Subject: Information processing in autism. Is our style necessarily a deficit?

Why do autistic people find new or high-stimulus environments stressful; even overwhelming?

Why can it seem, at times, we're slower than others? To take in scenes; to mentally process them; to make decisions based on them 🤷

This thread is an alternative take on autistic processing style & speed.

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(Comments & feedback welcomed, as always!)

#Autism #ActuallyAutistic #EpistemicInjustice #Neurodivergent #AuDHD

Subject: Information processing in autism. Is our style necessarily a deficit?

Why do autistic people find new or high-stimulus environments stressful; even overwhelming?

Why can it seem, at times, we're slower than others? To take in scenes; to mentally process them; to make decisions based on them 🤷

This thread is an alternative take on autistic processing style & speed.

👇

(Comments & feedback welcomed, as always!)

#Autism #ActuallyAutistic #EpistemicInjustice #Neurodivergent #AuDHD

...are tasked with the enormous and near-impossible job of ‘educating them’ (and blamed for failing when they don’t manage to).

But, sadly, the privileged ones are selectively deaf or you didn’t use the right tone or… or… well, I think you get the gist.

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#EpistemicInjustice #Racism #BlackLivesMatter #Patriarchy #GenderEquality #TransLivesMatter #LGBTQ+