A Novel Idea on Why Aspies Are Resistant to Change.

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I cannot be the only one with this: If you solve problems in a very specific manner that you are used to doing and can draw the correct assumptions and inferences from your method, will you find yourself going around in circles and find it very difficult to grasp if you have to solve it in a method that you are not used to doing?

You are naturally going to be very resistant to this change because you will end up missing the mark and are afraid you will end up with a big mess(chaos, misunderstandings that shouldn't happen).

When you solve problems with your particular method you feel you can keep up with other NTs. But when you cannot use your particular method people may draw incorrect assumptions that you are slow or ret*d when this is simply not the case.

It involves efficiency of mind and nothing more. The resistance to 'change' thing has been somewhat misunderstood by professionals who are not autistic themselves. Most people on the spectrum actually thrive on change as long as the mental efficiency or particular routines are not disturbed. If your mind wasn't challenged with change you'd be a vegetable.

Neural pathways differ in place and function. As said in the above two posts.

To an extent. Being in IT, everything changes constantly. so you can't sit back and just do things the same way. I tend to break it down into results; what is the change supposed to accomplish? What do they want as a result? Then I just modify my methods to give them that.

Fortunately, working on printers means I rarely have to account for my methods in front of other people.

My theory is that the resistance to change comes from the fact that it just takes a large amount of effort to get used to a particular approach, and that the more things change, the more things can go wrong. From personal experence, I can tell you that I can tolerate change up to a set point, before it just gets too complicated.

Another possibility is that the "social glue" of low-level human interaction is an issue when dealing with NTs, and if an aspie is in a situation that they are not familar with, it might be more difficult to deal with unfamilar people.

I hate hange unless I am ready for it, and when I am ready, I am way too ready.

I don't like the "resistant to change" thing.

Many people are resistant to change. Quite often I find that people have suffered something of lesser quality simply because they would have to "learn" something new. If they had went through the change, they would have an overall better experience.

I can't get anyone to try what I use for software, because they're already familiar with something else. Even if my software is 10 times better (more options, runs smoother, easier interface), they will remain using their own software.

People all around the world are resistant to change. I know that I feel resistant to change in ways normal people do, but I think I have my little nuances.. Like my monitors position, my desktops layout, my color preferences, window sizes. I know I can feel annoyed by change in something for weeks sometimes, but it's not something extreme and devastating to me.