ASD vs NT fundamental difference

Yes and so much more. 

HP35 said:

autistic means having a brain that doesn't process and filter information like most people's do.

That is such a simple concept but because of that difference, the whole living experience changes and therefore further changes to the person are added on top etc.

I can work with that..

Thank you very much.

I think I'd say fundamentally that being autistic means having a brain that doesn't process and filter information like most people's do.

e.g. neurotypical people are very good at taking visual input and immediately recognising it not only as a human face, but as Steve who lives three doors down. Some autistic people can recognise Steve too, but might struggle to have a conversation in a noisy environment because their brain registers every bit of background noise just as strongly as the voice they're trying to listen to. They might have sensory issues around labels or itchy fabric or flickering lights whereas neurotypicals filter all that out.

Not every autistic person has the same processing differences, but the point is that they're different to the way most people's brains process information.

This leads to the diagnostic criteria of problems with social interactions (because you don't hone in on the same social cues as NTs) preference for routine (because newness involves an overwhelming amount of info to process) and sensory issues (don't filter out textures/sounds etc like NTs do).

It can also lead to advantages in some situations, eg being very good at noticing when a small detail has changed.

Yes,  highly recommended. Also edited my original post with another link

I mean they can be it's just not as frequent as it is with autistics for some reason, and I know it's a stereotype but of all the stereotypes it seems to be one of the few with the most legitimacy from what I've seen. 
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https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/autism

Is that what you mean?

If you have time, do the Futurelearn course on autism. It's very informative and gives some good insight. There's also a good link somewhere on here about processing info embrace-autism.com/.../

I understand these key points....

1. Bottom up processing - gathering detail to build a bigger picture. NT seem to start off with "general" and fill in the blanks as they go.

2. A strong need for things to be right. I think links to point 1. 

3. A monotropic brain 

I think some of these probably do cross over with some allistic individuals and also eg ADHD 

Curiosity is the best thing ever.. and I completely agree with how important and satisfactory that can be.

But why would that be attributed to autism? Surely NTs can be curious and take their time understanding the whys of the universe.. right?

We also take longer to process things because often we are also processing at a deeper level, not a lot of stuff with us is accepted at just a superficial level. Autists as a stereotype are very much the kids that would take a screw driver to the TV remote to take it apart to see how it works for a good reason, because frequently "button press goes to receiver in the telly" is too simple an answer to be intellectually satisfactory for us.

So for some reason this post was considered spam and blocked for a few days.

In the meantime this post feels abit similar community.autism.org.uk/.../what-defines-your-autism

We clearly want to understand the label they have decided to use