i’ll note that here in sweden (at least where i live) we’re pretty good at tolerating people who don’t conform, and lo and behold my autism almost completely fucking disappears so long as i’m not in a formal setting.
It really shows how it’s not necessarily an inherent disability, and i’d go so far as to say that the obvious negative symptoms of autism aren’t actually autistic, they’re symptoms of suffering.
Yeah for the most part I feel like that as well. I’m Dutch and I feel like our society is pretty compatible with autistic people. Not overly social, compared to countries around us we have a relative disregard for hierarchy and the norm, and we’re internationally famous for being direct. At the office we can basically just be blunt to eachother, I can just tell my managers on their face that I think they’re wrong and present my arguments why. I’ve noticed that our German colleagues in comparison basically lick the boots of their management every morning, they almost seem afraid to speak up when something isn’t right.
i’ll note that here in sweden (at least where i live) we’re pretty good at tolerating people who don’t conform, and lo and behold my autism almost completely fucking disappears so long as i’m not in a formal setting.
It really shows how it’s not necessarily an inherent disability, and i’d go so far as to say that the obvious negative symptoms of autism aren’t actually autistic, they’re symptoms of suffering.
Yeah for the most part I feel like that as well. I’m Dutch and I feel like our society is pretty compatible with autistic people. Not overly social, compared to countries around us we have a relative disregard for hierarchy and the norm, and we’re internationally famous for being direct. At the office we can basically just be blunt to eachother, I can just tell my managers on their face that I think they’re wrong and present my arguments why. I’ve noticed that our German colleagues in comparison basically lick the boots of their management every morning, they almost seem afraid to speak up when something isn’t right.