Published on 12, July, 2020
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
The world is pretty fkt up in many ways. So the 'typical' way has failed. I think differently and have goals and targets that I help the current state of play. To me, this diversity is a great thing and something I feel society needs to support massively across all neurotypes.
I’ve exhausted myself trying to be ‘normal’ for half a century before getting diagnosed! I’m over it! Hurrah! I’m meant to be like this I can stop trying to fit into a box I was never meant to be in. The more I get to know about people the more I realise that normal is totally subjective and I intend to spend my time being the inside me and not the me that I’m expected to be….