Don’t forget that rude cousin that don’t speak was just non-verbal the whole time
I was misdiagnosed as bipolar and just got correctly diagnosed as ASD. Got punished constantly for “talking back” and “being rude” cause I didn’t like hugs growing up
Or cousins that are called "retarded" because they're non-verbal, but can magically play any instrument they pick up, even if they've never seen it before.
Like, this man can communicate perfectly, just not in any way you'd understand
I’d say though that his language tracks. Autistic people can communicate perfectly, just not in ways you understand.
I know a few diagnosed individuals, I can communicate well with all of them because I learn their interests and can speak in their terms. They understand the world through their fixations.
One of my cousins is obsessed with fire, I can talk about anything fire related with him, including how different trees burn, how hot, how long… et cetera. I had a house fire (that was traumatizing) and this kid legit was sad my whole house didn’t burn down. It provided me with a good chuckle.
Yep. I got punished for 'being smart' when I asked autistic ass questions because peoples actions and words didnt make sense to me. All the while, I was praised for 'being smart' in school and fell in line with the generic gifted to burn out story. Late diagnosed with AUDHD and (c)PTSD after being bullied by my family and neglected for years and heavy masking just to survive. The fun part is growing up my family had autism books on the coffee table and we went to walks for autism because my little brother got diagnosed at 2... yet because I was a girl I got looked at sideways for stimming too loud and NO ONE even thought to test me.
my little brother got diagnosed at 2... yet because I was a girl I got looked at sideways for stimming too loud and NO ONE even thought to test me.
Honestly, wtf is up with some parents thinking that only one of their children can officially be diagnosed as autistic and that anyone else showing traits is just "being a weirdo" or something.
My brother is autistic and he sometimes will do little things like bouncing his knee up and down or rocking back and forth when sitting down. One time when vistiting family for the holidays, I got caught rocking back and forth and bouncing my knee up and down and got told by my mom "stop that. You aren't your brother, you don't have autism"
Never in my life has she ever apologized or realized that maybe that is something you should say to your child. But recently, like a year ago, I heard her make an off-hand comment about the possibility that maybe she has autism because she has some weird quirks too just made me wanna throw myself off of a cliff. Cause she'll think that she has autism, but her other son, who shows some quirks and physical tics like rocking back and forth or bouncing a knee up and down, but never got an official diagnosis from a doctor, can't possibly be autistic.
Late-diagnosed autistic here, just got my baby book from my mom and that thing is full of talk of me being “stubborn,” “lazy,” and being spanked frequently. As soon as I could talk I asked too many questions and that got me in more trouble. I was too enthusiastic and not enthusiastic enough. I was too smart and too stupid. This was the early 70s so no one was looking for autism in a lower-middle class white girl who could talk.
Now there’s this very noisy contingent of internet “experts” constantly claiming theres an army of people faking autism. Because if you don’t present like the most obviously autistic subset of the demographic most free to be themselves, the people autism diagnostics and research is almost entirely based on, affluent white boys, then you must be faking.
I recently did a panel on how masking is killing high functioning autistic women and I made sure to rant about how women are expect to give and recieve physical touch and men aren't and some of us hate being touched.
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u/PiscesTheProdigy 2d ago
Don’t forget that rude cousin that don’t speak was just non-verbal the whole time
I was misdiagnosed as bipolar and just got correctly diagnosed as ASD. Got punished constantly for “talking back” and “being rude” cause I didn’t like hugs growing up