Skip to main content
Close Button
Donate
  • Replies 17 replies
  • Subscribers 109 subscribers
  • Views 1429 views
  • Users 0 members are here
Options
Related
Hints and tips
  • To quote someone's message, first select/highlight the relevant text, and then use the Quote button that appears
  • To "mention" someone, type @ followed by the start of the forum name, and choose from the list; that person will get a notification of being mentioned

Don't you feel like it's all degrading

NAS92316
6 months ago

It seems like this newfound societal understanding of ASD started a couple of years ago. Even as recent as 10 years ago I really don't remember so many people calling someone(online or IRL) autistic, being on the spectrum etc. It's like everyone knows what it is now.

IMO therein lies a problem because it is used as an insult. It's not even a 'disability' for most of us(I don't even know if I should say we, I'm not diagnosed and feel like a lot of it doesn't apply to me, guess I'm extremely 'high functioning') but it is treated as such.

If this gets known about you in your friend circle? They're gonna start seeing and treating you differently. if it gets known at work? Forget about it. Anybody who can will use it against you since people only focus on the negative aspects of it and it's seen as debilitating.

Even the psychology behind it that's supposed to be so helpful has a tone like that IMO. I mean a term like "masking" for example. Like we're wearing masks trying to be "normal". I feel like a phony just reading about that aspect of ASD. I'm a freak for being something I can't control and I should try to be normal, yet when I try I'm "masking".

I just don't find the ASD relevation uplifting whatsoever and I honestly feel like life was better before this understanding. I wonder if anyone feels similar about this.

Parents
  • 6 months ago

    Here where I live, lots of knowledge and science hasn't reached yet, and people think in binary ways, about everything, about gender, about personalities, about sexuality, about decision making, etc. I have known English since I was a teenager and that helped me learn lots of things and open my mind, and if we're talking about autism specifically, it helped me personally, but talking about it with others wouldn't end in a meaningful result at all since I'm in such a different world and their worldview is so different. Still I can see your point I think, I think it's nice that people might think of me maybe only as 'weird' and not know too much about me, sometimes I wish I didn't know about it myself since I don't always like when autism is part of my personality and character, I wish I was still 'just me' but it can't be helped since autism has explained SO MUCH it's hard to forget it.

    Sorry I think this doesn't really relate to your post, it just made me think of this. 

Reply
  • 6 months ago

    Here where I live, lots of knowledge and science hasn't reached yet, and people think in binary ways, about everything, about gender, about personalities, about sexuality, about decision making, etc. I have known English since I was a teenager and that helped me learn lots of things and open my mind, and if we're talking about autism specifically, it helped me personally, but talking about it with others wouldn't end in a meaningful result at all since I'm in such a different world and their worldview is so different. Still I can see your point I think, I think it's nice that people might think of me maybe only as 'weird' and not know too much about me, sometimes I wish I didn't know about it myself since I don't always like when autism is part of my personality and character, I wish I was still 'just me' but it can't be helped since autism has explained SO MUCH it's hard to forget it.

    Sorry I think this doesn't really relate to your post, it just made me think of this. 

Children
No Data