maybe one explanation for autistic people being gaslighted by neurotypicals

I have actually been doing some observational research on this, I am quite analytical. 

They prefer to force the situation into what they consider to be their favor as they cannot rationale how internalised nd behaviour is (its illegible to them).

I had an incident on a bus the otherday when I was waiting to get off and a middle aged '' woman was pushing me from behind, as I moved off she deliberately barged past me. I felt she identified that I was nd and did not like it. That kind of hostility is every day at any point. For young nd men/boys its always suprising when mature women do this. If I am completely honest I remember nursery workers and classroom assistants at primary school being verbally vicious. Its inherant and pervasive.

I think its amusing (if I didn't I woulnt be here) because I worked hard all the way through school and work and people were systematically trying to obstruct and mislead me. examples:

• Being told I wouldnt be able to take a levels or ever get to university - I now have a masters degree 
• Being criticised by teachers told I was ugly or stupid
• Having my work sabotaged in the office workplace
• Not being paid by employers (under contract) having cheques bounce, or having my national insurance paid
• Being gaslit by female managers and cooworkers

We all know what they are doing. Entire industries are underperforming at such a mediocre level, and workplaces are complicit. 

I am absolutely clear now people were obstructing me at every level of my education and career. Although I cannot prove there was complicity in each location I know these were not isolated events. The lack of openmindeness they have (like they all share the same brain) I don't let it shock me but it is an injustice when people behave that way and are not reprimanded.

When my kids were teenagers and we went to see my parents when they lived in Eastbourne, we'd get on the bus to go to the beach and lots of older people were really coomplimentary about how well mannered my kids were, that they'd give their seat up and help people with thier bags etc. On the way, we'd be stood at the bus stop waiting to go home and when the bus pulled up, almost out of nowhere elderly people often women would appear from nowhere and push, shove and elbow my kids out of the way whilst muttering about how they didn't survive the blitz to not be able to get on a bus.

So I dont' think it's about subconciously picking up an ND but just plain rudeness. I tell this story to people every time I hear someone going on about how young people today have no respect. They do have respect, but they expect to be shown it too and treated properly, not pushed aside like garbage.

I do think that a lot of people are bullies and are drawn towards professions where they have power over others, whether this is teaching, the police, military and medicine. These are exactly the sort of people who should never be allowed to have positions of responsibility because they become tin pot hitlers.

Very true, I remember hearing that a girl who was so self centered and who used to be particularly vile to me was going to study to become a nurse! I couldn't imagine a person worse suited to the job of caring of others.

Very true, I remember hearing that a girl who was so self centered and who used to be particularly vile to me was going to study to become a nurse! I couldn't imagine a person worse suited to the job of caring of others.