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"Everyone's a little bit autistic"
"You're too normal to be autistic"
Yeah. Not everyone is autistic; there are lots of other neurospicy reasons why people are the way they are.
Litterly my coworkers used that first one... It annoys me so much. "We are all not normal here"
This makes me lol because I work in an industry where people are extremely "not normal".
There are a handful of people who I would believe fit into the neurotypical category. But it's largely blue collar trades people who are at the top of their field so people are pretty accepting of quirks. It would be fascinating to study how under diagnosis of men in the trades compares to under diagnosis of "shy" women and girls.
Some example:
I'm on the fence about disclosing at work because if I get a response like that I will lose my mind and don't trust myself not to blurt out "half of y'all are autistic but aren't ready to hear that".
(That would be incredibly inappropriate for so many reasons)
"Yes Janine. We all pee everyday. But can you understand the difference between peeing everyday and peeing so often each day that it disrupts other parts of your daily life?"
I swear I'm gonna use this next time I hear "everyone is a bit autistic".
What if it disrupts other people's lives more than my own?
If your peeing disrupts other people's lives there's a chance you'll be arrested at some point. Unless you're a politician or rich of course.
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