The site "The Neurotypical". What do you think?

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Those sites appeal to people with a chip on their shoulder. Their relationship has failed, maybe because their partner does things they do not understand and did not expect. Relationships usually end because of mistakes on both sides or just incompatibility. People who join these sites are looking to be told they did nothing wrong it is all the autistic partner's fault. This absolves them of any blame, or need for self-reflection and effort to improve.

These sites give them what they want. They often use real studies and legitimate descriptions of autism and interpret them in the most negative way possible usually saying we have no empathy are manipulative narcissists. Autistics lack of, or different social skills usually preclude us from being narcissists. Our hyperfocus does often get misinterpreted as selfishness. Probably a number of these members partners are actually narcissists, if the member says their partner is an aspie there is no way to prove them wrong.

Going to this site and saying that this is NT's think of us is like using a KKK site to determine what white people think of black people. Yes we are often misunderstood but most NT's don't spend all day obsessing about how evil we are, they have a life to live.

I just finished a live chat, and apparently some people higher up are going to take a look at the site and make some decisions. So there’s some progress.

ok! that's good news

I agree this type of site is damaging - because The Neurotypical sounds like a legit sort of name, it sounds kind of scientific, so people may not be aware how biased it is. They may think those articles are based on genuine research

To be honest, and with hindsight looking at my own life, I can see that many aspects of AS can adversely affect relationships and child-rearing, especially if one is oblivious to one's own neurodiversity and how it affects ones family.

But that site is really out of line in so many ways:
- It concentrates entirely on the negatives of autism/Aspergers, with no recognition that we share positive traits also.
- It implies that nobody on the spectrum has developed past a certain point, for instance that none of us are capable of critical thought or self-reflection or the ability to recognise the needs of others.
- Overall it paints autists in a similar vein to narcissists in terms of the damage we do to our loved ones, when in terms of intent, autism is poles apart from NPD.
- There is no recognition that "it takes two to tango" - and some of the issues raised might be ameliorated by better understanding on the part of the NT partner.

I have no problem with the concept of a site supporting survivors of abusive relationships. But it is so unjust to single out aspies as likely abusers - or to stick a "likely Aspergers" label on an abuser because you've heard we have no empathy so you think it fits...

I don't hate "neurotypicals" and not all "neurotypicals" would agree with the things said on that website either.

Anyone can share their opinions on the net, which is what the majority of that website is made of, and gather round like-minded folks to reinforce it and make it sound like truth. It's not.

If you don't like something you see on the net, there's always the option of simply ignoring it.