Published on 12, July, 2020
Partly because I'm trying to cheer myself up, partly because we need a bit of positivity in life and also because I'd like to get to know you all a bit better, what is your autistic superpower? I prefer to think of the positives that being autistic brings rather than dwell on the things I struggle with and I like to think of my strengths as "superpowers".
Mine are empathy (sometimes my heart can feel like it's going to break or explode!) and spotting details / patterns, particularly in numbers and equations. I also think I see more details in nature than my neurotypical friends (nature is my "special interest") and I get far more joy and excitement from nature than most people do. What are yours?
(Just I case it's confused anyone, I've changed my username, I hope that's OK?)
I think I have found my evolutionary justification:
It doesn't work so well if the herd ignore you every time.
Still, at least the lion (or snake oil salesmen) get to the others first...
Exactly! Neurodiversity is a very valuable outcome of continuous human evolution, after all many of our autistic ancestors have probably contributed to breakthroughs and revelations in a variety of fields in society.
My sentiments also!