Do you ever think you could be a bit autistic?

One eyed Jack

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120196104#Comment_120196104

Fair play to you too for dispelling the myth that autistic people have no sense of humour!

Hodors Appletart

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120196195#Comment_120196195

not here to "dispel myths" for you or any other hilarious comedian who thinks it's ok to use autism as a jokey put-down. I hope that anyone who is actually autistic wasn't within earshot of your absolutely hilarious repartee.

Hodors Appletart

actually your "it's just a joke" excuse is the most egregious comment on this thread really.

You think it's fine to use the condition as a jokey put-down to someone who was actually wearing a lanyard to raise awareness about the disorder, then have the temerity to tell an actual person with autism that it is up to them to dispel myths about it.

you can't actually be serious here. You probably think you've done nothing wrong.

I really, really hope nobody who has autism ever encounters you when you are having your incredible and hilarious office banter, using their condition as a way to put other people down.

Lunchtime breaks must be inusfferable for them when you are around making your jokes and witty observations.

Tell me, what "few things" did the lanyard explain for you. Willing to say right here, that you won't answer that, because it was "just a joke".

One eyed Jack

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120196205#Comment_120196205

Ah, I see now you just interpreted the anecdote arseways, and nothing to do with being autistic either 👍

Hodors Appletart

nope, you said you "had to laugh" about a situation where you thought someone was autistic and that it "explained a few things" about them.

What things? or was that just a joke about autism?

I knew it though, you are absolutely of the belief you've done nothing wrong here.

Fair play, continue on using autism as a put down. Seems to suit you.

Only because my kid has been diagnosed and I had the exact same issues they they do

Still have some of them, all to be honest but can "hide" a lot of them.

Hodors Appletart

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120196262#Comment_120196262

yep it's called "masking" and I find it incredibly exhausting in certain settings.

Grayson

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120193992#Comment_120193992

Time is intensely tied to memory. But it's in a weird way. So you will remember an event and I could ask when that happened. You might say "Sometime in august. But I said, no, what time was it, you'd remember that time quite easily.

If you are old enough to remember 9-11, can you remember if it was a Monday/Tuesday? But I bet you can probably remember the time of day when you heard.

I'm terrible remembering dates. I can't remember birthdays. And like most Irish people if I say I'll meet you at 6, I'll be there at 6:05. I can remember events from when I was 1 year old. When I heard that most people can't remember anything from before they were 4 I thought it was weird. I couldn't imagine that people had years of their lives that they couldn't remember.

So yeah, I'm **** at dates. But I notice number plates. I notice patterns in them.

The most important thing I learned about autism is that if you know someone with autism, all you know about autism is that you know a person with autism. Everyone is different. How it manifests differs from person to person.

It's also not a bad thing knowing if you are or are not. I spent ages not wanting to be before I realized that this was a chance to make myself a better person. To learn new things and improve skills. And make live easier for myself.

Grayson

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120196167#Comment_120196167

People with ASD are more prone to anxiety and depression.

HalloweenJack

Understandably so.

I did the test there and got 15 out of 50 so it's just lazy generalisation on my part.

DownByTheGarden

But I think everyone has their own unique way of thinking about things and doing things. We are all autistic in some way if we sit back and really think about our own traits.

Grayson

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120196387#Comment_120196387

No. Just no :)

One eyed Jack

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120196249#Comment_120196249

Yes, I had to laugh at myself, because I’d put my foot in it. It wasn’t the end of the world or anything.

It’s because I don’t go around assuming people are autistic that I don’t lend any weight to behaviours which are normally associated with autism, and I don’t have any stigma or prejudice about the condition either, so when I assumed that what he was telling me is that he was autistic, that’s why I made the remark that it explains a few things. I was wrong then, obviously! When he began staring at me, I asked him is he sure, because excessive staring is associated with autism. I laughed afterward thinking about it because I was laughing at myself for having made the mistake.

There was no using autism as a put-down or anything else, that’s nothing more than your own interpretation of my intent, similar to his in being offended because I’d made a mistake in thinking that’s why he was wearing a lanyard to raise awareness of autism.

