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Diversities and divergence's

TheCatWoman

We all know the main things where we diverge from NT, not wanting a lot of social contact, trouble with change, noise, smells etc, but what about the less tangible? On the whole we seem a very creative bunch, lots of artists and writers etc, one thing that puzzles me is English Literature, ND women are supposed to really enjoy English literature, like Jane Austen, I don't, I dont' understand all the interpersonal and relationship stuff, the same with lots of films telly and theatre.

I wonder what other things that aren't in manuals, that we find interesting and absorbing? Things like spiritual beliefs, the more left field, non rational, grey areas of life? Are we more or less likely to believe conspiracy theories than NT's, stuff like that?

For my part I dont' think I'm that typical an ND, is this because I'm an only child, late diagnosed, that I wasn't accepted by the mainstream of people so looked elsewhere to more alternative lifestyles. 

How do others feel they diverge and do they diverge from the average NT?

With the greater awareness of ND, are we in danger of becoming typecast and if we diverge to much or in unexpected ways, will we become something else, a whole new diagnostic things just for us?

Parents

  • As I was just saying on another thread, Autism is often seen and indeed on the self check forms as having no imagination. For me this has always been one of my greatest strengths and was a key reason I initially didn't think I could be autistic.

    I was credited as being a natural storyteller in university, but all my best ideas have come when I doing something else and can think things over in my own time. I can't do brainstorming, and this has been problematic in work as allistics expect you to be able to do this in meetings. I always felt it was unfair to be expected to be creative when everyone is shouting things out, and it's so noisy. Now I know why I found it difficult. My ideas would always come after, later on when I had a chance to think about it, but it was too late by then. It's a shame to think I never stood a chance in these meetings.

    And as for fiction, it's sci fi and fantasy for me!

    (I _think_ this is relevant to the post, but in the middle I had to listen to 10 minutes about the band Lincoln Parks various logos and names from my 11 year old as it's his latest SI. It is difficult to try keep my thoughts on hold while listening to others)

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  • As I was just saying on another thread, Autism is often seen and indeed on the self check forms as having no imagination. For me this has always been one of my greatest strengths and was a key reason I initially didn't think I could be autistic.

    I was credited as being a natural storyteller in university, but all my best ideas have come when I doing something else and can think things over in my own time. I can't do brainstorming, and this has been problematic in work as allistics expect you to be able to do this in meetings. I always felt it was unfair to be expected to be creative when everyone is shouting things out, and it's so noisy. Now I know why I found it difficult. My ideas would always come after, later on when I had a chance to think about it, but it was too late by then. It's a shame to think I never stood a chance in these meetings.

    And as for fiction, it's sci fi and fantasy for me!

    (I _think_ this is relevant to the post, but in the middle I had to listen to 10 minutes about the band Lincoln Parks various logos and names from my 11 year old as it's his latest SI. It is difficult to try keep my thoughts on hold while listening to others)

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  • in reply to Cinnabar_wing

    ArchaeC, I read somewhere or other that ND women and girls are more likely to read and enjoy English Literature, such as Jane Austin, I can' tremember where I read it, but it was during some of my researches into ND women. 

    I do agree that lots of ND people are into STEM subjects, but then everybody seems to be being pushed in that direction, but ND people being good at STEM subjects could also be a way of type casting ND people, what of those of us who aren't? What of those of us who are more into the Humanities? I think it's leading to a situation where technology is being shunted onto us, because thats what is expected, we're supposed to shun human contact, so shoving tech at us makes governments seem like their doing something, regardless of whether it's appropriate or wanted or if we know how to use it.

    I supose what I mean by typecast is that the most common traits are picked up on and catered for at the expense of the less common, this will lead to questions about how to catagorise us and I believe will cause more division and bigger alphabets of acronyms following us about, an even biger need to explain ourselves. For eample, I was told that I couldn't be dyslexic because I'm terrible at maths and everyone who struggles with words is good at maths as a sort of compensatory thing.

    Black and white thinking is supposed to be an ND trait, what happens to those who don't think that way, are we not ND, are we a different kind of ND all of our own.? 

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    I think you've only got to look at posts on here to see just how imaginative and creative many of us are. I find it interesting tht you say you do your best thinking whilst doing something else, I do too, for me it's having my hands busy doing things like washing up or peeling potatoes that I can do on autopilot, its like it gives the creative part of my brain free reign to do it's thing. 

    I'm not a story teller, an artist or musician, but I'm a creative cook and gardener and I think a bit differently about history too, my lecturers always said they left my essays until last, because they enjoyed the way I write and some of the interpretations, ideas and conclusions I came too.