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I believe autism is stigmatized and presented as something wrong because most people do not want to engage in honest/candid conversation because it might hurt t
by seec 1y ago
I believe autism is stigmatized and presented as something wrong because most people do not want to engage in honest/candid conversation because it might hurt their feelings.
People are always looking for plausible deniability and weaponized vagueness in order to get away with things. They don't like it when others don't behave that way because it puts them in situations where they would have to assume the risks of their behaviors.
As far as I'm concerned, it's not the so-called autists that are in the wrong but everyone else that is basically engaged in deceptive behavior.
I think this behavior is the most prevalent because of evolutionary pressure, in order to avoid conflict and potentially bad outcomes.
It makes sense in a violent world were looking at someone wrong may get you killed but is very unproductive in a society that is supposed to be orderly and high trust.
That being said it seems like the world is becoming much more low trust and autistic behavior can indeed become risky/problematic.