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No. 54677
>>54676stop shitting up this thread so us autists can talk
>>54674I was diagnosed over 10 years ago. Sometimes it's social cues that are hard to read, not emotions
No. 54779
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My parents suspect I'm autismal but I've never actually been tested. They're probably right though I'm a fucking retard and can't socialize normally. It makes me feel like I'm disgusting but what can I do about it?
Also, I hear it's harder for girls to get diagnosed with it. The poster child of autism is a quiet boy who loves gay shit like trains and puzzles.
No. 54784
>>54782Yeah I avoided an autism diagnosis for years because I mimicked other kids.
>>54757Pretty sure everyone here was actually diagnosed at some point and not """" self diagnosed """"
No. 54852
>>54849Depends. Some are great at math, some can learn a language in an extremely short time, some are great artists, some are in general very focused hard workers, it can go in all directions basically.
When you have more synapses, you have more possibilities. All kinds of things can happen.
Newton, Tesla and Einstein were autistic as an example.
When you're autistic you might not now the advantages you have, since you're used to them and you don't know any better.
It's kind of wishful thinking, to think that being 'normal' would be so much better than being mildly autistic. They have different problems than you do, they still probably have just as big issues, but just in different areas.
No. 54859
>>54854I wouldn't call those necessarily savant type features, since mildly autistic people are still intelligent. Many autistics are actually highly intelligent.
Again, you have more synapses. More things can go wrong, but also more things can go right.
When you have mild autism, obviously a lot of things went right. Other wise you would've been in a worse situation.
You also shouldn't forget that normal people still have issues, often just as many, but just different ones.
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>>54859>>54852autistic people explaining autism always sound like the most smug, out of touch assholes, but then again, autism, so it makes sense.
No. 54862
>>54860Meh it's just annoying that people blame all their problems on their autism and think they'd have it so much better if they were normal.
They'd probably still be awkward as fuck, as if normal people don't ever get socially awkward.
It's also weird that as soon as you're autistic you can't have talents anymore and it has to be called savantism if you do.
Just trying to explain that autism is the worst thing in the world, it doesn't make you a special snowflake and that being normal probably sucks just as much.
I guess it's just easier to pray for a cure than to deal with your shit.
No. 54865
>>54862i think you're missing the point. for the most part it is a social ailment, not one of intelligence. the issues with it come from social desires, not just from peers but from the autist themselves. not being able to connect, or empathize properly and hurting people you love over it. not being able to cuddle and hold people without sacrificing your own comfort, so you end up sacrificing someone else's needs. the difficulties connecting to new people and not scaring them off. sure, with being 'normal' these things happen, but much of the time it can be fixed, there's no block there. and it sucks.
you just sound arrogant.
No. 54870
>>54865Yeah you have a disadvantage at something that most people don't.
Regular people also have disadvantages, which are more common.
It kind of just sounds like you want it to be completely negative. Which you probably do, with the whole black and white thinking.
You might have more mirror neurons and be more sensitive and seem like an insensitive dick to normies. But you also probably completely ignore it when you're good at something, which is probably caused by your autism.
I'm not arrogant for saying that autistics can be good at stuff and aren't just socially retarded.
Is it so difficult to believe that things aren't completely terrible?
No. 54876
>>54870You didn't listen to anything anon said, and he's right. Your disadvantage is that you're unable to be introspective, and it won't come with aging.
You're talking about obvious, medically documented disadvantages as if they're minor problems. It's not mean or 100% negative to accept that there are things you won't be able to experience properly ever.
Plus you're basically ignoring the fact that statistically it is much more likely, which sounds bitter.
Go back to one of those autism positive blogs.
No. 54877
>>54876I don't have a problem with people accepting that you won't ever be able to experience things properly. You should, instead of praying for a cure. You should learn to cope and deal with it and not be so negative all the time.
Even if you weren't autistic, you'd still have things you'll never be able to experience. And you might experience (positive) things BECAUSE you are autistic, which others will never.
Autism is one of the few disabilities which isn't 100% negative, but this is almost never acknowledged. Focusing on the negative and trying to fix unfix-able issues only has lead to about 40% of autistics being depressed. How about learning some coping skills to deal with your disability and acknowledging the things that AREN'T shit?
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It's really nice to have a place for autistics to openly talk online. Whilst I find all the ~aUtIsM mEmEs~ really funny (though probably not for the right reasons) it can be a bit tiresome how it's become the go-to insult and we're pretty much just the laughing stock of the entire internet currently.
>>54877I think objectively you could say every disability has it's perks perhaps, it's hard to put yourself in someone else's perspective. Besides that I really liked the last paragraph you typed, those little truth nuggets I had to learn myself after years of being fucked around by the mental health system, which just makes you think you're actually crazy. I wouldn't wish away my brain if I could, it's the only one I've got and I'm actually kinda glad I can observe the world and it's inhabitants in my own way, even if I can't quite understand it.
>>54887don't worry anon, a lot of those things are just fallacies perpetuated by the media anyway. our brains work in odd ways, you definitely have some hidden skills somewhere. also ADHD and dyslexia are both commonly co-morbid with autism.
No. 54972
>>54849You pass for "normal"
So there's that
Being only mild means you aren't the kid in the corner rocking back and forth and having a meltdown
But it means you can't read social cues and that's really fucked my my social and love life
I think being autistic has allowed me to be more introspective though and made me more curious
No. 54998
>>54973Nope, many autistics can do that.
>>54972PDD NOS is also considered mild autism, but they pass less as 'normal' usually. More meltdown prone etc. Even in the whole mild category there's a spectrum of issues.
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What the fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck. What do I do?
No. 57156
>>57154Assuming you're female: Apparently, women with autism are able to overcome the social aspects much better than men with autism.
This is a good article that discusses it:
https://spectrumnews.org/features/deep-dive/the-lost-girls/ No. 57163
>>57156Fuck, thanks for that. It's real long too so I'll knock myself out reading it.
(rant incoming, sorry about it)
I read a bit on it before but tbh I wouldn't say I had it any better than guys when it came to social issues. My family never even criticized my odd (and lacking) social behavior so I didn't even get the usual "extra pressure to behave properly" girls supposedly get, I only started to do something about it when loneliness became unbearable and it was either suicide or learn how to act normal.
That's somewhat done with, now, but I still have a LOT of trouble talking one-on-one as I can't observe people doing it or, duh, it would no longer be one-on-one - so I don't know how it should go.
The repetitive behavior and interests are the worst because I see people watching new movies, TV series, listening to music, reading the news, generally knowing what's going on in the world, and socializing over that. When I just… can't. I'm not interested, it's stressful to do anything besides the things I do (which amount to going on imageboards, playing the same games that came out over 12 years ago over and over, reading books and learning about literature). I don't open facebook, I have never gone out of my way to say "hi" to someone, I have always thought animes would be fun but never watched them because I'm fucking retarded fuck my life.
At least I'm a fast learner, but mental blindness makes me shit at explaining myself (can't comprehend people don't know the things I know, see
>>57155) so despite that I still seem fucking retarded.
No. 59948
>>54668you could also be 'gifted' according to the description you've given
those hypersensory people, read up on gifted adults