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Spiderpig
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23 Jul 2016, 9:24 am

Successfully do something and you'll make it look easy to the point of being no challenge at all. Especially if it's a kind of challenge the ones judging you can never find themselves facing.


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23 Jul 2016, 9:35 am

The funniest thing is that for those who know me well at work and at home easily detect my autistic coping systems processing and responding to life challenges. Despite my best efforts I still get things wrong but my friends understand the mistakes I make. My real friends understand why my autism self management systems make the mistakes they do and we laugh about it. I have a series of mental blocks that prevent my comprehension of some things in the NT world and my friends love seeing my systems struggle with some of them just because; even I must admit it is funny.



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26 Jul 2016, 2:11 pm

Alphawolf wrote:
Being autistic I am not bound by the traditional limitations and cultural handups that are most common among those in NT human society. I have and had stronger than normal reactions to movies and TV shows because; they often serve as places I get the insights needed to survive among the NT's in their world. I have emotional responses when I see people \ characters embrace aspects of the human experience that have hurt and confused me in the past. Humanity loves suggesting it is this all encompassing place of tolerance and welcome when in fact for an autistic being NT society is often hostile, frightened and narrow minded.

With me simply ask your questions and make whatever kind of talk suits you. My systems respond to all questions I am able to understand.


I've found certain characters from Star Trek provide some great lessons in humanity (the Vulcans, Seven of Nine and of course, Data being the chief examples). Data's quest to be more human has certain parallels to my own quest to understand people. I suspect a lot of other people on the spectrum have found great insights via fictional characters with social difficulties.



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26 Jul 2016, 2:54 pm

omg YES. If I had a nickel for every time I heard "You don't look/act autistic", I'd probably be rich. :roll:


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