(I plan on writing more later but here is a short piece for now).
Sometimes, often times, it is dangerous to be an autistic living in a non-autistic world. This is one reason why I believe that treatment must begin as early as possible so that proper social skills can be learned as much as possible.
To make matters worse, high functioning autistic people are often lonely and starving for love so they will grab onto the first person that offers.
Autism is also a “big” topic in today’s world and people are taking advantage of this to make as much money as possible. I’ve been asked and had opportunities to “publicize” my “story” but I honestly don’t think that I should be making money off of my life like that: it just doesn’t feel right to me.
Positive autism feature: people with autism are often very moral and ethical, some more so than others although there are certainly people with autism who are not.
In order to be unethical and take advantage of another person a person requires a heavy social conscience, which is obviously lacking in the brain of an autistic person, hence why autsistic people rarely take advantage of others and are often very trusting.
But if you have been taken advantage of enough in your life you begin to recognize certatin patterns and certain traits about people that do this to others.
Positive autism feature: ability to recognize patterns.
If you see it happening, do something, or try to the best of your ability. It may take awhile before anyone listens and you may have to take some drastic measures but if you get it to stop than it is worth it.
This is a true understanding of “Neurodiversity:” everyone has different levels and abilities and requires different support and if you believe in the concept of “Neurodiversity” you would do what you could to help.
Tags: Myself, Neurodiversity