SliverOfSand
Well-Known Member
...If you were to tell people you are autistic, how would you want those people to respond?
I think I’d like it if they were genuinely interested in what autism entails. If they were to ask questions with an open mind so that I can explain things to them. And after that initial conversation, that they would treat me normally, but also with understanding if I do end up doing something that doesn’t fit their description of being ‘normal’. Just treat me like a person, and understand that I have problems and difficulties too, they are just different from theirs.
I’m interested to here what your thoughts are.
I think I’d like it if they were genuinely interested in what autism entails. If they were to ask questions with an open mind so that I can explain things to them. And after that initial conversation, that they would treat me normally, but also with understanding if I do end up doing something that doesn’t fit their description of being ‘normal’. Just treat me like a person, and understand that I have problems and difficulties too, they are just different from theirs.
I’m interested to here what your thoughts are.