How exactly do you start a revolution, anyways?

One of the things that seems to confuse NeuroTypicals the most when I ask for accommodations and for things to change is that it seems like I'm expecting the world to change just because I don't like it.

Actually, I'm asking for things to change because considering how much I have to change myself and adapt to the rest of the world, I'm not actually asking for that much.

I have to work two or three times as hard as everyone else because I'm not wired the right way for doing the things society thinks I should be able to do.

I am constantly fighting against my own brain and trying to change it to try and make it work the way I need it to in order to get stuff done that's easy for NeuroTypicals.

And then people tell me I'm not being flexible.

Actually, I AM being flexible. I am bending over backwards to adapt to YOUR rules, while you're just standing there, pissed at me because I'm not bending far enough, or I'm unhappy that I'm forced to do it in the first place.

So when I ask for stuff to change, the least you could do is meet me halfway.

*sigh* The most frustrating part is, I know that's probably not going to happen. No one seems to realize I'm busting my ass trying to fit into the world. All they see is that I'm not doing "normal" things in a "normal" way, and then complaining about it. So they assume I'm lazy.

I keep trying to figure out how to change the system, but I haven't come up with anything. I don't know how to reach people. (Aside from somehow getting ridiculously famous and going on talk shows and shit.)

When I think back on the civil rights movement, things only started to change when people of color and the LGBT community started banding together as a group and calling for change. And, of course, you need champions, people with power who are in that group.

We might be able to have a champion, but I doubt that people with Autism are ever going to band together as a group. We disagree a lot and some of us have a hard enough time just figuring out how to tie their shoes to start a movement. And some of us just don't know what to do to make things better.

So, I figure, the best way to do this is to have a very high-profile champion. Someone on the A-list who also has autism. Bill Gates sort of counts, but he doesn't admit to having autism.

If only he would! If only he would admit it, and make a statement about it, change would come about so much quicker!

We have Temple Grandin, but she isn't that famous yet. We need someone who is so famous that everyone has heard their name at least once.

I would like to be a champion for Autism. I would like to be someone that has high enough social status that people will listen to what I say.
 
Only one problem: it's hard to become a champion on purpose...