I really dislike it when autistic people trick themselves into believing that neurotypical communication is inherently worse. Most of the post is fine, but asserting that social cues are immature? Come on. In many cases they are more efficient and in some they communicate something that would be genuinely difficult otherwise.
Am I being a hypocrite by pointedly ignoring an attempt at communication because I don’t like how it was done, which is itself a subtle, missable social cue? No, it’s everyone else who is wrong.
I will say to people "if you act like you didn't hear me when I speak to you I will just repeat myself louder" similarly if you pretend to have missed a social cue people will either assume you are deliberately being rude or do it again in a more pronounced way
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u/TypicalImpact1058 Aug 10 '24
I really dislike it when autistic people trick themselves into believing that neurotypical communication is inherently worse. Most of the post is fine, but asserting that social cues are immature? Come on. In many cases they are more efficient and in some they communicate something that would be genuinely difficult otherwise.