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"Everyone is on the Autism Scale!" - is this right?

Mweekie

Hi.

I don't often post on here, but I have been getting very frustrated by some people who I know...

The other day, I was talking to someone in particular and about my (currently undiagnosed) autism and she turns round and I quote... "Well...everyone is on the autistic scale on one end or the other. No one is a 'normal' person. Everyone has some autistic trait...". She continued on this track for well over an hour and I felt myself getting more and more upset by her.

So my question is - is everyone in the world on the scale in one sense or another.

I know what I feel about it and I know that yes some people are on the scale (whether diagnosed or not) but I don't feel every single person is on it.

Thank you for letting me a) rant and b) ask this question.

Mweekie xx

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  • Neurology is helpful: bilateral processing vs. asymmetrical (aids our ability to see details and also be overwhelmed). Different gamma and beta oscillations. Picture thinking or aphantasia, apraxia and hyper-sensory awareness (or the inability to be desensitised). Psychology can examine external affects: These all play key roles in not understanding 'typical' things like small talk or loose (inaccurate) uses of language or always experiencing being misunderstood and not relating to the world around. A little digging into monotropism helps too. Sure everyone is human. But advertising is directed at NTs because it works. AS individuals aren't as easily 'hypnotised' 

    Edit: Sometimes I think they say this to make us feel 'connected'. There's a deep fear of being axed from the tribe in most NTs, so it's projected. They panic. This sort of silliness comes out.

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  • Neurology is helpful: bilateral processing vs. asymmetrical (aids our ability to see details and also be overwhelmed). Different gamma and beta oscillations. Picture thinking or aphantasia, apraxia and hyper-sensory awareness (or the inability to be desensitised). Psychology can examine external affects: These all play key roles in not understanding 'typical' things like small talk or loose (inaccurate) uses of language or always experiencing being misunderstood and not relating to the world around. A little digging into monotropism helps too. Sure everyone is human. But advertising is directed at NTs because it works. AS individuals aren't as easily 'hypnotised' 

    Edit: Sometimes I think they say this to make us feel 'connected'. There's a deep fear of being axed from the tribe in most NTs, so it's projected. They panic. This sort of silliness comes out.

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