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9:48am October 4, 2013

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So a really popular description of Aspergers and autism is to compare to being an alien among humans. I think I like the comparison of being a foreigner in a different country better - the alien thing just doesn’t…

Everyone always forgets too that Temple Grandin called herself an anthropologist ON Mars. Not from Mars.

Not commenting on the rest.

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  1. lechatelierite reblogged this from yesthattoo
  2. heylola2 reblogged this from aspiefightingforsurvival
  3. connoririshwright reblogged this from autistichellspawn and added:
    I always compared myself to the X-Men. In the sense of senses being stronger and high IQ. The alien one seems...
  4. autistichellspawn reblogged this from clatterbane
  5. clatterbane reblogged this from madeofpatterns
  6. lisaquestions reblogged this from withasmoothroundstone
  7. aspiefightingforsurvival reblogged this from prinzette and added:
    I like the costume thing, I never thought about it that way but it’s really accurate. It’s like I have to wear a mask in...
  8. youcrossyellowjacket reblogged this from eowynthranduilfilihaldir
  9. eowynthranduilfilihaldir reblogged this from withasmoothroundstone
  10. satyrheartbeat reblogged this from withasmoothroundstone and added:
    I tend to actually re appropriate the Changeling myth. Because I am not from another planet or on another planet. Earth...
  11. withasmoothroundstone reblogged this from madeofpatterns and added:
    Everyone always forgets too that Temple Grandin called herself an anthropologist ON Mars. Not from Mars. Not commenting...
  12. prinzette reblogged this from autistic-mom and added:
    I didn’t know that was a common description. Here I was thinking I was so original when I said this to the people at the...
  13. autistic-mom reblogged this from madeofpatterns and added:
    I was born in Germany and mostly raised in the US, and I’ve purposely never let go of the delusion that Germany would...
  14. innabeauty reblogged this from aspiefightingforsurvival
  15. fullelven-magicaddict reblogged this from yesthattoo and added:
    When I was a child, for the longest time I didn’t believe I was human. I never told anyone, of course, but in those...
  16. basicallykerry reblogged this from yesthattoo
  17. yesthattoo reblogged this from aspiefightingforsurvival and added:
    I sometimes say it’s a bit like having lived in a foreign country for a long time- the stuff people do still seems weird...
  18. thegreenanole reblogged this from knocked-right-in-spice
  19. knocked-right-in-spice reblogged this from aspiefightingforsurvival and added:
    Yeah. Why can’t I just be Autistic? Why do I have to learn stuff like making eye contact and and how to be social like...
  20. mmmyoursquid reblogged this from madeofpatterns and added:
    Plus I feel like the alien thing frequently has kind of a snotty undertone
  21. cakesexuality reblogged this from madeofpatterns and added:
    The whole being a foreigner thing could make a good comparison. For example, different cultures have different kinds of...
  22. theaccidentalnonconformist reblogged this from madeofpatterns and added:
    I don’t like the “alien among humans” thing because it’s so damn cliched. This will be my world when I feel like it is....