Re: [AutisticTreehouse]Learned AS like behaviours (was Project to publish book about how churches can accommodate people with autism)

[Guest guest]

> I have seen it happen (the phenomenon he describes, of typical people coming

to act more Aspie as they learn from us) There are also, of course, many cases

in which it does not happen.

Does anyone think that when it does happen it may on many occasions

simply be that by being around people who display and accept unusual

traits others may feel less need to hide some of their own? That it's

giving them a freedom, rather than somehow forcing them to be like us?

This is a little different, but I learned a lot about being autistic

from joining forums like inlv and ANI-L, and started doing things that

might have made me look more outwardly autistic but actually were

usefully copying ways others on spectrum had adapted things to their

needs. Examples include wearing socks inside out (as the toe hem

irritates) and cutting labels out of clothes.

I don't think it's wrong to feel ok or even good about doing things

differently. And I think it's great if we ACs can sometimes provide

space where NTs can be a little less repressive and normal!

Ruth