”You don't look autistic.”
Cool, I wouldn't have guessed you were neurotypical from your appearance, but here we are
Things that are frustrating to here as an autistic person
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”You don't look autistic.”
Cool, I wouldn't have guessed you were neurotypical from your appearance, but here we are
Yes that’s because I mask to make you feel comfortable.
Like do you want me to stop making eye contact or would that be too much for you?
About what? Not being like you?
There is nothing to be sorry about. It also stigmatising as it implies autism is a ‘bad thing’
To me it’s not
“Okay, why are you telling me?”
“Because you’re nothing like him”
Like you wouldn’t make a similar comparison between neurotypicals, so why do you feel the need to in this situation?
I.E. Saying things like ”special ability” and ”differently-abled” need to be abolished from your vocabulary
I’d prefer autism and it’s easier for both of us
Yes, but are you going to stand up for me if I experience ableism it not?
That would help make it easier
Hmmm, it takes me a reasonable amount of effort to calculate 7x8 in my head without paper/calculator.
Also, I got a C in maths GCSE, so I'm fairly average at maths.
This translate as
” Your autism is so mild; it doesn't really impact you enough for me to care.”
I don't experience autism mildly. Also, you can't see what's going on inside my head so...🤷🏻♀️
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I’ve always felt that the luckiest people I know had a talent for recognizing circumstances, not of their own making, that were conducive to a favorable outcome and their ability to quickly take advantage of them.
In other words, dumb luck was just that, it required no awareness on the person’s part, whereas “smart” luck involved awareness followed by action before the circumstances changed.
So, was I “lucky” to be born when I was—nothing I had any control over—and that I came of age just as huge databases and computers were advancing to the point where I could use those tools to write “What Works on Wall Street?” Absolutely.
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