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2:49pm July 7, 2013

➸ : Is it necessarily the case that non-autistic people are better at...

mulder-are-you-suggesting:

Is it necessarily the case that non-autistic people are better at “managing" their emotions, or do they just not tend to feel as highly overwhelmed by things as autistic people, and therefore don’t typically have to do as much work “managing" anything?

I mean, like, people will say that an…

Much as people with Tourette have more ability to control our bodies than people without it. Because people without it never have bodies going so far out of control that they learn how to control them.

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    (emphasis mine) By the way, you are BRILLIANT. I love reading your posts. You’re an excellent writer.
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    Yes! Stimming is definitely there to regulate things. Whether they are sensory, cognitive, or emotional. That’s why it’s...
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    Yes, there are things that we feel more strongly both sensation wise and emotion wise. So *agrees with all of the above*...
  9. chavisory reblogged this from mulder-are-you-suggesting and added:
    Yup. All kinds of manifestations of typical people treating atypical people badly, or members of a majority treating...
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    And non-autistic people who get upset because an autistic person isn’t properly following the “social rules” (even if...
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    Interesting thoughts on the matter. Also feeling anguish over my stepson who tries so hard to get it “right"
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    This is a good point.
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