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Is it just me?

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When I was younger my teachers said I had verbal diarrhea. That didn't bother me. Now I am older people say to me - You don't look autistic - Are you sure you are autistic? - You must be very intelligent if you are high functioning. All these comments annoy me. Maybe its because I am older and less tolerant of the comments, or maybe its  because other people are showing their lack of understanding  about autism.

It  makes me wonder - Is it just me that people make these type of comments to? Are other people annoyed by things people say about their autism?

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  • Even long before autism came onto my radar and even before I realised I was gay, I constantly had people saying things to me like “be quiet, be silent, we are telling you that you are wrong and you do not understand that you are wrong, you need to be heard less and seen more, empty vessels make the most noise, you are hopeless and heedless, your viewpoints are invalid and nonsense because we say so and regardless, we are always right” - after my autism diagnosis (during Covid) in 2021, I realised that because of my life experiences, I was rendered more immune than most from the mind control, manipulation, indoctrination, brainwashing, mass hypnosis that most people had been subjected to from birth including myself, even (supposedly) “intelligent” people (especially from universities, that I had never been allowed to attend, as I was considered “too stupid” for) and even the (supposedly) “sentient beings” that became especially clear to me during Covid, that I realised that by comparison, I was far more firmly grounded in reality and truth than other people were and that I was able to view facts in a truly objective manner without all the noise and nonsense, difficult on an emotional level though that was, seeing everyone else collapse into the nonsense - I still get the line now since my diagnosis that by reason of my autism, my viewpoints are seen as invalid, nonsense and are therefore disregarded and that for attempting to take a stand in defence of objective truth based on facts, I’m still regarded as a freak and a weirdo, am accused of being “negative” and of being “hypocritical” 

  • in reply to IrishInManchesterUK

    I was told I wasn't good enough to go to university too, I proved then all wrong, despite loads of opposition and went in my 40's.

    Is being a "freak and a weirdo" such a bad thing? I'm embraced it and now find it disconcerting when people think I'm normal.

    If people tell me I'm wrong just because I'm autistic, I either say something like 'yes dear, you can think that if it makes you happy' or I vigorously defend my views using my intellect and general knowlege.

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  • in reply to IrishInManchesterUK

    I was told I wasn't good enough to go to university too, I proved then all wrong, despite loads of opposition and went in my 40's.

    Is being a "freak and a weirdo" such a bad thing? I'm embraced it and now find it disconcerting when people think I'm normal.

    If people tell me I'm wrong just because I'm autistic, I either say something like 'yes dear, you can think that if it makes you happy' or I vigorously defend my views using my intellect and general knowlege.

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