@theautisticlife

Can you relate to this? It IS true that these differences in communication often make us experience difficult times and misunderstandings with people. The point of this post isn't to ignore that or pretend they don't happen because they do, and they are tough to deal with. I want to point out, though, that when we allow ourselves to understand our differences… truly understand and unpack them, we see them from a more neurodiversity-affirming perspective and become less defective. We are not immune to thinking and feeling the same way society thinks and feels about neurodivergent ways of existing (that is "defective," "disordered," "strange," etc.), so I think that when we unpack these things, we can let go of a lot of shame and guilt that may come as a result of feeling "inadequate" around people. Are we really being neurodiversity-affirming if we continue to put all the blame for confrontations and miscommunication problems on the neurodivergent person? . . . #autism #autistic #actuallyautistic #autisticadults #autisticteens #autismo #autista #mujeresautistas #aspie #aspiegirl #aspergers #aspergerssyndrome #aspergerslife #neurodiversity #neurodiverse #neurodivergent #autismmoms #autismdads #autismparents #autismmomsrock #autisticselfadvocacy #autismpride #redinstead #autismrights