If it’s any comfort, a lot of posts here are just a quirky, autism-flavored horoscope. With a neurodevelopmental disorder that both affects tons of areas of cognition/social development and is situated on a pretty broad spectrum, you’re probably going to find ways of understanding rules in people with autism are generally different than in neutotypical people.
I don’t know of any good studies that explore rule learning in autistic children/people generally, but I can imagine – even as someone autistic who vaguely relates to the post – that the experience is much more diverse than these “autistic people be like”-type Tumblr posts.
Also, this post is clearly substituting “neurodiversity” for “the neurodiversity I specifically have”, given “neurodivergent” is extremely wide-ranging to include things like dyslexia and Tourette’s
That’s cause it’s different for people even within the spectrum. Like, I’m suspecting I’m autistic. And large part of it is poor motor neuron coordination and having a poor sense of prioritising things. Plus difficulties with expressing myself and socialising that has persisted since my childhood.
Plus for some people it’s aesthetic. The only reason I’m even considering getting a diagnosis cause life’s genuinely getting too hard for me, to the point I was crying several times a day, and that’s in a relatively benign work environment.
Look I don’t mind people calling themselves autistic just cause they feel like it(cause it reduces social barriers for people who genuinely are autistic), just don’t start generalising.
Also if you don’t mind, can I ask you how was life for you, so I get an Idea for myself slightly better?
If it’s any comfort, a lot of posts here are just a quirky, autism-flavored horoscope. With a neurodevelopmental disorder that both affects tons of areas of cognition/social development and is situated on a pretty broad spectrum, you’re probably going to find ways of understanding rules in people with autism are generally different than in neutotypical people.
I don’t know of any good studies that explore rule learning in autistic children/people generally, but I can imagine – even as someone autistic who vaguely relates to the post – that the experience is much more diverse than these “autistic people be like”-type Tumblr posts.
Also, this post is clearly substituting “neurodiversity” for “the neurodiversity I specifically have”, given “neurodivergent” is extremely wide-ranging to include things like dyslexia and Tourette’s
That’s cause it’s different for people even within the spectrum. Like, I’m suspecting I’m autistic. And large part of it is poor motor neuron coordination and having a poor sense of prioritising things. Plus difficulties with expressing myself and socialising that has persisted since my childhood.
Plus for some people it’s aesthetic. The only reason I’m even considering getting a diagnosis cause life’s genuinely getting too hard for me, to the point I was crying several times a day, and that’s in a relatively benign work environment.
Look I don’t mind people calling themselves autistic just cause they feel like it(cause it reduces social barriers for people who genuinely are autistic), just don’t start generalising.
Also if you don’t mind, can I ask you how was life for you, so I get an Idea for myself slightly better?
🙂