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I'm confused

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When I was at school, I always got into trouble and they told my mother I was autistic and needed to get checked out.

I couldn't concentrate during classes and talked to other pupils. On 2 occasions, teachers have kicked my desk into my chest and told me to pay attention. I've been made to stand outside during assembly for weeks without them telling me what I did wrong. 

That's the bit I don't get. Why not correct me?

What I'm really saying is, why does the national curriculum waste enegry and resourses on religious affairs, when they can educate pupils on the actual law? 

I didn't have a father growing up. I don't understand the law. I just know what I percieve as commom sense.

How can law be inforced if it isn't taught at school? Are we just mean't to 'get it'? from our parents if we are lucky?

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  • NeuroTypical society is such that this majority can somewhat "read each other's minds".This Mind-reading is thought to originate in how their brains are focused more with the language and semiotic components, and these allow them to pick up all kinds of seemingly vague nuances in communication. It also allows them to be susceptible to advertising or use a word which has shifted in meaning correctly.  

    In Autism research another idea was coined called Mind-Blindness (as we don't have telepathy) which helps expose a different structure of reasoning in the brain which is not hyper-focused in a sort of Tribal inclusiveness which is particular to the Neurotypical brain. And since NTs are used to this somewhat fluid communication a cognitive bias is an inability to perceive that not everything is receiving all these codes and signals in language and expression. So they reason that someone not responding in the way 'everyone else does' must be doing it on purpose.

    Have you read A Field Guide for Earthlings?

    Also, have a look at this site on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thearticulateautistic/ perhaps there's some things here which can help. 

    Over the years I've done quite a bit of reading to work out how to "navigate" this. What I've discovered is there are ancient (or just very old) principles of being that seem to work and bridge my gap in communication with the right people. Some of these I've found in church and some I've found from reading Essays by Chesterton, Orwell, CS Lewis, and many philosophers. I've also discovered it's important to learn to distinguish between seemingly similar expressions and also learn what personality types I'm better suited to get along with - Meyers Briggs for instance: www.16personalities.com/personality-types.

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