• intensely_human@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    As someone with autism, I’m here to say that it is actually the opposite of helpful.

    People need challenges in order to grow. They need opportunities to fail.

    Putting training wheels on sarcasm makes autistic people even further behind the social curve by depriving us of opportunities to fail.

    Much like a sterile childhood environment has been scientifically proven to be a causal factor in developing allergies as an adult, I predict that science will eventually establish a causal link between lack of ambiguous communication during developmental years, and reduced intelligence in life.

    Human society is so fucking hard to understand for an autistic person, and I really appreciate your looking out for me, but the struggle is worth it, and human culture is intricate and beautiful, and that’s why I chose this username.