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Everyone's a little bit autistic...

Joe

At the moment this expression really annoys me, together with "we're all on the spectrum". I don't know if everyone is or I just happen to know a lot of people that are.  I can't suddenly tell if someone is autistic due to my own diagnosis.   I'm fairly newly diagnosed and didn't say anything until I was, because I wasn't sure if people would believe me. 

This expression really bugs me as I feel like it's people not listening to or belittling my lived experience.  I want to challenge it but I don't know how other just cutting people off giving me negative energy, any ideas?

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  • ... yes i’ve had that said to me more than once and it makes me feel bad about myself... ie why can’t I cope? But i don’t think it’s true.

    my manager at work said ‘oh but everyone is a little autistic’ when i told him about my diagnosis... I don’t think it comes from an unkind place but rather from people just not understanding about being autistic. I don’t like that phrase though as it somewhat diminishes our differences and struggles...

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  • ... yes i’ve had that said to me more than once and it makes me feel bad about myself... ie why can’t I cope? But i don’t think it’s true.

    my manager at work said ‘oh but everyone is a little autistic’ when i told him about my diagnosis... I don’t think it comes from an unkind place but rather from people just not understanding about being autistic. I don’t like that phrase though as it somewhat diminishes our differences and struggles...

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