@rosebud1773 Ok My intention is not to be rude here but *takes deep breath* I donât know why you think you are classified as someone that knows about autism? Like do you have it? Does someone you know have it? Does your favorite celeb have it? Or do you just like reading clickbaity articles about autism?
Because everything you said is basicly misconceptions and myths made up after a few individuals or by the general public and while yes autism is a different way of thinking there is no itâs âjustâ about it.. it is literally an entire different way of functioning and it is NOT the ânext step in evolutionâ or a âbetterâ way of thinking. My brain works differently then a neurotypical persons brain..Â
âAutism affects information processing in the brain by altering connections and organization of nerve cells and their synapses.[19] How this occurs is not well understood.[19] â
the fat cursive text was copied from wikipedia to show my meaning.
Also! Autism and Asperger is the same thing! there is multiple diagnoses that has been put togheter under one name Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and as the name suggests it is a spectrum.. That means there will be people with less symptoms that can function better in society and there will be more extreme cases that have more severe symptoms and some that canât even speak atall..
âAbout a third to a half of individuals with autism do not develop enough natural speech to meet their daily communication needs â
I myself had a big delay in learning to talk and didnât even babble like babies usually do but I got there in the end and I can now talk without problems other then my problems to concentrate and my inability to understand any type of grammar.
And saying autism isnât a disorder is highly ignorant,while there are even some autistic people that wants to see it as just a different way of functioning the truth is that society is not built for people that function differently.. Also you can have symptoms that would fit into autism but still not get a diagnos because you donât get diagnosed as autistic unless it is disabling you from having a normal life.
On top of all the problems understanding social communication and body language autistic people also often have problem with sensory overload (sound, movement, light, temprature, taste, smell, feel and touch) which makes it really hard to go anywhere.. Ofcourse also this is different for every individual but if I have a âbad dayâ I can only be out for a few minutes then i shut down and become unresponsive because I canât stand all the sensory inputs. I happen to be sensetive to all the sensory inputs which makes it very hard to go through everyday life.
Also autistic people often have a higher base level of stress and small things cause greater stress then for neurotypicals and thereby have a greater chance to go over the line into âchaosâ atleast that is what I was taught itâs called here in sweden. Basicly chaos is when the stress goes over a line into total meltdown and that looks different for everyone and happens for neurotypical people too but because of the lower base stress they are further away from it while many autistic people are already in the harmfully stressed zone or like me basicly balancing on the line of chaos at all times. For me chaos either is that I completly shut down and become impossible to reach or I lose control of myself and cry and scream and tries to hurt myself with hitting kicking biting and scratching myself.Â
Another thing that is often a problem for autistic people is repetetive behaviour
Autistic individuals can display many forms of repetitive or restricted behavior, which the Repetitive Behavior Scale-Revised (RBS-R) categorizes as follows.[47]
Stereotyped behaviors: Repetitive movements, such as hand flapping, head rolling, or body rocking.
Compulsive behaviors: Time-consuming behaviors intended to reduce anxiety that an individual feels compelled to perform repeatedly or according to rigid rules, such as placing objects in a specific order, checking things, or hand washing.
Sameness: Resistance to change; for example, insisting that the furniture not be moved or refusing to be interrupted.
Ritualistic behavior: Unvarying pattern of daily activities, such as an unchanging menu or a dressing ritual. This is closely associated with sameness and an independent validation has suggested combining the two factors.[47]
Restricted interests: Interests or fixations that are abnormal in theme or intensity of focus, such as preoccupation with a single television program, toy, or game.
Self-injury: Behaviors such as eye-poking, skin-picking, hand-biting and head-banging.[20]
Ok pheeew and now to the genius IQ level thing.. let me just copy in this..Â
An estimated 0.5% to 10% of individuals with ASD show unusual abilities, ranging from splinter skills such as the memorization of trivia to the extraordinarily rare talents of prodigious autistic savants.[49] Many individuals with ASD show superior skills in perception and attention, relative to the general population.
Thatâs 0,5 -10% that are on like a super level of smart.. and most of the time when autistic people are super talented at something it is because it is a special interest/hyper fixation. Often we get super fixated on one thing and spend all our time doing that and nothing else.
Sure autistic people can have above average IQ but most of the time it is hindered by a lack of concentration or an inability or difficulties processing the information. For me my general inteligence is slightly above average but my thinking speed is way below average and my ability to put togheter the information toa bigger picture is also below average
Ok I donât know if I covered everything but thatâs all I have to say about autism for now other then that this information come from me ( someone with autism ) , the autism diagnoses course I took, books I have read on the subject, autism groups iâm a part of and other autistic people on youtube *loooong sigh*
Oh and ADHD is also a big problem but I think you get it already that you grossly oversimplyfied disablities you obviously know nothing about =)
Ok and now on to the actual helpful things wooo đ
I am thinking about starting a patreon but I donât know if I have enough of a following to get the word out but patreon is deffinetly an option that Iâm putting serious thought into! and so is my significant other =) Right now they are taking as many commissions as they possibly can and is also working on a game so there is really no time for starting and managing a patreon but it is something that most likely will be set up in the future when they have a more open schedule. Eldraev have wanted to start a patreon for soo long =)
One sided finances is a pain honestly D=
I know I canât control my family situation but I can and am working on my health everyday. But I canât control my eating disorder it is not just a âjust do it situationâ it is a daily struggle but Iâm working on it. Also I would loove to stay away from food but Iâm most of the time forced to eat sooo nothing I can do there xD Trust me I know I would feel so much better if I didnât have to eat but i have no control of my eating schedule for health reasons
Oh and it isnât as simple as just moving around. I reblogged the post and added information and there I talked about my body being week and me getting a lot of pain from any amount of âexerciseâ but that is also Iâm slowly working on
Ok very sorry for suuuper long reply but this is a topic I feel passionate about and I donât like missinformation spreading or people belittling disabled peoples struggles. NEVER tell a disabled person that their disability is nothing!
I thank you for your being concernd and I hope you learnt something
EDIT: I thought of something else I wanted to add about autism! If it is discovered early you can specialize education and stuff to learn neurotypical behavior and thereby that individual can fit better in society.Â
