Katy Elphinstone
@KatyElphinstone@mas.to  ·  activity timestamp 3 weeks ago
@she-waves-at-cats I think it needs to become common knowledge that 'inability to read social cues' can show up as overcompensating. You don't know how much misbehaviour is allowed so you become the perfect child who never tests rules. You don't know how much is expected of you at work, so you'll kill yourself in a minimum wage job and not notice that nobody else is working like this. "hardworking and quiet" should be as much of an autism red flag as "ignores rules and doesn't stop talking". Or why don't we just start using words to communicate so I can stop tracking everyone's eyebrow twitches, that would be great.
@she-waves-at-cats I think it needs to become common knowledge that 'inability to read social cues' can show up as overcompensating. You don't know how much misbehaviour is allowed so you become the perfect child who never tests rules. You don't know how much is expected of you at work, so you'll kill yourself in a minimum wage job and not notice that nobody else is working like this. "hardworking and quiet" should be as much of an autism red flag as "ignores rules and doesn't stop talking". Or why don't we just start using words to communicate so I can stop tracking everyone's eyebrow twitches, that would be great.
@she-waves-at-cats I think it needs to become common knowledge that 'inability to read social cues' can show up as overcompensating. You don't know how much misbehaviour is allowed so you become the perfect child who never tests rules. You don't know how much is expected of you at work, so you'll kill yourself in a minimum wage job and not notice that nobody else is working like this. "hardworking and quiet" should be as much of an autism red flag as "ignores rules and doesn't stop talking". Or why don't we just start using words to communicate so I can stop tracking everyone's eyebrow twitches, that would be great.
darrellpf
@darrellpf@mas.to  ·  activity timestamp 3 weeks ago
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