What if everyone in the world had Aspergers?

Imagine a hypothetical world, where everyone had Aspergers....

I wonder how that world will be like. There won't be a diagnosis, since everyone has it, it's normal.

But what I wonder most is whether it would be an easier or more difficult world to live in?

- Reasons why it may be easier - 

  • The way that you think will be similar to how other people think (very logical, caring a lot about rules, routines, etc.), so it will be a lot easier to understand each other. There will be fewer misunderstandings among people. The world will be orderly, and there won't be problems due to people forming gangs, cliques, alliances against people just because. There will also be a lot of people who share similar intense interests as you (e.g., science, math, art, etc.), so conversations will be fun and educational. People will be very aware of sensory issues, so there won't be people wearing strong perfumes, smoking, playing loud music in open public.

- Reasons why it may be harder - 

  • People may still misunderstand what other people are feeling, even though they have the same condition. Since Aspergerians care a lot about being correct, if a difference in opinion happens, they may engage in long ever-lasting debates over months, causing both parties lots of frustration, instead of letting it go. People might not be able to tell the difference of someone accidentally making a mistake and hurting them, or if someone deliberately hurt them. People have stimming behaviors that while understandable could possibly affect another person (e.g., if someone stims by making random vocal noises it might cause another person with noise-sensitivity a lot of pain). 

What do you think?

Parents
  • My question to that question is reproduction. NT minds only think about sex. Everything we do and say and act is part of the sexual ritual. From presenting interest to presenting non interest. Or presenting a formality where sex is taboo. But it's still three just not allowed to be presented. So NT are all about sex  That's it. But we breed and survive.  

    How would you envisage that you ensure the survival of the species through reproduction? 

    Hoe would the rules for that work in a AT only world? 

  • But there are plenty of autistic people that want to and do reproduce. It's not like autistic people are not that way inclined. Some may not be but a lot are. 

    It may also be easier in some ways as a large reason that some autistic people don't reproduce is they find relationships difficult. Would relationships be easier if everyone were autistic? Or would this cause even more dysfunctional relationships?

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  • But there are plenty of autistic people that want to and do reproduce. It's not like autistic people are not that way inclined. Some may not be but a lot are. 

    It may also be easier in some ways as a large reason that some autistic people don't reproduce is they find relationships difficult. Would relationships be easier if everyone were autistic? Or would this cause even more dysfunctional relationships?

Children
  • Thank you, i will heed that advice, 

    And my advice to you is that you will find, that darker it gets and the eye game is disabled, you will find truthfulness

  • See the eye thing I probably wouldn't notice and if I did notice I'd probably just be freaked out tbh. But like I said we are all different and some autistic people can do eye contact. Once I've got to know someone I can make eye contact. Not sure I'd particularly understand what their eyes were telling me till I knew them really well though. When I know someone really well I can start to understand their non verbal communication. It's basically that I learn it for each individual rather than it being intuitive.

    I would have to get to know the person first. Or someone would just have to bluntly tell me that that person liked me. Friends can be quite useful for this. They are almost like translators. I haven't had much experience with relationships but I do have a very small amount. It was friends that helped me out. Told me what the person was trying to communicate with their random hints. Helped me to write texts etc. But tbh I've never enjoyed the physical side of a relationship much. Not really for me. I quite enjoyed texting people. It's nice to have some attention and someone you feel you connect with but in real life it's much harder.

    Don't write your daughter off yet for relationships. She may find a nice autistic partner. She may find a nice nt partner. She may be happy by herself and not in a relationship. All are ok. If she questions whether she will be in a relationship, just tell her everyone does this at their own pace. That if she wants to find someone then she likely will when she is ready.

    Truthfulness is definitely the way to go for autistic people I think. Well it would be for me. 

  • sorry if i'm pushy, and feel free to tell me to bugger off whenever you like, 

    So NT;s are only ever making eye talk, WE are using our eyes in every moment scouting the vicinity for that girl that makes eye contact back, (anything else we are saying does not matter) The brain is focused on the eye game, 

    For NT;s when we look into another persons eyes, we like, at a certain point of constant contact The NT brain releases a chemical, that makes us hormonal and happy , the longer we look, the more aroused we become, 

    we make love more chemicals are released for 2.5 years after that the brain stops releasing them and we fall out of love, Unless you make a baby, If ! you make a baby another chemical is released for 7 years(long enough to ensure offspring survival)#

    so its drug we are playing with, every day and every moment, with out eyes and the body language follows, the words are of no matter, 

    This explains why AT;s struggle with NT;s because The NT brain is all about immediate and constant procreation 

    So without the eye game , how are you going to achieve procreation ?

    Its your world, all AT's , Send letters ? , drop a card ? read poetry ?

    I really have no idea at this point what to tell my daughter ? I know she cant play the eye game, and I have no idea what to tell her 

    The Don't worry darling, one day a nice AT boy will (do what )?

    Wait though, I am missing something very important, in fact the most important part, 

    This is because it kinda fits, both NT;s and AT;s

    When we NT;s are at our most honest and vulnerable, when we tell the truth and share the greatest emotional and mental intimacy  The best part of a relationship

    IS when we can no longer play the eye game , You see AT;s;should never ever forget we are disabled in the dark, 

    Our brains are not wired for the night, they are wired for the day

    So when its dark and we cant see the eyes or the body, we are left blind, so we become more real and truthful at this point, When we are helpless

    So at this point im' kinda thinking that Do AT's need to just reverse the whole process ?

    create the darkness first , ? 

  • Wow that is quite the question. I'm not the best person to answer this I don't think as relationships are not something I'm confident with. I shall give you my thoughts on the subject. There are others here that are married and do have kids and they may be able to add more than I can.

    Firstly, I don't think there is a particular rule for autistic people and relationships. We are all different and therefore experience these things in different ways and have different preferences.

    For me the things that make relationships difficult is that I find it very hard to get to know new people, I dislike making eye contact with them and I hate small talk. This can be a barrier to get to know someone well enough that it would get to relationship stage. Another issue is that I need a lot of me time and once I've been to work I don't have the energy to deal with another person. I also like space so to get to the stage of living with other people would be extremely hard. The final problem I have with relationships is that I dislike being touched. This can make me seem very cold and uninterested in a partner.

    All the above is only speaking for me though. Some people with autism are very sociable and enjoy the company of others a lot more than me. Many will happily talk at length. I'm sure someone in a relationship could explain better how it works.

    For me to get to know someone well enough to be in a relationship they would need to like one of my special interests. This would allow me to talk to them better and therefore get to know them. The better I know them the easier it would become as I would get a lot more comfortable.

    Another issue for autistic people is that we don't always pick up on social cues. I might not realise that someone liked me in that way. The solution to this for me is I would need the other person just to be honest and tell me. The biggest things I'd need in a partner is patience and understanding.

    I can't speak for all autistic people but I personally would HATE the idea of an arranged marriage. A stranger that I didn't know would be far too difficult and awkward.

    Sorry for the long reply. That wasn't an easy thing to answer.

  • As a NT finding out about the AT struggles, The subject of sex/companionship and how to go about making it happen, seems to be a common thread.

    So I'm intrigued All of the communication that seems to throw AT people , is that its all sexual from NT's everything is a sexual expression, 

    So may i ask the  question, how does a AT think the best way for a AT person to initiate the act of sex ?

    For example some cultures still pre arrange marriage would this preferable to AT's  amongst anything else you can imagine