iNstein t1_iychs9g wrote
Reply to comment by In_shpurrs in Autism Breakthrough: New Treatment Significantly Improves Social Skills and Brain Function by Shelfrock77
Which is why I said:
>I get it for debilitating levels of Autism
In_shpurrs t1_iycmm77 wrote
Fair point. I will never not take the time to say that I've found individuals on the autism spectrum to be incredibly fun to talk with. They're fair, honest and funny. They don't need treatment as far as I can tell.
I'm not on the spectrum.
Though one point I'd like to raise with autistic individuals is that they should consider not saying they're autistic.
thetwitchy1 t1_iyd82ls wrote
Why should they not say they’re autistic? I’m just curious about the logic there. Personally I don’t share it unless it comes up, but I don’t hide it either.
In_shpurrs t1_iydapeq wrote
Because it puts both parties at an uneven level. The, say, neurotipical individual* feels the sense to treat the autistic individual as "different". And the autistic person almost gets a carte blanche to do, in a sense whatever s/he may want. "Oh, well, s/he's autistic. I would never accept this behaviour de any other person", vs "I can be as quirky as I want, I said I was autistic ¯\(ツ)/¯"
If the subject comes up, sure, say it. If it is necessary, sure, why not. But for daily interactions? That's like me going around telling any person I meet, "oh, by the way, I'm a man". I mean, it's a fact; but it's not particularly relevant information when meeting someone.
What I'm trying to say is this: from my experience there is nothing wrong about the artistic people I've met. They tend to be slightly different in approach but that's not a problem to me as I adjust my personality to the person I'm interacting whilst staying myself. (I'm not going to talk to a mate the way I talk to someone I'm trying to have sex with. Basic example to prove a point.)
*The neurotipical individual may not even notice or find anything to be strange about the autistic person. Basically "you"'re saying: treat me different.".
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