• Replies 20 replies
  • Subscribers 84 subscribers
  • Views 7976 views
  • Users 0 members are here
Options
Related
Hints and tips
  • To quote someone's message, first select/highlight the relevant text, and then use the Quote button that appears
  • To "mention" someone, type @ followed by the start of the forum name, and choose from the list; that person will get a notification of being mentioned

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

  • To be honest, in personal relationships I'd say if a friend insists on thinking that way, you need to trash them as they are literally trashing you, and your opinion. People always just tell me they don't notice when I tell them I have autism, so I haven't experienced this issue much. (generally though I know them for a good while first, and then I mention it. I'd completely suggest to you to do the same, they'd be less likely to have the issue with you that way. Ex. No one is generally going to backtrack and start thinking your opinions don't matter or you're a dummy if they had no different opinion of you at first.)

Reply

  • To be honest, in personal relationships I'd say if a friend insists on thinking that way, you need to trash them as they are literally trashing you, and your opinion. People always just tell me they don't notice when I tell them I have autism, so I haven't experienced this issue much. (generally though I know them for a good while first, and then I mention it. I'd completely suggest to you to do the same, they'd be less likely to have the issue with you that way. Ex. No one is generally going to backtrack and start thinking your opinions don't matter or you're a dummy if they had no different opinion of you at first.)

Children
No Data