Autism & Society Explained: You've Been Conned (The Great Neurotypical Swindle)

Being autistic can be difficult but for all the wrong reasons. Far too many autistic people have been convinced that aspects of their life which a little different from anyone else's are major deficits causing them anger, resentment, anxiety, depression and much, much worse.
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[dosodraws]

Being neurotypical does not imply being psychologically healthy.

We live in an emotionally traumatized, Cluster B type world.

[zippyz]

I don't regret who I've become and am quite happy being autistic; I just regret not learning sooner that there are people and places I have to avoid. Being cast out by a society that hates differences means absolute freedom.

[Mondomeyer]

Ever notice how our "deficiency" is the ability to think critically? Very telling.

[raven]

When I found out why I have never been able to be accepted by NT's, and how I would need to give up honesty and other things we cherish to be like them, I lost interest in being in their "club." I wish I had some autistic friends offline to have a coffee and a chat with, though.

[SnepperStepTV]

What i've learned, by studying them after a forced hyperfixation on the way they are because I used to think I was wrong, is that neurotypical people project their insecurities and deficiencies onto us.

[katielykens]

Autism to me is like a fail-safe. I literally cannot "fit in" and my body and mind prevents it. Extremely thankful actually.

[ATIARImusic]

Most neurotypical people arent ready to be unplugged but if you're autistic you’ve never been fully plugged in.

THIS. I FEEL. SO UNDERSTOOD.

Also, the weird serendipity of me wondering if i live in a matrix then unrelatedly finding this video when looking for autism content .

[slipknotie]

My grandfather was autistic, he was also an aeronautical engineer and served in the Air Force as a high ranking officer for 30 years and serving in Vietnam and the Korean War, worked for the NSA and then a rocket propulsion company before retiring. An amazing man.

[Wilycat]

Neurotypical syndrome is a neurological disorder characterised by preoccupation of social concerns, delusions of superiority, and obsessions of conformity.

Neurotypical individuals often assume their experience of the world is either the only one, or the only correct one.

NTs find it difficult to be alone.

NTs are often intolerant of minor differences in others.

When in groups NTs are socially and behaviourally ridgid, and frequently insist upon the performance of dysfunctional, destructive and even impossible rituals to maintain group identity.

NTs find it difficult to communicate directly, and have a much higher incidence of lying, as compared to someone without NT.

Neurotypical disorder is considered to be genetic in origin, brain autopsys have shown the NTs brain is typically smaller than non-NTs, and may have over developed areas related to social behaviour.

[lostpony]

Those barriers are entirely because "neurotypicals" are dedicating 80 percent of their runtime playing how-are-you im-fine-thanks handshake protocol games while i am trapped by the question, placed on the spot and forced to discuss personal information like how i am and the demander is now annoyed by my breach of protocol. How can anyone function rationally dancing on that empty protocol treadmill

[Aury]

The comment about the "lack of empathy" claim reminded me of an ex, who for most of the years together would consistently sing praises for how in touch I am with my emotions and my openness with them...but then also would in private sometimes refer to me as a robot, increasing more and more as our relationship struggled more and more. It has always baffled me how willing some neurotypical people are to de-person even those who they purported to love, as soon as any clashing happens, regardless of the subject of the clash.

I really hope we can build a world in which future generations aren't subjected to this devaluing, and often dehumanizing, that our current systems inflict on autistic and other neurodivergent folks.

[CharcoChoc]

I was diagnosed 'profoundly' ADHD at 13 and dusted up to the eyeballs on Ritalin to get through school. At 39, I'm only coming out of this and realising that I have a great power of mind that is not deficient.

[gllmusic]

NT's ruined my life trying to make me like them. Decades later I'm trying to find myself and figure out who I am, find something to care about, and find a reason to keep on living.

[TheRev]

The more I learn about neurotypicals and the world of lies they’ve created, the happier I am to not be one of them.

[autolycuse]

I'm starting to realize the fact that I'm an anarchist has a lot more to do with the fact that I'm autistic than I initially thought...

[dawnprince]

As an autistic anthropologist I know it to be true that, since humans have moved away from nature there have been exquisitely sensitive people, who think holographically and empathetically, to live as emissaries and translators between worlds. Whether these people are labeled autistics, shamans, psychics, psychotics, animal communicators…is solely based on the culture in which these people find themselves.

[GenerationApollo]

We’re so conditioned to believe the notion that “it’s society that’s wrong, not me” can’t be true because of how arrogant & narcissistic it sounds. But then I remember that 500 years ago, society believed the world was flat while one person said it wasn’t. And he was persecuted for it. But centuries later, he was proven right. So the idea that society is the problem and not me suddenly doesn’t seem so far fetched.

[robertjohnburton]

At 5.00 you were so right. Too many misread my acts of goodwill believing they must be in debt which confuses the daylights out of me, especially when I am not wanting to be their 'friend'. Great video

[carlillingworth]

I'm not diagnosed yet, but in the process of an assessment. Ever since I first started researching autism and realising that it filled a huge void I had, I immediately made this realisation about society and it empowered me because I realised how much of a vice society is and how I was made to believe I was broken by such constructs.

[autiejedi]

Sadly, I think another problem is that autistics realize we don't measure up, whereas NTs are in denial about not measuring up. It doesn't make us immune to the pressure though.
Thanks! 💜