Editorial Note: The title has “Autism/Spectrum Disorder” because I use it interchangeably since many just use “Autism” instead these days
Gonna miss those hated Boomers when they pass on.
The younger generation (when I say “young” I say under 55. The prospects are not looking good for typical minded people as I fear they don’t want me to exist.
Gen X (the alleged Forgotten Generation) 1965-1981
Generation X was coined because they weren’t sure how to name the thirteenth generation. Struggled during the 1970s under inflationary pressures, mixed in with no-fault divorce, and other turbulent times, Xers became adults at 12, and kept to themselves into the 80s and 90s. They loved Ronald Regan’s pro-growth economic agenda (that gave everyone Black Monday, the dot-com bubble and the 2008 Financial Crisis.
Gen X was also the generation where their offsprings were cursed with a vaccine injury known as Autism. Most of this population are in the Gen Z group. Ironically no one really talks about anyone injured with a vaccine in the 1980s babies. Regardless Gen X’s favorite film Rain Man, mixed in with their technical training on the IBM 5150 in high school, these hopeless people thought they didn’t need no stinkin education, it’s all on Google. Xers listened to their sisters like Jenny McCarthy and believed their kids autism was caused by vaccines
In reality, these knockoff Boomers really have narcissistic tendencies and I believe so many Xers use their kids autism diagnosis as the end of their world, a cracked ego to say the least. For whatever reason these Xers think the US Constitution has a entitlement to a healthy child.
This all has hit a mass as they are hitting middle age, and Xers who love to tout drinking water out of a garden hose ‘didn’t believe in COVID-19, they also didn’t believe in social distancing, never mind feeling that wearing masks was possibly gay, so the vaccination… do I need to say more?
They feel they are entitled to freedom without any responsibility.
With their orgies towards RFK Jr, the fear is many Xers will take anti vaxxers or anti science and continue to wish we never existed.
Millennials (1982-1995)
Remember the media hyped up Millennials? They were so fascinating. As some just are turning thirty, and some are past 42 (and no I don’t use Xennials, because that’s not an official based fact, just some fanboy making things up.) They grew up partially in the analog world, some digital and later cyber. They came to age during the FInancial Crisis, and some failed to launch, or some just were low key.
This generation doesn’t really understand autism, as many of us were institutionalized in our regard in out of district programs. This generation had “retarded” in their vocabularies. Unlike Xers, Millennials have had more exposure, but they leave people like me out in typical/atypical relationships. I apparently cramp their style. Most Millennials if they are working in this field professionally are in managerial positions where they don’t have work in my group, and or in other fields like ABA. Millennials treat us more like research sources than actual experiences. They are like gnomes, no soul, no identity, they can’t be vulernable.
Millennials want me to be silent so they can scream since they produce activists like Taylor Lorenz who abuses journalism. However as I mentioned Millennials want privvies without the hard work to help people like me.
Gen Z (1996 or 1997-2012)
Gen X was the first generation to not be a 25/24 year range, Z is another tight range, with people born after digital and grew up entirely on cyber, with at least some exposure to the Web and Web 2.0. Zoomers are Gen X’s kids and so as result they are more exposed to ASD than their parents or the Millennials. The oldest Zoomer would be 27 or 26. No pun intended to overprice their stocks, but Zoomers are screwed over economically by previous generations, but at least some are more socially liberal.
Does that mean they’ll accept me? I think that’s too early to tell. If they are so poor, power may not be their priority. I’ve had my share with lousy Zoomers, but all the other “youngins” combined, I’ve had better luck with them then the others.
In short, Gen X was not homophobic, but they are transphobic, and they are the textbook ableists, these 50 million Americans will stick together as they exterminate the Boomers and Millennials to retain power. As I implied, Millennials are emotionally unavailable, and 80% of the 100 million ought to been aborted in the first place and like Boomers they’ll walk over people for power, and Zoomers are the quiet kids in the classroom.
In short, there has never been shortage for nitwits, and the rise of nitwits is more alarming than autism cases. Because when my Xer mother goes, I’ll feel so alone.