversity community right away because I was entitled to get their respect automatically?
No, I’ve had to work on it and unfortunately, there are moments where I screwed up royally with a few people not because I was entitled, but because I was going about making friends/connections the wrong way.
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In conclusion, entitlement can turn people from angels into devils, friends into foes or Ying into Yang. Again, it’s up to us to help teach our future neurodiverse population the importance of entitlement before it’s too late!
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Catch you all later!!
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