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Happy Autistic Pride Day, again!! Did a (longer than I anticipated) write-up about all sorts of "strange" autistic behaviours that we do, and the explanations for why we do them.
Great write-up, i'm too brain dead right now to properly express all the nuances of how awesome this is, but ya, nice
Wow, I seriously relate to most of these. Autism is so rich and complex and I hate that I was surrounded by people, including doctors, who treated it as if it were an illness! I guess being different just terrifies neurotypicals.
Koshka, I have learned more about autism from your site than from any other source, and in the process I have also become more understanding of and tolerant towards autistics. Your site is truly a valuable resource on the topic. (Also, I recognize in myself, to varying degrees, some of the behaviors you listed in this article.)
You have a knack for description! I chuckled at a few comparisons because they're very accurate (particularly the chips metaphor for infodumping- that's a very apt description). This is an excellent bit of writing.
@fragmentandreflect Thank you so much for your kind praise! I really appreciate your comment.
@cyberwitch Thank you very much!! I'm sorry that you had to go through that. It's hell having to deal with people who won't accept you for who you are and think your very self is a disease in need of "curing." It's sad that even many actual doctors are still that ignorant. I'm very hopeful that as understanding of autism continues to grow, there will be greater acceptance towards us.
@lolwut Thank you for your constant support! It jubilates me to hear that I have been able to help you become more empathetic towards and understanding of autistic folks! I really feel that the world as a whole would be vastly more empathetic towards autistics if there was a more widespread understanding of why we behave the way we do. "Everything understood is everything forgiven" to quote a Russian proverb.
@owlcollective Thank you!! I'm glad you liked it! I've been told that I have excellent metaphors; I think I just spend far too much time ruminating on patterns and similiarities in everything and unwittingly come up with far too many amusing comparisons in the process.