pelecanus87
Well-Known Member
In a society that increasingly professes to be about "diversity" and "understanding" and mingling with people unlike ourselves, I've noticed that, as a person with Asperger's, most people are STILL very quick to notice differences and will shun you for being unlike them. The difference between the rhetoric I hear and my experiences is particularly frustrating.
Compared with some other groups, there is relatively little social pressure to "understand" or mingle with people on the autism spectrum. Granted, autistic people aren't always immediately identifiable, but if people want to profess how open-minded they are, they should be giving others the benefit of the doubt regardless.
Many people are interested in having a "diverse" set of friends when it comes to race, religion, age, class, culture/sub-culture etc. But such people seem to generally have no interest in increasing the diversity of their social circle by including autistic people.
Does anyone understand this or share the frustrations?
Compared with some other groups, there is relatively little social pressure to "understand" or mingle with people on the autism spectrum. Granted, autistic people aren't always immediately identifiable, but if people want to profess how open-minded they are, they should be giving others the benefit of the doubt regardless.
Many people are interested in having a "diverse" set of friends when it comes to race, religion, age, class, culture/sub-culture etc. But such people seem to generally have no interest in increasing the diversity of their social circle by including autistic people.
Does anyone understand this or share the frustrations?