This has never been my experience with autistic people. My brother, cousins, and coworkers are autistic. Very often they’re the last to know, and everyone else after interacting with them will then talk to other people and say “I think they’re on the spectrum.”
In my world, the idea that someone on the spectrum would be good in school and be well behaved is largely unrelated to autism. Autism stands out most socially, in my experience, and I don’t mean to shame anyone on that front, it’s just how I notice it.
I have a coworker that was raised by two autistic parents and has an older brother that is autistic, but he’s convinced he’s not. I guess that comes from his parents not wanting their children to deal with being “labeled” autistic. That’s why his brother didn’t get a “diagnosis” until his late 20s.
I’m not a medical doctor or whatever, but treating my coworker like my autistic brother makes things a lot easier for him. There’s no stigma around autism to me, but I know that can be a stigma. I quite like autistic people. You can be much more direct with them and they appreciate it. It’s often a more honest relationship.
People are people, and people be in all kinds of different ways. Try to love all the variations! It’s the flavor of humanity.
This has never been my experience with autistic people. My brother, cousins, and coworkers are autistic. Very often they’re the last to know, and everyone else after interacting with them will then talk to other people and say “I think they’re on the spectrum.”
In my world, the idea that someone on the spectrum would be good in school and be well behaved is largely unrelated to autism. Autism stands out most socially, in my experience, and I don’t mean to shame anyone on that front, it’s just how I notice it.
I have a coworker that was raised by two autistic parents and has an older brother that is autistic, but he’s convinced he’s not. I guess that comes from his parents not wanting their children to deal with being “labeled” autistic. That’s why his brother didn’t get a “diagnosis” until his late 20s.
I’m not a medical doctor or whatever, but treating my coworker like my autistic brother makes things a lot easier for him. There’s no stigma around autism to me, but I know that can be a stigma. I quite like autistic people. You can be much more direct with them and they appreciate it. It’s often a more honest relationship.
People are people, and people be in all kinds of different ways. Try to love all the variations! It’s the flavor of humanity.