Hodors Appletart

everyone else's fault but yours, gotchya

I wasn't wrong, you definitely think you did nothing wrong.

One eyed Jack

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120196492#Comment_120196492

First line of the previous post -

Yes, I had to laugh at myself, because I’d put my foot in it. It wasn’t the end of the world or anything.

I've always been skeptical of "everyone is on the spectrum" all right, but couldn't know whether it was true or not.

However there are obviously varying levels/ways in which it presents itself.

And I can remember the dates of trivial things. Just great having people tell me what I mean when I don't mean that. 😊

One eyed Jack

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120196229#Comment_120196229

I’m only seeing this now, but this?

then have the temerity to tell an actual person with autism that it is up to them to dispel myths about it

Didn’t happen.

It’s quite obvious that you’re purposely misconstruing what I posted in order to lecture me about it. I figured you got the joke, that’s why I followed up with saying it dispels the myth that autistic people don’t have a sense of humour. I know plenty who do, and don’t need you or one of my work colleagues to inform or make me any more aware of the condition than I already am.

It was a light-hearted anecdote at my own expense, but I don’t expect you’d be familiar enough with me to know that, and that’s about all the explanation you deserve tbh.

Jequ0n

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120197268#Comment_120197268

I think the funny part is how you keep keep making this worse with every follow up post.

fits

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120196387#Comment_120196387

No we aren’t. Being autistic is a diagnosis that reflects how certain traits affect us in a such a significant way as to make typical life more challenging.

One eyed Jack

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120197683#Comment_120197683

There’s no making anything worse. Poster wilfully misinterprets another posters intent to get up on their high horse is standard practice on the Internet. My misinterpreting my work colleagues intentions was entirely accidental, and my own fault for making assumptions about him being autistic. It’s why I could laugh about it afterwards, because it was silly, and it fits perfectly in this thread because this is After Hours on Boards, not the bloody Lancet.

Jequ0n

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120198169#Comment_120198169

They really didn’t misinterpret you, and you put your foot in it. It happens, let it go.

One eyed Jack

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120198490#Comment_120198490

Whole point of the thread is asking people have they ever thought they could be autistic. It’s not about people who have been clinically diagnosed as autistic. Plenty of posters have admitted attempting self-diagnosis and claims that we’re all somehow autistic, yet mine is the most egregious post in the thread? Please 🙄

I’d have let it go if it wasn’t for the attempt to wilfully twist what I’d posted to make something out of nothing. I was just correcting their deliberate misinterpretation.

Jequ0n

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120198533#Comment_120198533

This has nothing to do with people diagnosing or self-diagnosing.

Your initial post was a poor attempt at being funny. I don’t judge you, I have made far less sensitive comments thinking they were amusing. What’s really funny is that you can’t hold up your hands and admit it because you enjoy your holier than holy appearance.

It’s a sad day when someone like me has to tell you that you were are out of line there.

One eyed Jack

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120198618#Comment_120198618

There’s no holier than thou effort on my part because you’re choosing to invent something that didn’t happen. I don’t mind admitting my sense of humour isn’t to everyone’s taste, but trying to make it into something it wasn’t, isn’t any reflection on me whatsoever. How important you think you are is entirely your own business too.

Jequ0n

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120198673#Comment_120198673

Re-read your initial post and think about how it landed.

Nobody has been twisting your words from what I can see, and I am totally impartial to this topic. This is becoming embarrassing at this stage.

One eyed Jack

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120198789#Comment_120198789

No Father, I don’t think I will. I know the risks of posting on the internet is that anonymous strangers will accidentally take me up wrong, and some will intentionally take me up wrong. It happens, and it’s nothing to be embarrassed about.

A bit? Who are you calling " a bit" ?

Jequ0n

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120198846#Comment_120198846

No need, you made enough of a joke of yourself on this thread already. Keep going to keep us entertained

junkyarddog

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120191903#Comment_120191903

I scored 36 out of 50!

I'm not sure I believe there is such a thing as autism. I tend to see people as individuals each with their own unique set of traits and qualities. There are many ways of being in this world and they don't all belong under a label or a disorder or something to be analysed and managed.