In reply to @ijyx:matrix.org
But afaik autism doesnt cause social anhedonia or emotional detachment itself, or at least theyre not common traits

Both of these are highly subjective and dependent on the person's environment. Autistics feel strongly emotionally attached and socially bonded in Autistic/neurodivergent circles. We have trouble relating to neurotypicals -- mostly because of the uninclusive, ableist culture NTs have.

If neurotypicals genuinely accepted autistic people for who we are and included us, we wouldn't feel this emotional distance.

In reply to @jez:petrichor.me
I liked this article: I identified with his experience that, once you've done it once or twice, public speaking is actually easier than having a conversation with the same strangers.

Oh yes! Definitely! Once you get over your stage fright (which not everyone can do, by the way), public monologuing is so much easier than holding a dialogue between people of different neurotypes -- not to mention a conversation with multiple people!

This is why autistic people do great in the performing arts, too.

What we have a much bigger challenge with is in interactively engaging our audience -- something that NTs often like to do. We are usually more academic and straightforward in our public speaking approach.

I've even known of two autistic politicians!! Now that's a tall order -- so much stress! :O

In reply to @jez:petrichor.me
I liked this article: I identified with his experience that, once you've done it once or twice, public speaking is actually easier than having a conversation with the same strangers.

Oh yes! Definitely! Once you get over your stage fright (which not everyone can do, by the way), public monologuing is so much easier than holding a dialogue between people of different neurotypes -- not to mention a conversation with multiple people!

This is why autistic people do great in the performing arts, too.

What we have a much bigger challenge with is in interactively engaging our audience -- something that NTs often like to do. We are usually more academic and straightforward in our public speaking approach.

On the side note: I've even known of two autistic politicians!! Now that's a tall order -- so much stress...! :O

In reply to @kenoiyan:matrix.org

Yet it holds practically no relation in terms of origin and traits/characteristics with it... 🙄

The only reason it was invented in the first place because schizophrenia was the closest thing psychologists could put it to at the time, having no searate diagnosis for autism.

Izzy, you have to bear in mind that psychology is still a new field of science. It still needs to do a lot of growing to develop into a truly reliable and comprehensive, accurate scientific field.

Only 60 years ago many psychologists were still secretely convinced that mental illnesses were caused by gazing at the moon for too long -- and I'm not even kidding! Hence the ableist term "lunatic" ("moonstruck").

(In fact the word "lunatic" was only removed from US federal laws in 2012!)

So feel free to look at what's written in psychology with a scrutinous eye, and not take it as clear and undeniable fact -- because it really isn't. It's still a very vague attempt at describing the complexities of the human condition.

In reply to @kenoiyan:matrix.org

Yet it holds practically no relation in terms of origin and traits/characteristics with it... 🙄

The only reason it was invented in the first place because schizophrenia was the closest thing psychologists could put it to at the time, having no searate diagnosis for autism.

Izzy, you have to bear in mind that psychology is still a new field of science. It still needs to do a lot of growing to develop into a truly reliable and comprehensive, accurate scientific field.

Only 60 years ago many psychologists were still secretly convinced that mental illnesses were caused by gazing at the moon for too long -- and I'm not even kidding! Hence the ableist term "lunatic" ("moonstruck").

(In fact the word "lunatic" was only removed from US federal laws in 2012!)

So feel free to look at what's written in psychology with a scrutinous eye, and not take it as clear and undeniable fact -- because it really isn't. It's still a very vague attempt at describing the complexities of the human condition.

In reply to @ijyx:matrix.org
ehh that definitely sounds too positive abt asperger imo

In reply to @jez:petrichor.me
izzy I found you on Mastodon and sent a follow request, I hope you don't mind.