Positive people with Autism

Yes, Longman,  I think you're identifying a very retrograde general trend in Society here where people now feel they've got to conform and follow like sheep.   I would maintain this trend doesn't only apply to how autistics are looked upon,  it comes into play when anybody steps out of line.    Academic prowess which used to be a measure of people's ability to think and understand and have original new ideas,  is now measured more in terms of their ability to regurgitate syllabus notes.    Also "common sense" is being replaced by having to follow the rulebook.   Oh yes, and then there's fashion and pop-star culture.   Ughh!    ... Or ought I to be saying Baaa.. baaa..baaa?  

But to put a more positive note on it,  we Aspies are lucky because we already know we're different and we don't have to conform.   We never did get in the rat race,  and why would we want to?   We can be content in believing that our original thought and innovation and our so-called "eccentric" ways are actually the right ones, and it's all the others who are wrong!!    It's just a pity that the navigators of this world boat we're all forced to sail in together either can't see the disasters of unsustainability lying ahead, or the force of pressure from all the sheep doesn't allow them any room to manoevre.  

Yes, Longman,  I think you're identifying a very retrograde general trend in Society here where people now feel they've got to conform and follow like sheep.   I would maintain this trend doesn't only apply to how autistics are looked upon,  it comes into play when anybody steps out of line.    Academic prowess which used to be a measure of people's ability to think and understand and have original new ideas,  is now measured more in terms of their ability to regurgitate syllabus notes.    Also "common sense" is being replaced by having to follow the rulebook.   Oh yes, and then there's fashion and pop-star culture.   Ughh!    ... Or ought I to be saying Baaa.. baaa..baaa?  

But to put a more positive note on it,  we Aspies are lucky because we already know we're different and we don't have to conform.   We never did get in the rat race,  and why would we want to?   We can be content in believing that our original thought and innovation and our so-called "eccentric" ways are actually the right ones, and it's all the others who are wrong!!    It's just a pity that the navigators of this world boat we're all forced to sail in together either can't see the disasters of unsustainability lying ahead, or the force of pressure from all the sheep doesn't allow them any room to manoevre.