Autism

Cross posted from https://startrek.website/post/5847747

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??

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.giftedmc.com/post/246881...

Hi all....

why did the app do me like that with the spacing...

We have a chat room for the smallest of talks!...

Slipping in and out...

even for normal people they're not really designed with human joy in mind....but GOD it's miserable trying to start a real thing just from cold texting...

Does anyone else ever want to just jump into the ground and swim through it or is that just me?

They did two simulations of sensory sensitivity. I thought it was going to be bs, but when they did the park and mall videos, I laughed because I found it to be so true for me. Then, I realized that NTs live like they're in a movie: they can focus only on what they intend to focus by tuning everything else out. Wowwwww....

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/9724922...

I don't know what's up with the three commas....

So recently I feel like I don't fit in anymore, like the world is turning around in shame to me....

The trigger warning is because the topic can be emotionally heavy for autistics since it talks about the social abuse autistics endure and how we react to it by masking. The guy has an apparent justifiably angry tone throughout the video. Otherwise, I think it is fine and there are no sensory issues to worry about....

Monotropism is a theory of autism that posits that the main functional characteristic of autism is a cognitive configuration that prefers to have less channels of attention. Despite the fact that there's very little discussion about it, it is incredibly consistent regarding what we know about autism, and it might help us...

Hello, I've decided to finally get the answer, and go get tested, someone posted a comic of @cypopps a few days ago here and I read all their creations because it connected a lot with me....