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Being part of the autistic community

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It's far more stress inducing and hard to cope with than being part of the severe mental illness and the high IQ communities.

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  • I've been part of "autistic communities" before. I didn't feel truly welcome and there's so many arguments over the smallest things ("how dare you call yourself a person with autism") that I just can't be bothered, and it seems to be a few powerful people who can control what goes on there.

    As someone who was piled on viciously by people who are also autistic, who also decided that I wasn't actually autistic, and was not defended by anyone, I side-eye anyone who says the autistic community in general is wonderful.

  • in reply to HMO

    À few powerful people who controls what goes on here. 

    I see that somewhat. In many ways from what I've seen here. I've sent a fair amount of time in classrooms, and have sem how classes a quite a 'personluty' of their own, and I do see that happening here. However, there is more tolerance for discussing topics of special interest, and luckily some of these special interests are sometimes mine, but it's clear not everyone thinks the same, leading to clashes, and that there so seem to be alliances, with some taking a leader role, and in and out people. I'm just coming to the conclusion that human nature is pretty much the same, whether neurotypical or not.

    The people who have mattered most to me maybe hit some kind of a sweet spot of being interested in similar things, being creative, non conformist to a degree, with a touch of neurodiversity, and curious about how we ended up on this planet. 

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  • in reply to HMO

    À few powerful people who controls what goes on here. 

    I see that somewhat. In many ways from what I've seen here. I've sent a fair amount of time in classrooms, and have sem how classes a quite a 'personluty' of their own, and I do see that happening here. However, there is more tolerance for discussing topics of special interest, and luckily some of these special interests are sometimes mine, but it's clear not everyone thinks the same, leading to clashes, and that there so seem to be alliances, with some taking a leader role, and in and out people. I'm just coming to the conclusion that human nature is pretty much the same, whether neurotypical or not.

    The people who have mattered most to me maybe hit some kind of a sweet spot of being interested in similar things, being creative, non conformist to a degree, with a touch of neurodiversity, and curious about how we ended up on this planet. 

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