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It’s interesting to know that we have a fair number of autistic users here but I’m just curious to see just how many there are.
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Professionally diagnosed by doctors, yes
I haven't been diagnosted but show signs, especially being socially inept, though I don't really have a problem with holding eye contact
I’m not entirely sure, but maybe I am.
I'll go with #2
No.
But I do have social anxiety so I probably give the impression of being autistic to many.
But I do have social anxiety so I probably give the impression of being autistic to many.
"Autism" and "the spectrum" are so vaguely defined as to be rendered nonsense. My therapist suggested that I have Asperger's (renamed Autism-lite I believe) but I had no interest in doing the test. The diagnostic line between sperg and normie is drawn arbitrarily. This holds true for most of the diagnoses that we slap on kids. The bottom 5% have ADHD or Obedience Defiance Disorder or Dyslexia.
It's as useful as saying the bottom 5% of swimmers have Aquatic Dysfunction Disorder. Or maybe the bottom 5% of singers have Pitch Misidentification Syndrome.
Some people excel in certain areas and some people have been done a cruel disservice by nature. Most people can do most things to a functional degree of competency (with required practice).
An additional problem is how readily doctors diagnose people. Just look at all the videos on youtube of happy, outgoing, socially competent women talking about their Asperger's. It's a massive kick in the cobblers to the 20% of men who are absolutely crippled with shyness through years of rejection.
It's as useful as saying the bottom 5% of swimmers have Aquatic Dysfunction Disorder. Or maybe the bottom 5% of singers have Pitch Misidentification Syndrome.
Some people excel in certain areas and some people have been done a cruel disservice by nature. Most people can do most things to a functional degree of competency (with required practice).
An additional problem is how readily doctors diagnose people. Just look at all the videos on youtube of happy, outgoing, socially competent women talking about their Asperger's. It's a massive kick in the cobblers to the 20% of men who are absolutely crippled with shyness through years of rejection.
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Ironically, having social anxiety probably makes you seem neurotypical, rather than autistic.
You see, the most prominent autistic stereotype is of somebody who lacks neuroticism, and over-shares his life, like Chris Chan.
To have phobias and fears implies an understanding of social dynamics and reciprocity on some level, which is not popularly associated with autism.
Here's an example of this:
And so it happens that low-functioning autists tend to have better social lives than high-functioning autists, even though (or precisely because of the fact) they are less intelligent, perceptive, prudent, and punctual.
To be neurotic and afraid of judgement, and therefore socially alienated, is paradoxically a neurotypical trait.
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