SeeMinusMinus@lemmy.world to Autism@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year ago[Helpful Resource] A Field Guide to Earthlings: An Autistic/Asperger View of Neurotypical Behaviorpdfcoffee.comexternal-linkmessage-square16fedilinkarrow-up167arrow-down12file-text
arrow-up165arrow-down1external-link[Helpful Resource] A Field Guide to Earthlings: An Autistic/Asperger View of Neurotypical Behaviorpdfcoffee.comSeeMinusMinus@lemmy.world to Autism@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square16fedilinkfile-text
A free ebook written for autistic people that describes the neurtotypical world. It can be funny and quite insightful!
minus-squaretechnologicalcaveman@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up16·1 year agoI learned all my social norms by reading philosophy books, and totally fucking myself over because normal people don’t want to have lengthy talks about that stuff. It’s seriously a wonder why my parents never got me tested.
minus-squareHauilinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·1 year agoMy (autistic) wife studied philosophy to better understand humans (she didn’t get tested either until I got tested a year ago, we‘re both 30+ now)
I learned all my social norms by reading philosophy books, and totally fucking myself over because normal people don’t want to have lengthy talks about that stuff.
It’s seriously a wonder why my parents never got me tested.
My (autistic) wife studied philosophy to better understand humans (she didn’t get tested either until I got tested a year ago, we‘re both 30+ now)