It is a dangerous myth that autistic people are incapable of doing bad things, which stems from infantilisation, and it’s essential to recognise that we are just as flawed as our allistic peers. As an autistic woman, there have been many times when others do not understand why I say the things I do or why I don’t behave the way people expect me to.....KINDLY READ THE FULL STORY HERE▶
Through years of therapy, I have now realised that I have the red flags that I have been blind to, too focused on the red flags of others. I never realised how my red flags impacted my life’s choices and how they were part of why I struggled in relationships as a young adult.
Although many of these red flags are characteristics of autism, they are often interpreted as ‘red flags’ by neurotypicals and can cause others to misunderstand us. Here are a few of them:
1. I don’t always understand someone else’s perspective
I struggle to put myself in someone else’s shoes because I can only see my viewpoint, so other people’s choices often frustrate me. I can’t understand why someone else would make a different choice than me or why they don’t understand my choices because this seems like the only choice….READ FULL ARTICLES
