List all the myths of AUTISM

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Any crass, bigoted assumption anyone has ever made about the minds of autistic people who actually rock back and forth in corners, drool, or do anything which many people associate with 'lower intelligence' is probably a myth. It's not a myth that some autistic people do that; it's a myth that those who do have no mind, no rights, are completely undesirable in every way, and are entirely inferior to the supposed 'high functioning super special aspies' based on a few superficial traits .

And then people start complaining about how intolerant and petty the NT's are supposed to be.

Aspies don't lie.

WE ARE THE NEXT STAGE IN HUMAN EVOLUTION!! !!

That Autism is a disorder of the entire brain, and not just in specific areas of funcion.

Anyone that thinks this is certainly no expert.

the whole world is an autistic child play ground, they have no bounties.

yeah a autistic three year old run in the street, he had no bounties, but what about the dozen of kids i saw who went in the street, oh wait there kids and that what kids do some times, you have to hold there hands idiots. wait NT people were i'm form only believe they have to hold there kid if they have a special need, in things to this biased thinking a lot of kids get hurt badly.

We sit in the middle of the room, singing the same song, over and over, again and we don't go to the bathroom.

Janissy, I have trouble socializing with NTs. It's functionally not distinct when most everyone you meet is NT, but it's an important semantic distinction to make because I'm tired of the double standard. You say something, I think you mean something you didn't mean, it's my fault for having trouble perceiving social cues. I say something, you think I mean something I didn't mean, it's my fault for having trouble producing social cues.

I'm about as proficient socializing with other non-NTs as NTs are at socializing with each other. I even went to an incredibly geeky party once. (There were probably plenty of NTs, but they're the sort of NTs who have no social life and share one of my special interests.)

It's rather like putting a hundred people in a room, ninety-nine of whom speak English and one of whom speaks Japanese. The Japanese person isn't "bad at communicating," and if you had some more Japanese people, they would talk to each other just as well as the English-speakers. It's an important distinction to make for deep discussions on the matter of how valuable we are as people. It's not so important in day-to-day life.

(And yeah, it's weird that they would think we don't feel fear. They've never noticed that little voice in the back of my head screaming RUN RUN AWAY YOU'RE IN DANGER!!, though to be fair, I don't show fear. It's enough to make me feel like a prey animal, except I pace more like a lion than a mouse. ...Though it's definitely enough to make me think twice about adding "we're not human" to the list.)

we choose not to talk cause were rude

People with autism are only interested in intellectual or artistic pursuits. We could care less about sports or athletics.

We all like chattering on about dry/boring factual trivia related to a narrow special interest.

I much prefer looking for abstract relationships and theorizing to parroting facts and trivia. In fact, I parrot facts less than most NT's because my memory often sucks. I find it much more rewarding to state my ideas using my own words and my own logic.

There's also a myth that you can't be autistic if you're able to make eye-contact, understand body language, or demonstrate empathetic understanding as an adult.

Nobody with autism has the ability to understand anyone else's feelings.

That it can be outgrown.

Every single person with autism, in the world wears diapers.