• feedum_sneedson@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    5 months ago

    I have a neurodevelopmental disorder myself, I accept that side of myself but it definitely makes life challenging. I’m not ashamed of it, but it’s not a source of pride either.

    • haui@lemmy.giftedmc.comOPEnglish
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      5 months ago

      Again, feel free to ask how we see this and maybe learn to view differences as differences and challenges as challenges instead of pathologizing it all.

      I for example have severe problems with being misunderstood due to my way of thinking. It is not that my thinking is pathological but the fact that others think different that makes life hard for me.

      This has caused people to beat me up IRL and has made me millions with companies I created. Sure, you can choose to say „OMG autism!“ or you can say „Well, the person might need more help than others but might have unexpected qualities.“

      Other challenges for me are low pain threshold, high frequency sound sensitivity, inability to voice dissent if stressed, very monotropistic.

      But they can be managed. If we pathologize people for something as broad as autism, we wont integrate them into society ever.

      • feedum_sneedson@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        5 months ago

        Right, but this is all very mild autism you’re talking about. Even moderate autism verges on pre-verbal, and none of them were really able to type or write. Most speech they did have was mimicking television shows, along with the accent. It’s absolutely pathological and you certainly could not have a conversation with them about it as that was not a concept they understood.