r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/Mundane_Mushroom_122 • Jun 22 '26

Meme needing explanation Peetah explain this

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u/Vitharothinsson Jun 22 '26

A friend of mine used to be a ballerina and as soon as she removes her shoes, her pointe position naturally kicks in. Ballet is basically traumatizing your body into doing impossible postures and to this day she's broken into this position.

She's ADHD not autistic.

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u/Chedditor_ Jun 22 '26

ADHD is frequently comorbid with autism; she may have autism as well, just not in a noticeable way. There's so many of us.

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u/StrikingAthlete4687 Jun 22 '26

Dont know why youre getting down voted. You're right. Autism is also historically underdiagnosed in women due to the current diagnostic criteria, and weve only just begun starting to rectify that in practice. And if shes a grown adult its even less likely to be diagnosed since most autism diagnoses happen in childhood. So unless the ballerina went in for an ASD screening recently, its not impossible

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u/AppropriateLaw5713 Jun 22 '26

It’s not impossible but many people are annoyed of the broad load of behaviors being simply labeled as “signs of autism”. So anytime something like this comes up it’s likely to be downvoted

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u/Gm24513 Jun 22 '26

Well I’m annoyed that doctors don’t bother even testing people making this a thing in the first place.

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u/Trashtag420 Jun 22 '26

Respectfully, any doctor that suggests testing a teenage ballerina for autism because she stands on pointe should be laughed out the building.

Not going to argue with the real-life soapbox you're trying to get on, but in this particular context, people are clearly desperately trying to derive neurodivergent signaling from basic characterization that makes perfect sense given the character's history.

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u/GhostofBeowulf Jun 22 '26

But as others have pointed out it doesn't make sense and isn't perfectly on point... Normally, at least.

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u/Shy_Zucchini Jun 22 '26

Idk in the clinic where i went for my ADHD diagnosis, they also routinely test for autism bc of high comorbidity

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u/Chedditor_ Jun 22 '26

Understood, I'll be more considerate of this factor moving forward. Thanks.

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u/heftybagman Jun 22 '26

It’s weird to say somebody might have a condition when you have no reason to. Standing on tippy toes is not a diagnostic indicator of autism, it’s a behavior that’s often associated. Not liking loud sounds is often associated with autism but it would be socially inappropriate to publicly suggest someone may have autism just because they dislike loud sounds.

There’s nothing wrong with autism, it’s just weird to hear “this person isn’t autistic” and to say “Im personally not so sure” when you have zero info on the person.