Being part of the autistic community

During the period between diagnosing myself via the web and getting it rubber stamped at great public expense by the NHS, I went to the Aspergers reddit and came to the informal conclusion that whatever this aspergers/autism thing is, it seemed to have every other possible mental illness I knew about as part of it!!

One of the fascinating things I’ve slowly realised is how generally traumatised autistic people are by their experience of living in a neurotypical world, and that many of the “negative” traits or behaviours associated with autism aren’t autistic at all, they’re trauma responses.

One of the fascinating things I’ve slowly realised is how generally traumatised autistic people are by their experience of living in a neurotypical world, and that many of the “negative” traits or behaviours associated with autism aren’t autistic at all, they’re trauma responses.

Thank you for sharing that A. I hadn’t thought about that but definitely want to reflect on it some more. 

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many of the “negative” traits or behaviours associated with autism aren’t autistic at all, they’re trauma responses.

So very true.

Trauma does seem to be a near universal experience for autists in my experience whether from an individual event or (more commonly) from many recurring events where we seem to have friction in society.

All just my observations before anyone accuses me of spreading disinformation.