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Do non Autistics intuitively "know" how to act and communicate?

NAS39246
over 5 years ago

I read on this website that "Other people appear to know, intuitively, how to communicate and interact with each other, but Autistics do not", but believe this statement to be completely untrue in so many ways.

I do not believe that there is any one way to interact and communicate and nor do i believe anyone, even non autistic could possibly be thought of as someone that "knows" how to act and communicate in every given situation.

I believe making wrong statements like this just causes confusion.

Would do you think?

Do you think there are people out there that just intuitively "know" how to act and communicate? In that case, what happens when they come across someone that has more experience and is more intelligent than them?

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  • over 5 years ago

    "maybe what is what is trying to be conveyed by NAS39246, is either: 1 - That not everyone who is NT is automatically good and well with Social Interaction...? Or - 2 - There are other diagnosis which apply to "Social Communication Difficulties" other than "Autism"... Or -3- The fact that, under certain circumstances, a person will not be physically able to speak up at all, and this is what "Social Communication Difficulty" (including Autism) sort of means...?"

    ...Now this is asked Three times. Please tell me if I was correct or not, Thanks, if that is okay...?

  • over 5 years ago in reply to Disambiguating Cynosure

    I think you are correct that, that is what the original post said.

    But his reactions to other posters meant that his original message got lost.  And he upset people by snapping back at them.

    I suspect that he is NT with more communication difficulties than most Autistics.

  • over 5 years ago in reply to Robert124

    ...YES! This is what I was trying to say and ask! But I try to be careful (??), and would say that, as I said, there may have been a communication difficulty which was like Autism but is a different diagnosis. There are too many different "Social communication" diagnoses - and the ones I was thinking of actually include the idea that the person diagnosed does not think that they act in that way or is aware of it at all... but they see this as insulting...!

    This is what I meant. Mr LoneWarrior also suggested a different approach much later... and so I wonder which was correct, if any.

    Thank You, Mr. R-Sir...

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  • over 5 years ago in reply to Robert124

    ...YES! This is what I was trying to say and ask! But I try to be careful (??), and would say that, as I said, there may have been a communication difficulty which was like Autism but is a different diagnosis. There are too many different "Social communication" diagnoses - and the ones I was thinking of actually include the idea that the person diagnosed does not think that they act in that way or is aware of it at all... but they see this as insulting...!

    This is what I meant. Mr LoneWarrior also suggested a different approach much later... and so I wonder which was correct, if any.

    Thank You, Mr. R-Sir...

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