vickygleitz wrote:
I used to take it very seriously. In some ways I still do. And still, I am somewhat offended and hurt. Reading Ian Fords book "A Field Guide to Earthlings"has helped me understand better why this happens.
Until reading his book, I truly was not aware how all-important the NT social status and pecking order is. And in this pecking order, with the exception of a few uber succesful autists, autistics are socially on the bottom . And there are rules on the bottom. One of them [and these are not Ians' words] is not to be an uppity autistic. An uppity autistic is one who assumes that their feelings and opinions are in any way as important as those higher in position.
unfortunately, what so often happens is that a timid autist will find their voice [and be proud of themselves for having the strength to finally do so] but be ignored, or worse, "punished" for not "staying in their place."
There are others on the bottom of the heap, many of them NT. They are the ones I feel sorry for. The vast majority of autists are innately high in integrity [compared to most NTs'] and when one of us is wrongly persecuted at least we have the knowledge that we acted with that integrity to hang onto. How sad for NTs' on the bottom who don't even have that.
You have an extensive insight. I've been punished at my job for not "stayin in my place". I simply won't tolerate being mocked into a lesser human being, the way it is seen from NT's perspective. My integrity is simply more important than the pack.
I was really tested on this one. Give up my integrity and keep my job, or keep my integrity and lose my job. I chose the last one, because otherwise I would have no reason to keep living.
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