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HighLlama
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11 Jul 2016, 7:21 pm

LanguageMeterScholar wrote:
Trying to explain yourself to neurotypicals is a kafkaesque nightmare if there ever was one.


Hence "The Burrow." Always safe in the castle keep :P



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11 Jul 2016, 8:58 pm

LanguageMeterScholar wrote:
To be an autistic person thinking they are neurotypical living in a neurotypical world is a creepy place where black is white, red is yellow, a place with no anchor somehow similar to Kafka's novel "The castle" (A must read book). You didn't offend me but sometimes I find the NT world somehow takes the grotesque complexity of reality, and speaks of it in a dismissive way as if it somehow owns it. If you understood what I just said then you're smarter than I am.

I understand your meaning... But I don't understand how I could be smarter than you, for understanding a sentence you yourself wrote. Is that just a figure of speech?


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You seem to have both neurodiverse and neurotypical traits.

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12 Jul 2016, 12:43 am

I'm a bit insecure about being misunderstood, you'll have to forgive me. The way I understand language is different from the majority of people.


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I am a language teacher and amateur language scientist, I want to create a theory of language that can benefit autism spectrum persons as well as those with other neurological conditions. Communication with the NT world can be difficult, and I would love to hear what problems you have had trying to deal with such problems. If you want to talk about it please contact me.