1. La Carga del Estigma y la Incomprensión Social.
Los participantes en la discusión expresan frustración por cómo la sociedad, los medios y los profesionales trivializan o malinterpretan las condiciones neurodivergentes, lo que lleva a la falta de empatía y a la perpetuación de estereotipos dañinos.
- Public service announcement saying shit like well, we are all a little autistic is not ok. It completely dismisses the very real struggle autistic people go through every day.
- As an autistic person im used to being treated im not human. Or i deserve to be institutionalized. Im used to abuse.
- I hate how neurodiversity, especially adhd, autism, and ocd, got dumbed down to oh im just a little silly sometimes !! _ because now when people who actually struggle with those things speak up, no one has empathy for us anymore.
- Autistic people often get labeled as narcissists by people who have no idea what either of those are.
2. Desafíos de Comunicación y la "Doble Empatía".
Se destaca la dificultad de la comunicación en un mundo neurotípico, donde la necesidad de precisión y honestidad de las personas autistas choca con las normas sociales ambiguas. El enmascaramiento (masking) se describe como una práctica agotadora y necesaria para la supervivencia social.
- For many autistic people, language distortion feels like dishonesty, even when it isnt meant that way. Its not just irritating, its disorienting.
- I will never understand why people cant just. Use their words. Just communicate. Say when something is bothering you. My autistic ass cannot be trying to read your mind 247.
- Being a black autistic woman is masking so well that people assume im fine until i shut down. The pressure to perform socially, professionally, and culturally leaves little room for authenticity or rest.
- Autistic doesnt mean uncaring. Just means you dont pick up hidden subtext and visual cues when people dont say what they mean.
3. La Lucha por el Diagnóstico y los Recursos.
Existe una preocupación constante sobre la accesibilidad y la validez de los diagnósticos, especialmente para los adultos y aquellos que se autodiagnostican. La falta de apoyo institucional y la politización de la neurodivergencia son temas recurrentes.
- Im 62 and all of a sudden my entire weird life started to make more sense. So many little things bothered me that didnt bother other people. It was quite liberating to finally understand.
- People say their problem is with self-diagnosis, but tbh, even if you have a formal dx, a lot of people decided long ago that they think high functioning autism is fake.
- I read an article earlier about how the neurodiversity paradigm harms real autistic people by reducing autistic struggles to being a difference or a neurotype. The article wanted a return to functioning labels, including profound autism.
- The lack of accommodations isnt caused by other autistic people having less support needs than you. It comes from an ableist society who sees our existence as a burden.
4. TDAH: Disfunción Ejecutiva y Percepción Pública.
Las personas con TDAH (ADHD) comparten sus experiencias con la disfunción ejecutiva, la procrastinación y la sensación de que sus desafíos son minimizados o atribuidos a la pereza por parte de la gente neurotípica.
- I describe executive dysfunction as moving through syrup. Like, imagine if every task from getting up to refill your water glass to cleaning your kitchen required wading through a sticky swamp of mental stasis?
- I wish we could get people to understand that saying oh i have a little bit of that is not the same kind of thing that a person with adhd has w.r.t. Executive function issues.
- I started medication today for my adhd and um. My brain is so quiet? is this what normal people feel??
- People with adhd will procrastinate on something for two months straight and then complete the task in twenty minutes.