Trying to get an idea of how NTs see us. I know that when I see autistic people, I see someone that’s like me. Obviously, that’s not how NTs perceive us, so what do we look like to yall??

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    8 months ago

    I am friends with an autistic person, and all I see is a slightly awkward guy. Which is totally fine to me because I am super awkward myself so that probably has little to do with his autism. We like to talk about our shared interests. He is more like me than different, even though I am ‘NT’.

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        8 months ago

        I was using it to say that I am ‘neurotypical’, since that is how the OP said it. I put it in quotes because I don’t really even know if anyone is typical lol. I just mean I don’t have any diagnosed conditions besides Generalized Anxiety Disorder, which I don’t think counts.

        If I used the wrong term, I am sorry, just let me know a better way to phrase it! :-)

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          No no, you didn’t use it wrong its just that there are multiple interpretations and the term is only recently gaining traction in psychiatry.

          What i am trying to say is you may not consider yourself to be autistic which is how the medical world Classifies us.

          But you sound like you have a high chance of being neurodivergent which is the group we ourselves classify ourselves and it includes any neurological diversity including classical: autism, adhd, dyslexia and many many others, including people with no discernible disabilities, difficulties or challenges.

          In yet other words, you may not be one of us the way you perceive us but you might totally be one of us the way we perceive you.

          I wholeheartedly recommend reading that wiki-article i send.