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Neurotypicals, what do autistic people look like to you? (lemmy.world)
submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Trying to get an idea of how NTs see us. I know that when I see autistic people, I see someone that's like me. Obviously, that's not how NTs perceive us, so what do we look like to yall??

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Like normal people with more quirks. I will say that experience has lead me to believe that sometimes those quirks require a bit more patience/tolerance in extended company.

I’m friends with an autistic guy who’s very good at what he does and we share some interests, but he tries too hard to talk about what he wants to talk about and unfortunately it’s pushing others away.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 10 months ago (1 children)

he tries too hard to talk about what he wants to talk about and unfortunately it’s pushing others away

I had a friend like that. He would talk about whatever he wanted regardless of what anyone else wanted. We could be silent, and I'd bring up a topic. He would completely ignore it and start talking about whatever he wanted. If I pointed it out, he would either ignore that or tell me why I'm wrong for wanting to talk about my topic. It got progressively worse to the point I had to cut him off and block him on all communication avenues. It sucks because he was a longtime friend that wasn't always like that. I think his success in academia made him a bit grandiose and entitled.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Lmaoooo my friend is also from academia so our situations may be 1:1

[–] [email protected] 7 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

If so, you have some serious patience.

Edit: being considerate in case my joke was too much