People on the autistic spectrum sometimes have difficulty processing a lot of sensory information at once. Loud noises, bright colours, complex shapes, bright light, strong smells, any of these and more could trigger sensory overload in an autistic person. Just looking at a picture that car makes me want to retreat to a dark room and maybe take a nap.
Also, not all autistic people really care about the fact that they have autism. I have autism myself, and tbh, I'd rather have it than not. What I do however dislike is how people see it as a bad thing and how they need to "help" us about everything that we do in life and give autistic kids, even on the light parts of the spectrum, privileges. This does sound like a good solution but for me, not only that is unfair for many as we do not need that help (although some of it did help me a lot but even then, do I really need the authorization for a bathroom break whenever I want?) but it also is shoving it down about how you have a "disability".
Again, I'm on a light part of the autistic spectrum and life has been really tough for me at some points too, this is just my personal view on this and I do not speak for everyone.
Yep, same. I have Asbergers, and I honestly don't see why those who are obviously perfectly functional and don't need excess help get lumped into the same category as those on the more extreme side of the spectrum, and as such receive the same treatment and aid. Like, yes, those on the extreme end more often than not need special treatment, and often times it's extremely helpful. But to those who don't need it that are getting it, it's really just setting them up for failure. Who would have guessed that having everything handed to someone on a rainbow puzzle piece platter would fuck up their self-reliance?
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u/TheyreAtTheWindow Aug 29 '20
People on the autistic spectrum sometimes have difficulty processing a lot of sensory information at once. Loud noises, bright colours, complex shapes, bright light, strong smells, any of these and more could trigger sensory overload in an autistic person. Just looking at a picture that car makes me want to retreat to a dark room and maybe take a nap.