What did you think is autistic that isn't?

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So many things are made BY the majority culture FOR use by majority culture members. Like items made by and for right-handed people. When used by other kinds of people, the other kinds of people either have to adapt themselves, or adapt the thing to work for them. A left handed person can find another way to use a right handed item. An autistic person can find an alternate way to do something that was structured for a neurotypical person. The autistic person may do better (be a genius at the test, complete work easily) or worse (score as intellectually disabled or have trouble with the work). The point is that the thing (item, system, whatever) is not made FOR the autistic person, so the autistic person will not have a typical reaction to the thing. The autistic person would have to create their own unique thing for it to work as perfectly for them as a standard neurotypical thing (item, system, whatever) works for standard neurotypical people.