Imagining a neurodivergent world

Well NAS65263 (you don't mind if I call you NAS65263?),

I think you make some very valid points. I get your anger, and you're right, we have all experienced the ignorance, superiority complex, the unpredictable, self centred aggression and emotional instability of NTs.

I think the best part about being diagnosed is that we spend all our lives thinking (because the whole of NT society tells us) that we are inferior, broken, not good enough, awkwardly different(we all know how fond NTs are of 'difference'), and to be pitied or bullied. We make excuses and hide our true selves because NT society tell us it's not alright.

But the best thing about being diagnosed is that you suddenly realise that it's them that should be pitied, its them who are broken - with their unmanageable emotional drama minefields, their inability to deal with stress, difference or anything that remotely resembles an insult, or can be turned in to one. Their need for pointless small talk and their need for constant emotional and personal validation. They smoke, they drink, they make terrible decisions all the time, they harm the same planet they have children on (duh!).

When you are diagnosed it is uplifting, because you suddenly have validation - all the times you thought "there's nothing wrong with me...it's everyone else" - most of those times you were right . Not only is there nothing wrong with you but you are smarter, more honest, more loyal, a rock in an emotional minefield of NTs.

As I mentioned in an earlier post, autistics do need to rise to positions of power. There would be a peaceful world. Politicians would all tell the truth. Crime would be at 1% tops and prisons would be empty. The hard decisions necessary, for not only the continuation of the species, but the success of all species, would not be avoided because someone might be sad as a result.

I loved the idea of an autistic town - that is a great idea - it would be the smartest, most productive, happiest town in the world and set an example to NTs for how the world could be.

But, (and this is coming from someone who regularly uses the phrase "when I rise to power" through gritted teeth and non-euphemistically when NTs do something inconsiderate or annoying around me) we need to solve this by showing the world how much better we are at everything important. By supporting our autistic brothers and sisters. By out thinking NT's system 1 nature and educating them about Autism - it's not their fault they're stupid. And to do that we must have the mindset of scholars (learn from our experiences and get better and stronger all the time), not the mindset of victims (get angry and lash out at NTs for what they have done).

And if there's an army in there somewhere too, I'm good with that.

I am carrying more than sixty years of pent up rage and frustration caused by my treatment by the Neuro-typicals during 59 years of being an undiagnosed high functioning Autistics/aspergers adult. 

I have been to the Asperger's reddit and read with horror the submissions there, where clearly so many of my fellow 'spergs have been broken on the wheel of Neurotypical society.

We are ALWAYS the rejected, isolated but brilliant minds, so well illustrated as the villains in so much of the media. 

And the neuro-typicals are very right to fear us. Those of you who have not been broken by your handling by society, have got to where you are by being super resourceful and observant. Have you not?

Yet still we are looked at and treated as as weirdo's, "of no account", and most of us get to receive the lowest of wages.

Sound familiar to any one? Want to do something about it?

I propose we of a more annoyed persuasion form an Autistic Army dedicated to finding ways for us Autists to finally get to LEAD instead of being ignored. You all know that whilst most of the time the normies in your family treat you like  a half wit, until the "stuff gets real" when suddenly YOU are the only one able to cope? (Most of us are doing "crisis management" all the time anyway so we get good at it, anyway!) 

IN short, people; How do we make them pay us?

You're welcome 

Thank you O, really appreciate your kind comment.

They may actually make and enforce sensible laws ,

Thank you so much aidie, truly appreciated 

I would say that's good thing, you know what it's like to be different on a fundamental level like the people you work with I would assume. Gives you a unique insight.

I wanted your truth and I think I got it

I guess it always comes down to control in the end. But do you feel it's more important to have self-control rather than control over others? The less sociable you are, the less you need to control others perhaps. Because daily life doesn't depend too much on the cooperation of others for needs to be met. Maybe more self-reliance is the key to peace. A bit more space. Room to roam and be wild (as in natural rather than out of control). 

isnt that wonderful, i mean kinda amazing, and  interesting ,,,,,,,, its what we all want to see 

We would rule it as benevolent dictators to our human underlings so that they might prove less violent, unpredictable and more useful to the society they claim is so important. 

No hypocrisy, no PC, no lies, no virtue signalling, just doing what's best for the species and the future of all our children, with out discrimination or personal agenda. Education, peace and health for all. Consideration of your fellow man is the key to peace and happiness, not tolerance. No wars, no borders, no tolerance for rule breakers and no one comparing my utopian vision to Hitler.

You wanted the truth about this right?

I'm still trying to get my head around the fact that I work in special educational needs and am recently diagnosed. Although I feel that it does give me a unique perspective. The only things I would change are less time with staff and a change in lighting.

I was treated like a God at the Admin role I had at the Community Dental Practice in Portadown. However, I didn't need an interview for that role.

Interviews are the kiss of death for me. They're more than impressed by my CV/Application Form, until I him and ham during the questions. (in spite of so much training around interview skills since sixteen years of age)

Desmond79 said:

Administration and Reception roles

All those type of roles are almost completely reserved for NTs - it's all social and political with small-talk around the water-cooler.

I have proven myself to be more than competent in Administration and Reception roles, but the employers still choose the young Hussy who just left Tech over me.

There are no real barriers apart from the ones you create for yourself with poor decisions.        If you go digging, most of aerospace, engineering, behind the scenes of the film industry, TV, architecture, computing, electronics etc. are all being pushed forward by ND people.

If you look at any softer things like animal care, it's almost all staffed by ND people.    

As an ND person, if you find where you fit, you can make things happen.

The only real problem is a lot of ND people accidentally end up in situations where they have to interface too much with the NT world - and that's where the problems start.

It would be wonderful if people weren't so threatened by difference and maybe celebrated it instead, or at least have the courage to address the fear and replace it with curiosity. Different perspectives could gently open up the world to reveal possible solutions to our seemingly intractable problems like poverty, violence, exploitation, and inequality.

For neurodivergent people, being on the periphery gives us a unique perspective and it seems a shame not to be able to share those perspectives without eliciting fear in others. I believe that if there were fewer barriers then NDs could bring a whole new dimension to how we see, understand, and interact with the world. 

And that sounds exciting to me

If I could change one thing in the NT world, it would be more acceptance of being different. So that I don't fell "weird" or "strange" or "disordered". If I didn't have to mask so much and pretend I was like them. What about you?