On an unjoking note: it says “autism is the art of being different in a world that seeks conformity”.
It’s…not an art. That would imply that we have a choice in the matter, when the only choice (arguably not a true choice in many contexts) is to suppress our inherent differences by masking or leave them on display.
Autism is a shorthand for our brains being different from the norm in specific ways, with variability in the severity and coping mechanisms from individual to individual that means these differences range from “disorder” to “disability”.
Too unreadable, didn’t read
On an unjoking note: it says “autism is the art of being different in a world that seeks conformity”.
It’s…not an art. That would imply that we have a choice in the matter, when the only choice (arguably not a true choice in many contexts) is to suppress our inherent differences by masking or leave them on display.
Autism is a shorthand for our brains being different from the norm in specific ways, with variability in the severity and coping mechanisms from individual to individual that means these differences range from “disorder” to “disability”.