His speech patterns, behaviors, inability to pick up on social cues, and lack of empathy in social situations. If it turned out that all of these resulted from "being on the spectrum," that revelation wouldn't be shocking.
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As an autistic person and an active autistic advocate, I can assure you that nothing he presents is autistic-like. Could the description of autistic people you provided be pathologicalized stereotypes and not what is realistic?
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Since you did seem to take offense I’ve deleted it. Since that wasn’t my intent.
dec 23, 2024, 2:02 am • 0 0 • view
But the simple answer to your question is … sure of course it’s possible. If you are offended by it, then I apologize. Again, wasn’t trying to be flippant about it.
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The two people in my family who are do share characteristics like him (thankfully not so severely). I’m not trying to be contentious. I’m not saying I remotely know what it’s like. I don’t. And I’m not trying to be flippant or argumentative either. He seems fixated on this idea. Which made me wonder
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