So a few days ago at work, I start ringing up this guy, and after a bit he asks me something along the lines of "So, what kind of disability do you have?" I was shocked at first, and before I could say anything, he continued talking, saying that he noticed I didn't make eye contact when talking to people, like constantly avoided it (which I do), and he asked me the first question again. I told him I had ADHD, so eye contact is just difficult to maintain while focusing on a conversation, and he told me that made me one of 'them', as he put it, including himself. He told me he had aspergers, and that we were both in the same 'group'.
Like I'm aware I'm not neurotypical, but I never really thought of it like the way he put it before? I dunno, just thought I'd share a strange conversation I had.
Like I'm aware I'm not neurotypical, but I never really thought of it like the way he put it before? I dunno, just thought I'd share a strange conversation I had.
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captainjackharknes · 3 comments
3 years ago
mrfahrenheit
· 3 years ago
I was at a flat party and a fourth year psych student said I was masking high-functioning autism, which I thought was a bit weird, so I called her a cunt
abel_hazard
· 3 years ago
There’s a lot of toxic rhetoric developing in autism support subgroups, and not all of it is the neurotypical folks. There’s some nasty us vs. them stuff going on.
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· 3 years ago
People feel stronger in groups. The bigger the group, the better.
I think it was more about him reassuring himself than anything else
I think it was more about him reassuring himself than anything else