What about the way autistic beings process information?
Because I know I do this a lot different than everybody around me (I don't know autistic people outside this forum).
Thank you for the response. I was quite tired yesterday when I wrote my post and so wasn't thinking clearly. I felt like something was missing from my answer and this is definitely it. Processing things differently is I think the root cause behind all the other "abnormalities", including processing information in a social setting. I really do feel like processing information differently is something I have seen in pretty much all people on the spectrum. Interestingly, my running is pretty much the exact opposite of
@Luca and you. I am very clumsy and awkward in my movement (I shake a lot when I attempt finer movements), but I can sprint really fast, and tend to sprint shorter distances, even inside, as I dislike time wasting and like going fast.
When it comes to communication, I feel like I can generally "follow the logic" of an autistic person (whether through the net or in person), but while I think non-autistic people think logically to various degrees, they also implement "leaps of logic" in their conversation. I notice those sometimes when listening in on conversations, where people will switch topics or make some assumption, but it seems like other participants in the conversation switch track with them, like they were expecting this. They notice the emotions, tone and background of the person and make assumptions about the conversation direction based on that. I don't think those "leaps of logic" are necessarily wrong, and in typical communication it probably makes total sense to them. Of course when they make "logical leaps" in conversation with me it can make me tense up or carry on as before, and conversely I can stay on the same track way past when most people would have moved on or "leapt".
I hope this also helps answer some of your considerations
@Rodafina. I just want to add, that though I agree with
@Duna's comments on the difference between internet and in person communication, I also feel like people on the spectrum are more likely to enjoy conversing through the internet precisely because it allows for more in depth discussions, and I see different communication styles even on other forums (no place I've been on has the amount of several paragraph long messages as this one). I also want to add that my opinion is "pop psychology" more than rigorously supported. It's mostly based on stuff I've noticed and snippets of info. Just two days before I also watched a resource
@Ken recommended (a TEDx talk) where an autistic researcher discussed a "telephone"/"whisper game" with only non-autists, only autists and a mixed group. Both groups with one type of participants did significantly better than the mixed group, indicating that there is a difference of communication between them. However, like Duna mentioned, I think the communication difference ultimately stems from different sensory processing.