cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/12320962

Neurotypicals, what do autistic people look like to you?

Trying to get an idea of how NTs see us. I know that when I see autistic people, I see someone that’s like me. Obviously, that’s not how NTs perceive us, so what do we look like to yall??

  • jordanlund@lemmy.world
    451·
    9 months ago

    There isn’t a single degree of “autism”. Some people have it way worse than others.

    One of my good friends has an autistic kid who is just one step away from having to wear a helmet to keep him from banging his head on walls. Pretty much non-verbal. Poor kid, I feel sorry for him and his own family.

    My kid is a high functioning computer programmer making more money than I do creating those AI systems everyone is freaking out over. You’d likely never guess he had been diagnosed.