The idea of being around a group of fellow autists just.... Sounds nice you know?
Probably down to that thing us humans do where likes attract. You see this phenomenon especially with trans women.
You sit a trans woman down in an empty room, check back an hour later, and you'll find three extra trans women who somehow popped into existence. They just congregate you know? Spontaneous generation!
Silly metaphor aside, interacting with fellow autists just.... Feels nice!
Athena5898 [any] - 4w
Its a mix bag. Lot of fellow autistics around where I live and you gotta remeber every autistic person is different. Sometimes you can clash more with a autistic person them a allistic person depending on how they develop their coping mechanism.
And something else I've found out, is that there is basically dialects of autism. Autistic people in one area are more likely to have similar preferences then someone who grew up with different environmental stimulus.
Where I grew up, there wasn't a lot of texture in food. So most autistics there are your same texture. While out here all autistic people I met HAVE to have different textures in their food. I use this as a simple example.
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robot_dog_with_gun [they/them] - 4w
Sometimes you can clash more with a autistic person them a allistic person depending on how they develop their coping mechanism.
yeah everything is cool until one person's stim is another person's trigger
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Athena5898 [any] - 4w
Exactly
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30_to_50_Feral_PAWGs [she/her] - 4w
When your coworker's stim is mansplaining, and your trigger is being mansplained at
Also when you boymode so hard that they don't realize on sight that you're a Linux guru
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Blockocheese [any] - 4w
As an autistic person of color, white autistic people are just as racist as their allistic counterparts but they use their autism as a shield
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Athena5898 [any] - 4w
Yeah, one of the worst issues in the autistic community. I've gotten onto my fair share of people.
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Blockocheese [any] - 4w
They think not wanting to experience ableism means that theyre arbitors of all forms of bigotry, and good luck convincing them otherwise
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userse31 [it/its, he/him] - 4w
Autists who do that are traitors to the community.
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cattish [she/her] - 4w
You sit a trans woman down in an empty room, check back an hour later, and you'll find three extra trans women who somehow popped into existence.
Wish that's how it worked.
I think, at least with trans women, it's just as much about safety as it is about comfort. Trans women are way less likely to trigger their fellows' dysphoria, treat them as “other”, or be transphobic in some way or another, especially without taking accountability. Trans women can also constitute each others' support network, helping with stuff like hormone procurement. I'm sure neurodivergent people have similar concerns.
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unmagical @lemmy.ml - 4w
Trying to leave that conversation takes about 3 hours though. -_-
userse31 in neurodiverse
Being around fellow autists would be nice.
The idea of being around a group of fellow autists just.... Sounds nice you know?
Probably down to that thing us humans do where likes attract. You see this phenomenon especially with trans women.
You sit a trans woman down in an empty room, check back an hour later, and you'll find three extra trans women who somehow popped into existence. They just congregate you know? Spontaneous generation!
Silly metaphor aside, interacting with fellow autists just.... Feels nice!
Its a mix bag. Lot of fellow autistics around where I live and you gotta remeber every autistic person is different. Sometimes you can clash more with a autistic person them a allistic person depending on how they develop their coping mechanism.
And something else I've found out, is that there is basically dialects of autism. Autistic people in one area are more likely to have similar preferences then someone who grew up with different environmental stimulus.
Where I grew up, there wasn't a lot of texture in food. So most autistics there are your same texture. While out here all autistic people I met HAVE to have different textures in their food. I use this as a simple example.
yeah everything is cool until one person's stim is another person's trigger
Exactly
When your coworker's stim is mansplaining, and your trigger is being mansplained at
Also when you boymode so hard that they don't realize on sight that you're a Linux guru
As an autistic person of color, white autistic people are just as racist as their allistic counterparts but they use their autism as a shield
Yeah, one of the worst issues in the autistic community. I've gotten onto my fair share of people.
They think not wanting to experience ableism means that theyre arbitors of all forms of bigotry, and good luck convincing them otherwise
Autists who do that are traitors to the community.
Wish that's how it worked.
I think, at least with trans women, it's just as much about safety as it is about comfort. Trans women are way less likely to trigger their fellows' dysphoria, treat them as “other”, or be transphobic in some way or another, especially without taking accountability. Trans women can also constitute each others' support network, helping with stuff like hormone procurement. I'm sure neurodivergent people have similar concerns.
Trying to leave that conversation takes about 3 hours though. -_-