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Neurotypicals, what do autistic people look like to you? (lemmy.world)
submitted 8 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] 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

This definitely gives me some additional context to understand NT’s around me.

I tend to default to assume its either they are trying to relate it to the task i am doing at hand (which can still be true) or 4. Which is a little condescending if there were actually trying help.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago

Haha. Re: option 4, I was being glib. A more charitable way to say it is that they want to connect with you and spend time talking with you (and they don’t realize you are busy and want to keep working on your task). A lot of NTs will use time talking to coworkers as a way to recharge. To them it’s a nice break from what they’re doing.