Are we aspies missing something?

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Does it seem to me or NT-s seem to have a gear more than us?!They always seem to get the clues together and communicate in a strange way...But they already know what they are saying by communicating with their bodies,but why the f**k dont say it loud,say it with the sound,I mean you are still saying what you want to say,so why not with your voice??But the bad thing is that we live in a world that is designed for them...

No, the bad thing is, that this difference of ours is hard to communicate and make understood, because it is somewhat obscure for us ourselves.

I don't agree.

Many NT's are at least as oblivious as Spectrumites.

True, but they are the majority.
Well, it is probably not that simple.

They have gears we miss
We have gears they miss and misjudge

The world specifically was not designed for neurotypicals, in fact humans are probably one of the weaker less adaptable living things on the planet....don't do to well against the harsh environments of nature, and tend to depend on each other except for those few lone survivalist types who could probably do just fine on their own, unless of course a large tree falls on them or something where they are truly f***d unless another person happens by who can help.

You mean our society is better fit for them than it is us...

I am sorry, but the original post is missing a very important point.

Of course those that have autistic spectrum condition (it is not a disorder), are missing something. It has been said many different ways. Was it the poster Fordnor? Something is different with the neurons in our brains that causes us to miss social queues. Anybody remember the post were one of us called ourselves 'social ret*ds'? It stings, but it is the truth.

Just look a the word autism. Will, consider the phrase auto-immune disease and what happens. The body attacks it self. The 'aut' in the word autism means self. Autism could also be 'selfism', you spend more time concerning over yourself than others as compared to 'the average' person.

I mean, really, this is the CENTER, the very CORE of autism.

Yes, you will be crying some nights from all the stress and strain. Yes, you are going to not be invited to something, or perhaps think you were not invited to something because of who you are, and you will not be able tell. And I am sure we all have that story.

You are going to have to get over that your brain is wired different. Not wrong, not bad, just, different. Maybe the name of the website should be 'different planet'.

There is nothing wrong with you, just different. The difference makes it hard to deal with the typical person, but your brain can offer something to society. And yes, I can confirm, I have had problems, and I will have problems today, and problems in the future. We can train, we can practice, we can adapt, but I will never be 100%, there will always be something 'off'.

Or think of it this way. How can there be 300 different genetic anomalies that cause autism? Answer, it must provide some benefit, and our genes have evolved it on 300 different occasions thru the course of history, or, the variation did not cause enough negative consequences to remove it from the 'gene pool'.

I sincerely doubt there are 300 different gene mutations that cause ALS, diabetes, cystic fibrosis, or sickle cell anemia. (And if you happen to have one of those diseases, I am sorry you had to read this, but this is, after all, a website for people who autistic spectrum condition).

In the past I have used the abbreviation ASD to try to be all inclusive. I would like to change all those posts from ASD to ASC.

Yes. Probiotics.

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"Missing something" sounds inferior, so I don't like to think of it that way. The rest of the world can enjoy doing some things that we can't so easily do and often wouldn't want to do. It's also true the other way round. The NT mind-reading circuit must be useful, I wish I had one of those.

It's easier to see AS as an impairment when I look at the non-social angle, which has nothing to do with trying to fit in or decide who makes adjustments. I feel as if my brain is missing something when I fail to keep my stuff organised, though lots of people have trouble organising their stuff. I feel I'm missing something when I find myself doing things the long way round, and when I fail to organise my work. I'm also missing a "screen it out" button for distractions and irritations such as background noise.

NT's pick up on subtle signals that we Aspies do not 'pick up' on.
Just like we Aspies transmit signals that only Aspies will pick up on.

Kinda like a CB Radio; NTs and Aspies are simply tuned to different frequencies!

Years ago as a student I was taught that more than 70% of interpersonal communication is non-verbal. I didn't believe this, and some estimates were as high as 97%!

http://www.spring.org.uk/2007/05/bustin ... ion-is.php