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I have been thinking a lot recently about life experiences of people with autism, the things they grow up with and go through at work which go unchallenged.

For me these are injustices, I feel like I was mistreated and I know in a few cases employers were breaking the law. I feel a lot of injustice that I don't want to let go of, although I am not militant about it.

I see how society is slanted and opposed to how neurodiverse people operate, and neuro typical people are, in my experience, militant to defend what they view as their world.

Obviously late diagnosed peoples view of their legal (and human) rights differs as its only possible to see in hindsight.

There's things now I wouldn’t let happen again, but it is catch 22 because I will never be that same age or position again.

My main concern now is that Ii don't want to become desensitised to what I have learned, with diagnosis as awareness. People struggling at school or in the workplace, who may not know why.

Also not everyone wants or will be happy with a diagnosis, especially earlier in life. In some cases life is better not knowing and struggling. 

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  • There should be balance. Awareness should come from both sides. The right need to learn that being a decent human being and accepting people for who they are isn't a crime, but the left also need to stop trying to force their ideologies on people who aren't willing to learn either. Somebody who doesn't want to change will not change and trying to force them to change will only cause them to double down!

    You can't just pick apart what somebody says for every single possible micoraggression you can find because half the time they don't really mean anything by it, but at the same time, you can't be a bigot either. It's really not that hard! So why do people have such a hard time following that? Just be a decent human being and be kind to people that deserve kindness regardless of their race, gender or sexuality and use common sense! That's all that matters!

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  • There should be balance. Awareness should come from both sides. The right need to learn that being a decent human being and accepting people for who they are isn't a crime, but the left also need to stop trying to force their ideologies on people who aren't willing to learn either. Somebody who doesn't want to change will not change and trying to force them to change will only cause them to double down!

    You can't just pick apart what somebody says for every single possible micoraggression you can find because half the time they don't really mean anything by it, but at the same time, you can't be a bigot either. It's really not that hard! So why do people have such a hard time following that? Just be a decent human being and be kind to people that deserve kindness regardless of their race, gender or sexuality and use common sense! That's all that matters!

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  • in reply to Jamesmac

    I'm not sure NT are as empathetic or open-minded to the opposite type, or even how that could ever be proven in a scientific way. Acceptance takes a very long time (drip-dripping) into peoples general collective conscious. In no way am I saying everyone is like this, but its a lot to do with the messaging that is out there. This (big messaging) doesn't go nearly far enough to bridging how people perceive each other. Perhaps because the media has been so all or nothing for so long, this will reveal huge gaps and inequalities in understanding.