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JeremyMallin , 1 month ago to ActuallyAutistic group

Does anyone ever consider learning sign language not because they can't speak, but just because sometimes they don't want to? Or don't feel up to it?
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nellie_m , 1 month ago

@JeremyMallin @actuallyautistic @pathfinder

I wanted to study it at one time because I was intrigued by how powerful it is. It has a pretty different grammar, so for deaf people who grew up signing, ours is in fact a foreign language.

Spoken language is linear. Everything you describe can only be lined up one after the other.

Sign language can describe several things at once. In space and time, so it’s four-dimensional. Not an easy thing to learn.

punishmenthurts , 1 month ago to ActuallyAutistic group

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@actuallyautistic
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I don’t know about you, but my self diagnosis was anything but fast or easy. It was sixty year goddam treasure hunt where anyone who knew or could have known anything made a point of keeping it a secret.
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No matter the troubles I was having, the messaging from family (who absolutely all knew) and doctors and psychologists was all NT conformism:You are Normal. We are All the Same.
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Self diagnosis is about as easy as a salmon finding its breeding spot after a thousand miles of white water. It’s an against all odds kind of deal, at least for us olds.
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Neurotypes are the biggest secret in the world, because We are All the Same, they say. They don’t like self diagnosis because it’s when we win the game of Hide and Seek, we are Kicking the Can when we self discover, winning the game.
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😈❤️

nellie_m , 1 month ago

@punishmenthurts @actuallyautistic @pathfinder

yes, self-realising that I’m autistic was quite the trip for me, too.

But I’m glad I took it.

Because the best place to arrive at is home.

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LehtoriTuomo , 1 month ago to ActuallyAutistic group

I've been trying to understand what it means that an autistic brain is bombarded with so much information. We spent some time at our summer cottage and I think I got some insight in this.

Instead of seeing the lake in front of my eyes, everywhere I looked I saw a detail. Its size would vary but it would still be a detail. A swan there, its partner there, no leaves on that tree yet, what a cool pattern on the small waves, what does it look like when I move my eyes this way, or that way, a car on the opposite shore, the shadow of the tree, I wonder what seagulls those are etc. A new detail with every single glance.

At the same time my attention tried to keep track of the dog and listened to birds singing and bumblebees flying around.

Now I wonder what it feels like just to see the lake.

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nellie_m , 1 month ago

@melindrea @roknrol @LehtoriTuomo @actuallyautistic

I think both ways make sense, just in different situations.