Am I the only autistic person who isn't blunt?

I've never seen any autistic person say they're not blunt, and nt people can't take bluntness but most of the time I meet blunt people and I sometimes get defensive and take it to heart, does this mean I'm not autistic and I'm an NT in disguise? 

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  • If you have met one autistic person, you have met one autistic person. This is a quote from Australian autistic academic Dr Stephen Shore. What I mean by this is that every autistic person is different and just because you can’t relate to one common  aspect of autistic experience doesn’t mean you are not autistic. Communication differences are only one aspect of autistic experience, there is so much more to being autistic including different sensory experiences, monotropic attention  Typically autistic people are quite literal, blunt and honest but the key is different communication styles across both neurotypes.

    Do you relate to feeling like you communicate differently to the majority of the population?  Also have you heard of the Double Empathy Problem?

  • thank you for that, explains a lot, someone else mentioned masking, I have been called rude before without knowing why, I try not to seem blunt by putting emojis with what I say so I don't sound rude

  • You are very welcome, I am glad this concept helps you understand yourself. You are not rude, you just use a different communication style that most non autistic people are not used to. Anyway what neurotypical people consider ‘honesty ‘ is not honesty.

    This article might interest you:

    https://autisticscienceperson.com/2021/05/17/be-honest-autistic-vs-neurotypical-honesty/

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