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Neurotypicals. I call 'em "Muggles".CptKirk said:NT's?????
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Neurotypicals. I call 'em "Muggles".CptKirk said:NT's?????
I can see what you mean but you will probably at least want to be diagnosed before you are a senior citizen. If you are autistic and not diagnosed the symptoms can sometimes be mistaken for mild cognitive impairment (or even dementia). This could result in being given medications that you don’t need. Some of those medications might have side effects of some kind.JulestheFloof said:I'm definitely autistic, though I refuse to be diagnosed because of the enormous drawbacks in the states and lack of resources as an adult.
I was never treated that way as a child - it was the 90s and AFAB kids weren't ever diagnosed. But oh my word did the signs point to that - even more so as an adult.
Art and drawing started early - I'd hyperfixate on characters for years at a time - (Sonic, Pokémon, Barney, TLK, Naruto, Avengers as I got older.) Photos of me had my stuffed animals constantly lined up or in a circle as I "played" with them that way.
My diaper fixation started when I was 5ish - sneaking plastic-backed Luvs home from my sister's little brother, trying in vain to put them on, and keeping them on my stuffies instead as I "babied" them.
Was gifted in reading, writing, and art, and always struggled with math of any kind - I have the mental capability of a 9-year-old in that subject. Always struggled through high school and college with any math.
Had a handful of close friends growing up that were as eccentric as me. I feel much closer to animals emotionally than many people. High school was surprisingly fun and I had a great social life - diaper wearing included! It was college that was isolated as I became infatuated with a boy that was constantly on-and-off with what he wanted from me. I was used and manipulated and it did a number on my mental health.
Now as an adult, I've got tons of aligned issues - I am super picky with food, get overstimulated easily, have a huge ABDL kink among other niche interests, am trans and queer, developed minor incontinence, still deeply hyperfixated (Detroit: Become Human) and would rather wear comfy clothes than appear super stylish. I struggle with income and work - though I do work, I find it deeply mentally draining.
I find it fascinating that many people with interests in the ABDL world are on the spectrum too. It's a wonderful coping mechanism - sexual or not, that brings us comfort and a way to connect with others like us
Also known as "normies."BobbiSueEllen said:Neurotypicals. I call 'em "Muggles".
Broken in their own, usually-self-inflicted ways.Sidewinder said:Also known as "normies."
I am relying more on others as I age since I am 66..weemouse said:i am autistic and while no chance to wear yet, i am interested in nappies/diapers both due to comfort feeling and medical issues. i have a lot of attachment to kids things due to autism, i depend a lot on others and not really emotionally mature, and act really child-like. i kind of feel like a kid who never grew up and is in an adult body.
SameTryssGoldear said:I'm autistic and I'm pretty sure it contributes to my love of diapers.
Exactly. There were only two categories then: 'Normal' and 'Special Ed'. If you had autism, Down Syndrome, dyslexia, ADD/ADHD, so on, you were considered 'retarded', by staff & peers alike...often derisively. The kids with Down, sadly, took the biggest brunt because of visual appearance. Looking back, it seems so tragic compared to now...and as kids then, we had nothing to compare to the ugliness of the times. Now...we do.babyjoe698 said:honestly when I was a kid, Autism was not a thing. Everything was label special needs.
I was born in 82. so I graduated in 2000BobbiSueEllen said:Exactly. There were only two categories then: 'Normal' and 'Special Ed'. If you had autism, Down Syndrome, dyslexia, ADD/ADHD, so on, you were considered 'retarded', by staff & peers alike...often derisively. The kids with Down, sadly, took the biggest brunt because of visual appearance. Looking back, it seems so tragic compared to now...and as kids then, we had nothing to compare to the ugliness of the times. Now...we do.
Back in the early/mid '70s, I would play in the living room with the TV on; the TV station usually on then was KOMO-4 in Seattle and on rare occasion then, they'd run a PSA stating "If you are teenaged and pregnant, you run a high risk of having a baby with mental retardation...for more information, contact blah-blah-blah..." My older sister and I were born of a teenage mom. I got 'the bug'.
They never specified which variants because, back then, one size fit all. Quite a narrow attitude for a society which 'put a man on the moon' 5 years prior. Which takes me back to Steve Camp's rendition of the song "The Great American Novel": "...you say 'We beat the Russians to the moon!', and I say 'You starved the children to do it'."
To this day, my country and its wealthier citizenry brag about our 'superior freedoms, opportunities and social acceptance', all the while being a de-facto caste society.
Exactly, when I was growing up kids were usually referred to as either “normal” or “Special Ed”. If a specific condition was mentioned people would say something like “(Student’s name) is Special Ed and by the way he or she has (name of condition goes here).” By the early to mid 1990s I also started to hear the term “gifted” but even then not all that often.BobbiSueEllen said:Exactly. There were only two categories then: 'Normal' and 'Special Ed'. If you had autism, Down Syndrome, dyslexia, ADD/ADHD, so on, you were considered 'retarded', by staff & peers alike...often derisively. The kids with Down, sadly, took the biggest brunt because of visual appearance. Looking back, it seems so tragic compared to now...and as kids then, we had nothing to compare to the ugliness of the times. Now...we do.
Back in the early/mid '70s, I would play in the living room with the TV on; the TV station usually on then was KOMO-4 in Seattle and on rare occasion then, they'd run a PSA stating "If you are teenaged and pregnant, you run a high risk of having a baby with mental retardation...for more information, contact blah-blah-blah..." My older sister and I were born of a teenage mom. I got 'the bug'.
They never specified which variants because, back then, one size fit all. Quite a narrow attitude for a society which 'put a man on the moon' 5 years prior. Which takes me back to Steve Camp's rendition of the song "The Great American Novel": "...you say 'We beat the Russians to the moon!', and I say 'You starved the children to do it'."
The very words of songwriter Larry Norman.
To this day, my country and its wealthier citizenry brag about our 'superior freedoms, opportunities and social acceptance', all the while being a de-facto caste society.
You got it right, right down to the timetable. Of course, the hordes of people lagged begind in compassion and common sense. Still a considerable bit of lag to this day. Guess it's better for the Muggles to be crowded in the middle than lonely at the top.AJFan2020 said:Exactly, when I was growing up kids were usually referred to as either “normal” or “Special Ed”. If a specific condition was mentioned people would say something like “(Student’s name) is Special Ed and by the way he or she has (name of condition goes here).” By the early to mid 1990s I also started to hear the term “gifted” but even then not all that often.
By about 1984 or so autism and dyslexia (for example) would sometimes be mentioned but even then not all that often. From what I remember I started hearing more about ADD around the late 1980s or early 1990s.
I'm not at all a big fan of GPs running interference on that. They should opine and say "I believe you have autism and, if you want, I can refer you for formal diagnosis and stand out of your way"...but for a GP to lend their opinion and block...that's uncool and unethical. Very little angers me more. If that's all they're gonna do, they need to shut the hell up on the matter, get off the fence and keep off of it. Or choose the other side. Because everyone deserves the opportunity for an answer. Autism is something they have no right to trifle with...it's like they're playing marbles with diamonds. "La-de-da...clack-clack, click-click, cut short, that quick!"mistykitty said:I believe I mentioned this elsewhere but my doctor informally diagnosed me with autism. She mentioned that I exhibit it in patient notes but didn't feel it was enough that action needed to be taken so never made the formal diagnosis or took any action.