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Having a hint of autism, from personal experience, puts you in this uncanny valley, where you act in ways that confound other people, and you have a hell of a t
by h0l0cube 5y ago
Having a hint of autism, from personal experience, puts you in this uncanny valley, where you act in ways that confound other people, and you have a hell of a time fitting in, but not enough to make it click for them. If you mask almost well enough and fall a little short, people categorize you as eccentric, creepy, foolish, or all of the above. This is one context where I think identifying as autistic can be helpful, even though that can arouse some deeply held prejudices in some.
- giantg2 5y ago"people categorize you as eccentric, creepy, foolish, or all of the above." This was the first time I've heard the foolish part. This is definitely making me question some of my past and pushing me even closer to consider getting evaluated. The main thing stopping me is, how will a diagnosis help me? I feel what it wouldn't change anything in my personal life. I would like to make my job better, but I'm not sure what they would actually do since my biggest issues are when they lie or otherwise don't honor their word. Then I have managers telling me things don't work the way the policies say they should and that I'm foolish for taking the approach that relies on those policies/systems.
- nicoburns 5y agoHonestly, a diagnosis probably won’t help very much. There just aren’t very many support systems available for autistic adults. What I have had good success with is asking for accommodations with a business justification. Why do I need X? Because I’m more productive that way and otherwise I’m prone to burn out. That might be because I’m autistic, but in some ways that's not actually relevant.