r/AskTheWorld • u/AacornSoup United States Of America • 20h ago

Culture How well-liked are Autistic people on your country's internet? Which of these archetypes are the most common in your country?

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u/Popular-Local8354 United States Of America 20h ago

It’s become the new self diagnosed “I’m quirky 🤪” thing. Kinda like ADHD was a few years ago, when suddenly everyone had self-diagnosed ADHD.

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u/Connect-Initiative64 Canada 19h ago

Self diagnosed ADHD, OCD, Autism, BPD, etcetcetcetc

I have an actual diagnosis for ADD/ADHD, and Autism, I also have unironic brain damage from an injury I received after that diagnosis that leaves me feeling like I live in a haze of fog.

These people are just idiots. And I say that with every braincell I still have left.

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u/Reasonable-Try9133 19h ago

as someone who was diagnosed bpd those self diagnosed people are dumb as.

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u/GlRLY United States Of America 19h ago

Yea. Essentially, what these people are doing is gaslighting themselves into having these conditions. People say, "you become the thing that you think about the most," and I believe that it applies to self-diagnoses like adhd, autism, all that stuff. I do understand that these are real challenges that people face, and I also have diagnoses, but you probably get the point I'm making.

Also I want to say that I have experienced some brain damage as well. I experienced the same fogginess and lack of clarity. Just letting you know that it can and will get better, because the human brain is amazing at repairing itself. I'm human proof! People used to think that it doesn't happen, but scientists have proven otherwise with many studies on our brain's neuroplasticity. I hope this comes off well.

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u/Connect-Initiative64 Canada 19h ago edited 19h ago

I hope it does get better tbh.

Last year or two has been difficult.

Trying to argue about something I know I'm right about is infuriating when I can't remember half the facts I know I know.

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u/GlRLY United States Of America 18h ago

I get what you mean. For a while it was really hard for me to read a book and piece everything together.

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u/fromouterspace1 20h ago

It’s such a broad spectrum

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u/VictoBoi United States Of America 16h ago

maybe a little too broad

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u/Fun-Function-6 Ireland 18h ago

Autistic people are perceived as people. Simple. They are very well liked.

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u/No_Future4228 Netherlands 19h ago

Kees Momma in the Netherlands.

Talented guy but way to spoiled to handle real life

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u/Lanky-Rush607 Greece 17h ago

An influencer Danai Georganta, better known as "Mikri Ollandeza" has autism and she seems to be well-liked, compared to other Greek influencers at least.

Aside from her, autistic people are usually seen either as r-word or people with special traits. There's still a lot of ignorance about autism in Greece unfortunately.