Holy Soygoy TRUTHNUKE, I genuinely agree with everything you've said here. I think the principles of neurodiversity are keyed because high functioning autists can be hyper-utiliitarian when taken out of neurotypical society. However, I can see why it has problems, there's definitely things that suck about autism and sometimes people downplay them, especially with the low functioning/high support needs autistic individuals. I think I'm in the hell of being less autistic *and* less high functioning than before somehow, and there isn't a day that goes by without missing my beautiful greater-autistic world.
I think most autists experience the world much more richer and beautifully than most neurotypicals, and most don't even realize unless they lose it. I wish I could say more... the greater autism used to have me monologue in a systematic-linear easy to understand way but clearly that's gone, hopefully not forever. I think the bad parts of autism have been magnified for me and the good parts minimized. That's why I admire you so much Soygoy, you're still radiating that magnificent autistic energy.
Further Reading:
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New research from Case Western Reserve University and University of Toronto neuroscientists finds that the brains of autistic children generate mor...
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