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An autist, properly managed, is a wonderful employee. Way better than "normies". Great for science and engineering. Strong motive for creating more autists.
by analog8374 6mo ago
An autist, properly managed, is a wonderful employee. Way better than "normies". Great for science and engineering. Strong motive for creating more autists.
- UqWBcuFx6NV4r 6mo ago“An autist”—get off of 4chan. Autism is a varied condition and the stereotype that you are referring to does not apply to a very, very sizeable portion of people with autism.
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- analog8374 6mo agoWell then some significant proportion of "persons of autismness" are really good at that stuff. They really know how to concentrate. It's next level, unknown by the normies. You want a guy who can give his full obsessive waking attention to a riddle for days or years, that's where you look. And that makes them valuable. Which brings us to my actual point.
- happytoexplain 6mo agoI don't really understand the extremity of the "autism is a spectrum" thing. Yes, of course it is. Nothing in the parent comment is disrespectful of that or 4chan-y. I see this mysterious interaction a lot.
- analog8374 6mo agoThere is a popular narrative about autism. Damaged, deficient, etc. Digression from this narrative is often met with hostility. That's popular, emotionally-charged narratives for you.
- defrost 6mo agoIn your unpopular but assuredly more accurate narrative are all people diagnosed with autism misunderstood STEM high performers ? If not all, what percentage?
- analog8374 6mo agoThat isn't my narrative. And this is just more of that darn hostility to which I referred. It blots out rational conversation.
- stranded22 6mo agoIt’s now viewed as levels depending on the amount of support needed. Level 1 may be able to mask compared to level 2 or 3, allowing them to be more part of society, but we still need accommodations otherwise we will burn out.