Hello.
As I am going through my journey of autistic self discovery, I am finding a wealth of information online.. some relevant, some pointless but most have one thing in common, which is a declaration that this might all be relevant for you or not at all because autism is a spectrum, different per person etc.
So I would like to understand what is the fundamental difference between an ASD and a NT regardless of all the traits either one can have as I think they are cluttering up a view of essentially one fundamental difference.
The difference being the speed of which an ASD individual process and exchange social interactions vs a NT, did I get that right?
So it's not like we can't do it, it's just that it takes us longer to process it, understand it and react to it while a NT has already moved on afew steps ahead so we are effectively playing catch-up which is ofcourse exhausting.
Not all ASD individuals are introverts and not all NTs are extroverts. IQs differ per person as per the norm and all the other traits are also unique per individual. The fact that we are saying that some common traits include x, y or z is the same as saying that humans must all be the same because they mostly like to sleep at night!?
I feel like I am missing a very important point here... Help?
Thanks
