Interesting reflection on annoyance as a flag for recognising changing norms, & what it can tell us about our threatened privilege.
Feeling mystified by & out of sync with the norms of our culture & exhausted by trying to understand & navigate them is a daily & lifelong experience for those of us who perceive & process information differently. Rather than navigating social spaces effortlessly we labour to identify & articulate social norms, then analyse them in the light of other information & our personal ethics. Sometimes no matter how hard we try we are completely unable to behave as expected.
(How unsurprising it is that so many of us see norms around gender expression as consumerist cosplay scripts that serve the interests of some while demonising the experience of many. And that we cannot bear to work in organisations whose actions do not match their stated aims. Acceptance & defiance can be equally high cost, for us. Hallo #AutusticBurnout.)
An outsider perspective that requires us to identify, articulate & analyse dynamics that are to many folk invisible, can make us, of necessity, excellent social scientists. #ActuallyAutistic@actuallyautistic
