Published on 12, July, 2020
Hello fellow autistic people! I thought I would share this brilliant article for any of you questioning your autistic identity or if you are at the start of your autistic discovery journey. This article compiles some common autistic experiences and is by the awesomely autistic founder of Ausome Training.
https://ausometraining.com/am-i-autistic/
I hope this helps you on your autistic discovery journey! Good luck! We are here for you.
Very interesting, although I know I am autistic I found even more things I do that I hadn't thought about being related to being autistic. I am gradually realizing things though like I have recently realized other people are not fascinated by small detail I find interesting or want to know more about.
Great, I am glad you learnt more about your own autistic experience.
Homebird said:Very interesting, although I know I am autistic I found even more things I do that I hadn't thought about being related to being autistic.
What kind of experiences did you resonate with? The autistic discovery journey is never ending, I am sure you will still have many more ‘lightbulb’ moments and revelations about your autistic experiences.
Homebird said: I am gradually realizing things though like I have recently realized other people are not fascinated by small detail I find interesting or want to know more about.
I am fascinated by small details and patterns too, it is because we are monotropic thinkers. We as autistic people zoom in and specialise in certain subjects, whereas non autistic people are generalists. I particularly notice ‘small’ details like how fonts have changed on food packaging, but for me they are not small details at all, they are HUGE! I love my autistic attention to detail, it means I notice things that other people are oblivious to.