Published on 12, July, 2020
As an older person with Autism, I was brought up in very different times with different thinking, values, acceptance, behaviour, etc (1970's & 80's).
The World has changed so much since then - both for better and worse.There have been so many advancements - particularly in science and this has benefitted us ASD'ers immensely.
One thing that is troubling me is that I hold a lot of "principles" that in this day and age would be considered "Old Fashioned", "Traditional", maybe even "Bigotry" or worse.There are things that I struggle to understand or accept which are based on my traditional attitude. I was brought up in an era when....
I openly discuss or rant about these topics along with some others that may be considered taboo with closed friends and family who have all become somewhat numb to my outrageousness / inappropriateness.
I have however managed to "behave" in public (stayed on the right side of the law), but occasionally do mutter things with a level of cowardice.My concern is that now that I am officially autistic, the shackles of having to mask may have been broken and that has the potential of me saying the wrong thing at the wrong time.
I’ve been lurking on this site for 2 years plus, I am just trying to play devils advocate. Similar posts have happened before, it ends in a huge bun fight and people leaving the site. Some subjects are so emotive that they will always cause hurt. I not saying anything should be off the table, just respect each other. I came here to learn about autism, neurodivergence covers many different angles, including sexuality. I was born in the 1960’s, I have learned a lot, What I saw in the 70’s and 80’s was wrong, we have hopefully moved on.
The OP seems to remind me of someone. It's almost like deja vu.
I did actually write it around the other way, I then thought it sounded wrong, always go with gut instinct. I originally thought, a sheep in wolf’s clothing.
Or a wolf in wolf's clothing.
Maybe a wolf in sheep’s clothing.