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do your opinions count less if people knew you're autistic?

qwerty

One of the reasons that I'm scared about telling people about my diagnosis is that I'm afraid they might take me less seriously if we ever have a difference in opinion. I think I often have different views from others, and I would like to be able to express my views and be taken seriously and appreciated. But I'm worried if they know about my diagnosis, the other person might think "oh, you're autistic, you have a cognitive impairment/disability, then it's more likely that I'm right and you're wrong". Has anyone felt that their opinions/viewpoints carried less weight after disclosure? Or has your diagnosis ever been used against you in an argument/debate? Or has things pretty much stayed the same/become better after disclosure?

Parents

  • Given some of the strengths of those with ASD e.g.

    • adept at abstract thinking
    • ability to simplify complex issues
    • attention to detail
    • multidimensional thinking

    They should probably take you MORE seriously knowing your diagnosis if the area the difference of opinion occurs in requires any of the above.

    's example sums this up perfectly... one glance at the design and they know it wouldn't work and what was needed to fix that. But nope, the NT's had to come to a consensus and fell into 'groupthink' (sheepthink) and went with the solution they all agreed on, not the one that would work.

    When it failed they then couldn't just say "We should have done what NAS51133 said in the first place, they had to go through another round of design, including 'high ups' to show how seriously everyone was taking getting right this time...

    The skill to learn is being able to explain using small easy to understand words WHY their way won't work and your way will - they won't be able to just 'see' it like someone with ASD can...

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  • Given some of the strengths of those with ASD e.g.

    • adept at abstract thinking
    • ability to simplify complex issues
    • attention to detail
    • multidimensional thinking

    They should probably take you MORE seriously knowing your diagnosis if the area the difference of opinion occurs in requires any of the above.

    's example sums this up perfectly... one glance at the design and they know it wouldn't work and what was needed to fix that. But nope, the NT's had to come to a consensus and fell into 'groupthink' (sheepthink) and went with the solution they all agreed on, not the one that would work.

    When it failed they then couldn't just say "We should have done what NAS51133 said in the first place, they had to go through another round of design, including 'high ups' to show how seriously everyone was taking getting right this time...

    The skill to learn is being able to explain using small easy to understand words WHY their way won't work and your way will - they won't be able to just 'see' it like someone with ASD can...

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