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Shout out why you are proud not to be normal

Billy87
over 1 year ago

I feel like the world is constantly trying to force us to be as "normal" as possible. By this I mean, being like everyone else and not being different, not being our autistic selves.

So I thought this would be a nice space for us to say some of things that make us different from NT people and to be proud of them.

I'll start

I like listening to 1970's Eastern European pop and modern German Schlager music rather than whatever is in the charts

I'm starting to develop my own fashion sense rather than trying to be cool and love wearing  football shirts from around the world and vintage 1970's clothes

I have a photographic memory for cricket scores

I use a basic LG keypad phone instead of a smartphone and I avoid most modern tech ( I have a smartphone I keep in a drawer and hardly use just for booking into things etc)

I love ducks and geese and swans and see them as my friends

I have over 200 cuddly animals in a big Ikea unit 

I am facinated by Eastern European history especially the former East Germany

I see the world very differently from how most people seem to and I like it that way

I have no interest in social media

I love being autistic and see it as a blessing rather than a disability 

Please share your stuff below if you would like to 

Parents
  • over 1 year ago

    Trying to be the majority's version of normal is like trying to be their version of cool: stressful and hard to maintain. I'd rather be odd and save myself the bother!

    A few things about me that aren't 'normal':

    When I finished my Masters degree I went to my graduation in a purple trouser suit.

    I knit my own socks.

    I listen to a lot of folk and power metal.

    I have green hair.

    I actively enjoy doing my job which is extremely niche and technical- it's good for my particular flavour of autism because it needs really good attention to detail and I can do it at home on my own. I love that I've found a job where I can support myself and still have control over my environment, and it's a job most people would hate because it's a solitary deep dive every day.

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  • over 1 year ago

    Trying to be the majority's version of normal is like trying to be their version of cool: stressful and hard to maintain. I'd rather be odd and save myself the bother!

    A few things about me that aren't 'normal':

    When I finished my Masters degree I went to my graduation in a purple trouser suit.

    I knit my own socks.

    I listen to a lot of folk and power metal.

    I have green hair.

    I actively enjoy doing my job which is extremely niche and technical- it's good for my particular flavour of autism because it needs really good attention to detail and I can do it at home on my own. I love that I've found a job where I can support myself and still have control over my environment, and it's a job most people would hate because it's a solitary deep dive every day.

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