Why do people treat me like rubbish?

Over the years, I found myself drawn to philosophy which lead to further understanding sociology, psychoanalysis and psychology. There is a history of Autistic individuals finding themselves on the margins of society for the very reason Autism has been identified as 'Different', and this is to do with Language.

Technically, we use vocabulary different, more as a utility, while the Typical individual is typical due to how they're socialised through socio-linguistics (which includes vocabulary) and their internal biology which easily filters out unwanted 'sensory perception' while also allowing for a more quiet brain. We're different in a few ways that is apparently easy to notice. 

The non-autistic Typical individual uses language (vocabulary, gestures, body movement and so on) as an unspoken bit of 'theatre'. There are all kinds of unspoken Social Rules, just as there are all kinds of Discovered Rules of the Natural world (laws of physics and such). These rules involve how to affirm your affiliations and where you exist on the hierarchal chain of command. They also involve an unspoken guilt everyone adheres to. 

The hard fact is, we don't pick up all these unspoken social rules and often don't realise they exist but a priori - in ethics, principles, books and if we're lucky, by someone who might help us understand. We might practice theoretical knowledge of social rules, but will only ever pick them up to a degree of some sort. In the moment, unless we're incredibly familiar with someone, we might not be able to catch the telepathic ambiguity others seem to respond to. 

So, imagine you're jumping into a game of footie, with no clue you're not part of the team and no clue how to play or who's on what side or that there's even a competition happening. The response would be some frustration from players, maybe some more than others. Maybe some confusion. But if you didn't quite notice they were upset and just kept kicking the ball while it was sat for a penalty shot, well, there might be anger. Or if you kicked it to the opposing player. Or noticed that foul play was used and had a go at that for fun. And this is what the Autistic experience can appear like to a Collective of non-autistics. Sadly.

The social realm is about as mysterious to us as the knowledge of any kingdom of species. I think at this point in history we would all develop much better by being raised out of society, allowed to focus and grow in our natural talents and then introduced to society around 30 with a complete handbook on how it works.

Over the years, I found myself drawn to philosophy which lead to further understanding sociology, psychoanalysis and psychology. There is a history of Autistic individuals finding themselves on the margins of society for the very reason Autism has been identified as 'Different', and this is to do with Language.

Technically, we use vocabulary different, more as a utility, while the Typical individual is typical due to how they're socialised through socio-linguistics (which includes vocabulary) and their internal biology which easily filters out unwanted 'sensory perception' while also allowing for a more quiet brain. We're different in a few ways that is apparently easy to notice. 

The non-autistic Typical individual uses language (vocabulary, gestures, body movement and so on) as an unspoken bit of 'theatre'. There are all kinds of unspoken Social Rules, just as there are all kinds of Discovered Rules of the Natural world (laws of physics and such). These rules involve how to affirm your affiliations and where you exist on the hierarchal chain of command. They also involve an unspoken guilt everyone adheres to. 

The hard fact is, we don't pick up all these unspoken social rules and often don't realise they exist but a priori - in ethics, principles, books and if we're lucky, by someone who might help us understand. We might practice theoretical knowledge of social rules, but will only ever pick them up to a degree of some sort. In the moment, unless we're incredibly familiar with someone, we might not be able to catch the telepathic ambiguity others seem to respond to. 

So, imagine you're jumping into a game of footie, with no clue you're not part of the team and no clue how to play or who's on what side or that there's even a competition happening. The response would be some frustration from players, maybe some more than others. Maybe some confusion. But if you didn't quite notice they were upset and just kept kicking the ball while it was sat for a penalty shot, well, there might be anger. Or if you kicked it to the opposing player. Or noticed that foul play was used and had a go at that for fun. And this is what the Autistic experience can appear like to a Collective of non-autistics. Sadly.

The social realm is about as mysterious to us as the knowledge of any kingdom of species. I think at this point in history we would all develop much better by being raised out of society, allowed to focus and grow in our natural talents and then introduced to society around 30 with a complete handbook on how it works.