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"Autism is a superpower"

Rainbowgirl

I see this type of message everywhere, people talking about the amazing talents that autistic people they've met have and calling it a superpower. They act like being autistic just comes with these amazing abilities.

I appreciate putting a positive light on autism rather than a negative one but it makes me feel like something is wrong with me. I don't have a superpower.

I'm slow, I'm bad at math, my memory is so bad that I fear I may have amnesia, I only ever did average at school and I've been learning the same language for 4 years yet I can't hold a real conversation. 

I'm not really intelligent or talented. The thing I'm best at is just being really interested in certain things (I consider it a good quality of mine) but it's nothing that would be considered a superpower.

Does anybody else feel this way? Is this type of thinking actually damaging to the image of autistic people?

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  • You are your own person I'm sure your good at lots of things and as time goes by your find more things. I read below that you did really good in English, I can see that, your writing is really good :) You said others are really fast at learning new languages but think about how many struggle in English. Your find there's some things you can do well and others which take time to learn and improve. I found that with writing. I was really bad at it and it took me years to get good at it though I'm still not great now!

    I'm like you I find certain things really interesting, like animals. Not really a superpower but something I enjoy and love to read about.

    We are our worst critics' and I think you are a lot smarter and better at things than you think. English is clearly something you are very good at, and your communication here is fab :) 

  • in reply to Deleted user

    This is a really sweet and thoughtful comment, thank you. I suppose you are right! I never tried to be good at English so I never consider it as one of my skills, I overlook it when I think about things I'm good at, thank you for giving me that perspective.

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