The Identity Theory of Autism: How Autistic Identity Is Experienced Differently
neuroclastic.com
Terra Vance posits that Autistic people experience empathy and emotions differently because the way autistic identity is structured differs from non-autistic people’s identity constructs.

I‘ve not related to something this much in a long time. I‘ve been treated as a traitor for this so often all over my life. I can’t believe that someone actually has a theory about this that is not esoteric in some way.

  • noughtnaut@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    7 months ago

    If someone asked me Who are you? I’d want to answer […] but I wouldn’t because I’d presume whoever was asking implicitly asking about my social intersectionality, because from there, they can map […], so I’d answer “[…]”. From this, […] I’d hope they’d unpack my values from my social intersections

    O. M. G.

    I am blown away by this. In the way that the first moments of a good film says so much more than what’s on screen, this “intro of a person” is such a beautifully crafted, rich description that I’m left thinking you’ve spent a long time polishing that to such perfection.

    Me? I’m likely to simply give my name and profession, or possibly my reason for being at whatever gathering we meet at.

    This is to say: is it “normal” for (“normal”) people to be able to give such eloquent descriptions? Because I feel like a right dunce in comparison.

    For reference, I am not diagnosed with autism, but am certainly struggling with something in this crazy world (and can relate to what I’ve read about alexithymia ).