Are autistic individuals often more childish than NT's are?

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20 Nov 2019, 2:42 pm

I think it just comes down to how society perceives how an person is different from the norm. There are childish things but as long as they aren't hurting someone's growth or anyone else for that matter I don't see it as a problem. I'm just used to people not hanging out with me and thinking I'm weird.

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20 Nov 2019, 2:56 pm

there is a difference between childish and childlike. many NTs are childish, many aspies are childlike. :idea: childish has connotations of immaturity, but childlike is reflective of a type of innocence or lack of adult conceits/corruption. i have been plenty of childish and not sufficiently childlike on too many occasions. :oops: but i've seen my share of childishness in NTs as well.

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20 Nov 2019, 3:03 pm

No adult is 100% grown up, except for maybe the adults who admit it.

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20 Nov 2019, 3:04 pm

auntblabby wrote:

there is a difference between childish and childlike. many NTs are childish, many aspies are childlike. :idea:

childish has connotations of immaturity, but childlike is reflective of a type of innocence or lack of adult conceits/corruption. i have been plenty of childish and not sufficiently childlike on too many occasions. :oops:

but i've seen my share of childishness in NTs as well.

Thanks for explaining that. I guess I got too caught up in moment. That is true.

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20 Nov 2019, 3:31 pm

KirbyReferenceHere wrote:

auntblabby wrote:

there is a difference between childish and childlike. many NTs are childish, many aspies are childlike. :idea:

but i've seen my share of childishness in NTs as well.

Thanks for explaining that. I guess I got too caught up in moment. That is true.

you're welcome :flower:

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20 Nov 2019, 3:36 pm

auntblabby wrote:

KirbyReferenceHere wrote:

auntblabby wrote:

there is a difference between childish and childlike. many NTs are childish, many aspies are childlike. :idea:

but i've seen my share of childishness in NTs as well.

Thanks for explaining that. I guess I got too caught up in moment. That is true.

you're welcome :flower:

and welcome to WP

Nah, thank you.

The real question though is what do you with the childlikeness? Group together or find somewhere it's acceptable?

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20 Nov 2019, 3:49 pm

KirbyReferenceHere wrote:

auntblabby wrote:

KirbyReferenceHere wrote:

auntblabby wrote:

there is a difference between childish and childlike. many NTs are childish, many aspies are childlike. :idea:

but i've seen my share of childishness in NTs as well.

Thanks for explaining that. I guess I got too caught up in moment. That is true.

you're welcome :flower:

and welcome to WP

Nah, thank you.The real question though is what do you with the childlikeness? Group together or find somewhere it's acceptable?

from 2011 to 2016 i belonged to a square pegs aspie meetup group. it was acceptable there. too bad the group fell apart.

i miss it.

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20 Nov 2019, 4:27 pm

auntblabby wrote:

KirbyReferenceHere wrote:

auntblabby wrote:

KirbyReferenceHere wrote:

auntblabby wrote:

there is a difference between childish and childlike. many NTs are childish, many aspies are childlike. :idea:

but i've seen my share of childishness in NTs as well.

Thanks for explaining that. I guess I got too caught up in moment. That is true.

you're welcome :flower:

and welcome to WP

Nah, thank you.The real question though is what do you with the childlikeness? Group together or find somewhere it's acceptable?

from 2011 to 2016 i belonged to a square pegs aspie meetup group. it was acceptable there. too bad the group fell apart.

i miss it.

Aw crap, that really stinks. I know some other Aspies but they're not near me. I have my boyfriend but even then I can tell that he's sad NT friends can't relate. I want a group like that but I know too few people to make it happen.

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20 Nov 2019, 4:28 pm

I'm probably a bit childish, at least.

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20 Nov 2019, 5:21 pm

KirbyReferenceHere wrote:

I want a group like that but I know too few people to make it happen.

have you thought about using meetup.com to find or form a local group? that is what i did. in the northwest, there is the square pegs aspie franchise, it may have different names in your neck of the woods.

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20 Nov 2019, 5:35 pm

auntblabby wrote:

there is a difference between childish and childlike. many NTs are childish, many aspies are childlike. :idea:

but i've seen my share of childishness in NTs as well.

This is about the best explanation I've ever seen. Thank you much for putting it down like this.

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20 Nov 2019, 5:44 pm

Borromeo wrote:

auntblabby wrote:

there is a difference between childish and childlike. many NTs are childish, many aspies are childlike. :idea:

but i've seen my share of childishness in NTs as well.

This is about the best explanation I've ever seen. Thank you much for putting it down like this.

you're welcome :flower:

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20 Nov 2019, 5:51 pm

auntblabby wrote:

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I want a group like that but I know too few people to make it happen.

I've checked before and searched under Autism, Asperger's, etc. and couldn't find anything. Weirdly enough, when I used a search engine I actually got results. I found one that hasn't really been active since August but I hope if I comment and gives ideas maybe there could be a meetup.
Thanks for the idea.

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20 Nov 2019, 6:00 pm

^^^prego i wish you luck. :star:

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20 Nov 2019, 6:56 pm

When I was a kid, starting when I was about 3, I was always told by adults how mature I was for my age. However, when I was hanging out with kids my age, or my friends nowadays, I found/find myself sometimes acting childish and immature than whoever I’m with. So I would say that’s true for myself.

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20 Nov 2019, 7:03 pm

as a kid i got along with adults much better than with people my own age whom i thought were generally alien.

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