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Is it more difficult? Maybe in one or two contrived cases you set up. On balance across my entire life? I honestly doubt it.

I AM autistic and I CAN see the difference. This is a common neurotypical misunderstanding about autistic people. The issue is that given the autistic brains frame of reference your social rules are irrational, autistic people generally have no respect for irrational rules. There are different social rules that are natural to autistics. From our perspective neurotypicals are rude as fuck and difficult to work with. So who gets to decide which frame of reference should be the one that sets THE rules about manners? I could just as easily say that I have decided all neurotypicals are socially deficient because they can't properly engage with autistic social structures.

I'll point again to all the things built by all the autistic engineers around the world. For example, the entire global telecom system is a constantly growing body proof that autistic social norms enable cooperation that builds amazing things and drives society forward.

JackTheMimic 4mo ago 💬 1

You could say that autistic social rules should be the norm, just as I could say everyone is dumb except me. The problems come when more than one person outside of your frame of reference offers the counter evidence.

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MAHDOOD 4mo ago

If being autistic created absolutely no problems for the individual, then people wouldn’t notice any difference and the individual wouldn’t even realize he was autistic. But when someone becomes aware of their autism, it’s because it has led to some kind of problem in some aspect of their life.

Bill Cypher 4mo ago

I planted my flag with the global telecom network. What is the global monument to neurotypical cooperation?

Finalized product tells the tale more than assumptions from your own perspective.

Whatever you say, it doesn't the mean neurotypical way is better. Only that they are both capable of great things despite working different.

I don't need to beat your example. My single example of global cooperation by millions of individuals invalidates your argument that the autistic way of connecting doesn't work to be more than individuals through cooperation.