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All Humans have Autistic traits

David

This Morning I heard Simon Baron  Cohen  say that we all have Autistic traits just that Autsitic people have it more than others.

It is wrong to make out that Autistic people all the time cannot read other peoples minds and people who do not have Autism can always do so.

Especially people at the top end of the Spectrum can sometimes read peoples minds better than so called NTS.

They were discussing the book The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night by Mark Haddon which is going to be on at the National Theatre as a play.

This is a play about a boy who was supposed to be Autistic.

What  I like about that play is that it is the father who was the criminal shooting the dog.

David

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  • Of Course there is a diffence between Autistic people and NT people but the difference should not be exagerated between the top end of the spectrum and so called NTs.

    For example Autistic people are accused of carrying on regardless.

    For example an NT person might carry on regardless once a week and an Autistic person might do it once a day.

    Another example

    An NT person might if given a hundred instructions at work understand eighty percent and an Autistic person might understand forty percent of the instructions without explanation.

    That is why support workers are necessary for Autisitc people when they get no jobs.

    It is wrong to say that NT people are perfect but I agree that Autistic people have substantially more communication problems and social problems than so called NT people. Perhaps NT means in this case people without a disability.

    I think Simon Baron Cohen said that all humans have Autistic traits but Autistic people have more Autistic traits than so called NTs.

    David.

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  • Of Course there is a diffence between Autistic people and NT people but the difference should not be exagerated between the top end of the spectrum and so called NTs.

    For example Autistic people are accused of carrying on regardless.

    For example an NT person might carry on regardless once a week and an Autistic person might do it once a day.

    Another example

    An NT person might if given a hundred instructions at work understand eighty percent and an Autistic person might understand forty percent of the instructions without explanation.

    That is why support workers are necessary for Autisitc people when they get no jobs.

    It is wrong to say that NT people are perfect but I agree that Autistic people have substantially more communication problems and social problems than so called NT people. Perhaps NT means in this case people without a disability.

    I think Simon Baron Cohen said that all humans have Autistic traits but Autistic people have more Autistic traits than so called NTs.

    David.

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