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Neurotypical unremembering

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Last night i opened up and admitted how difficult i find things, last night i was reassured and offered support. Today i open up some more, today i am shouted at and accused of being demanding. Anyone relate?

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  • It is exactly the same as if someone who is blind or profoundly deaf tries to describe their difficulties to someone without their disability, but more so. The average neurotypical has no reference point for autistic problems. Anyone can close their eyes or put their fingers in their ears and try to imagine what it would be like not to have these senses, but there is no facility for allistics to experience even the ghost of some of the problems an autistic person might have. In the best case we might get some level of sympathy, but actual understanding is extremely unlikely.

  • in reply to Martin

      Thanks for this - explaining an invisible disability to someone without it - what could go wrong?! Ha ha

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