Published on 12, July, 2020
I've mentioned this before to my gp as I seem blind to hierarchy, race, sex etc.
I dont notice how people dress and suffer face blindness quite badly.
I'll talk to everyone as equals. This helped me once in keeping fans away from a boy band once when I worked on the ferries as quite honest I didnt know the band do why would I pester them.
I also remembering a colleague saying oh you've met 'insert nicknsme' I said did I? They said yes he has a beard and dresses in womens clothing. I completely didnt notice yet to others they see it as something to talk about or be interested in.
I'm wondering am I the only one like this? I'll talk to anyone as equal no matter who they are. Is this not the right thing to do? I've just been called a racist as I admited this to someone with asd. I explained that I cant see race, gender etc I can try but frustratingly im blind. I had to block this person as she was abusive over my honest statement. Is it offensive to be blind as I see it as a possitive as I dont pre judge a person based on these things, I'll treat them as equal unless they do something nasty to me and that would have to be pretty bad as I'm too placid and cant always see things that are sneaky
I think it is 100% a 'symptom' caused by autistic traits...
There are a bunch of 'positive' autistic traits:
Also the 'negative' traits such as not picking up on 'sub-text' e.g. social/workplace hierarchy etc. come in to play to mean that (in general) autistic people will take people at 'face value' and treat them with honesty and fairness until/unless the person demonstrates that they are not deserving of that.
Additionally, being 'hierarchy-blind' means you don't see yourself as having a certain position within that hierarchy so won't (usually) behave in a way that seeks to preserve/enhance your position even if that's not objectively the 'right' way to behave.
I've also got 'into trouble' through saying "I don't care that [person] is black/female/gay/whatever..." what I mean is, I don't have the same prejudices that most NTs seem to have, which they've picked up as part of their 'social conditioning'... very often this is seen as a lack of sensitivity/empathy/respect for authority and as a 'bad thing' whereas I think doing something sub-optimal because "...that's how the boss wants it done..." is just stupid.
Some really good point's made there Original Prankster. This world is such an entangled mess of fuzzy rule's. I'm genuinly overwhelmed by them all so far