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Do You Think Everyone Is Autistic?

Daniel

I often find myself come across people claiming "I'm a bit autistic" saying everyone is a bit autistic.

I point out to them so many things they refer to as "autism traits" are not autism traits at all but is just general human behaviours by all people, but when an autistic person does it it gets described negatively.  

Stimming as an example, I see nearly everyone stim, so many people tapping their foot on the floor, some picking their nails, some just twirling hair etc. because they do something an autistic person does they assume they're a bit autistic. 

When I tell them doing something labelled "autism trait" doesn't make them a bit autistic, that people are either autistic or not, I back it up asking "I sometimes say a metaphor, does that mean I'm a bit neurotypical?" I point out to them autism is a neurodevelopmental condition. 

I say "people with bipolar have mood swings, I hear most people have mood swings, so does everyone have a bit of bipolar disorder?" 

They still go claiming everyone's a bit autistic. Do you agree with the people who say everyone's a bit autistic?

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  • I'm having a bit of difficulty getting my GP to refer me to the local "Adult Asperger's" service so I've had to analyse my masking process quite carefully so I can explain how apparent PNT behaviours are generated by non PNT processes. 

    It seems that with training and experience people with ASC can present with better social skills than many PNT but the ASC person is very vulnerable should the situation progress beyond that individuals comfort zone and may easily lead to some form of dysregulation.

    I don't use my ability to innocently say outrageous things or my inability to pick up social cues to define my ASC, what defines my ASC is my general and acute levels of dysregulation and the triggers that drive them.

    So here I am about to press delete because I know saying "PNT people don't dysregulate" is far too simplistic and my masking process throwing on the brakes so I don't get into an argument or seem really horrible in my first post. 

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  • I'm having a bit of difficulty getting my GP to refer me to the local "Adult Asperger's" service so I've had to analyse my masking process quite carefully so I can explain how apparent PNT behaviours are generated by non PNT processes. 

    It seems that with training and experience people with ASC can present with better social skills than many PNT but the ASC person is very vulnerable should the situation progress beyond that individuals comfort zone and may easily lead to some form of dysregulation.

    I don't use my ability to innocently say outrageous things or my inability to pick up social cues to define my ASC, what defines my ASC is my general and acute levels of dysregulation and the triggers that drive them.

    So here I am about to press delete because I know saying "PNT people don't dysregulate" is far too simplistic and my masking process throwing on the brakes so I don't get into an argument or seem really horrible in my first post. 

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