For context I have audhd. I’ve always been confused about the association between stacking toys and autism. I don’t particularly remember stacking toys as a kid other than of course I did because I was a kid. Don’t lots of kids try to stack stuff as high as possible occasionally? Why is this seen as an autistic trait? Is it a stereotype due to the historical bias towards autistic boys with a particular presentation or something else? If it really is associated with autism and not a bias, why do autistic kids do it more?
No prob!
As with the other reply, yeah I don’t mean to be hostile or accusatory, and I’m aware that … well, not everyone wants or has time to write a small essay, lol.
And yes, I would agree that generally, autists do tend more toward inductive than deductive reasoning.
More data, more understanding of the concepts at play, how they interact, basically equals you can build a better model, which then means you can make better deductions.
And yes, I agree that NTs and NDs should work together… this is I guess my own oversimplification, but I see it as like an rpg game with different player classes: A differentiated but well working team can leverage each other’s strengths, compensate for each other’s weaknesses.
There are certainly many, many situations where I find myself having to… basically override what my brain is trying to do, and make a snap decision based on my ‘gut’, which I fundamentally do not like doing, but sometimes, timing is more important than precision.
The major downside to the autistic… brainmode or whatever, as I see it, is decision paralysis, overanalysis or fixation that can be unproductive or detrimental.
So… it is kinda like different fundamental ‘brainmodes’ just are specced differently, optimized for different things, so to speak.
Anyway… yes it would be nice if NTs more broadly were… basically just a bit more patient, open-minded… and actually just listened.
Probably the most harmful general stereotype about autists is that they can:t control their emotions, or, they just don’t have them at all.
No, that’s not it at all.
Its that we routinely have emotions that result from chains of thoughts that… basically just don’t often occur in NTs, unless they’re really focusing.
That, and so much ‘normal’ NT emotional expression… is basically what we tend to view as a performance. So, when we are tired, or just really don’t care that much, honestly, or are focused on something other than doing the dance that accompanies a particular social mask… we’re flat.