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"Not my Circus, Not my Monkeys"

JuniperFromGallifrey

The more I think of society and the Neurotic / Neurotypical brains way of perceiving and engaging in the world around, the less I'm driven to be part of it. The mirroring, mundane repetitions, the desperation for 'meaning' for domination. I may be too intense or too sensory or too pragmatic but it's a bit... epic to find genuine understanding and connexion. To have eureka moments on the mechanics of things. Sure, I'm dedicated now to learning how to build a halogen bulb and I'm careful about who I engage with and not being too overwhelmed by others and wearing ear plugs in shops... but the more I know about and research autism and reflect, I think of NTs like, Not my Crusade, Not my Unit. 

Anyone else feel this? Anyone with a more fun analogy than Circus/Monkey?

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  • No, most definitely not.

    And I might say that comparing neurotypicals to monkeys is less than helpful.  Tell me, would you make the same analogy between circus monkeys and different racial groups? During the Holocaust, *** referred to Jews as rats.  In the Rwandan genocide, Tutsis were referred to as cockroaches. So, to do so, is to mirror the same kind of behaviour you ascribe to neurotypicals. If it's the same behaviour, it could also be borne from the same desperation for domination that you identify. 

    We are all absolutely free to express ourselves in any way we choose, without exception in my eyes.  But, it's also important to question our behaviours and views too. It's one thing to detail the struggles neurodiverse people have in adapting to and living in a neurotypical society. But I would say it is a mistake to anthropomorphise animals who we consider to have negative characteristics as representative of people with whom we have genetic or developmental differences.

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  • No, most definitely not.

    And I might say that comparing neurotypicals to monkeys is less than helpful.  Tell me, would you make the same analogy between circus monkeys and different racial groups? During the Holocaust, *** referred to Jews as rats.  In the Rwandan genocide, Tutsis were referred to as cockroaches. So, to do so, is to mirror the same kind of behaviour you ascribe to neurotypicals. If it's the same behaviour, it could also be borne from the same desperation for domination that you identify. 

    We are all absolutely free to express ourselves in any way we choose, without exception in my eyes.  But, it's also important to question our behaviours and views too. It's one thing to detail the struggles neurodiverse people have in adapting to and living in a neurotypical society. But I would say it is a mistake to anthropomorphise animals who we consider to have negative characteristics as representative of people with whom we have genetic or developmental differences.

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  • in reply to ☕Tassimo ☕

    Oh goodness! I should’ve better expressed this analogy, which involves self reflection, considerate calculation of what my responsibilities are and aren’t and putting up proper boundaries when needed. 

    For instance “not my battle, not my unit”. “Not my musical, not my company”. 

    I spent years hunting the systems of exchange in society before understanding the intricacies of different brain types affecting different ways to reason, perceive experience and understand. And this is how I stumbled into Autism.