What Are Some Autistic Traits That Not Many People Talk About? Or Generally That Are Lesser Known Traits?

is it an autistic / nd thing to say the word of something as you see it?

like i saw a bag of dirt and immediately said “dirt”, i do this with a lot of things and didn’t think it was weird until someone pointed it out

I think this is a form of echolalia (though, it probably has its own name, but I couldn't find it). I definitely do it.

I'll often say an item out loud, read signs out loud, read trucks or delivery cars out loud etc. I mostly do it when I'm very tired or sometimes when I'm really happy and not masking.

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Neurotypical: You should help me put more it's the nice thing to do.

Autistic: Okay, I'll do whatever you need me to do. Just tell me what to do.

Neurotypical: I shouldn't have to tell you what to do, just help.

Autistic: How can I help????

Neurotypical: You're so inconsiderate for not helping even when I don't ask directly for help.

This is a personal experience of mine and I can't describe how frustrating it feels!

I will literally do what you tell me to if you just say it!

I can't understand when you might want my help, so all you have to do is ASK DIRECTLY!

Don't do shit like "oh I wish someone could help me." Because I won't know if that'd a joke or not!

Just say, "Hey can you help me clean this?" Or "Hey do you kind getting the mail for me?"

It's not that hard.

I'm not inconsiderate for not helping you when you didn't ask.

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What it's like to have conversations with someone who has Autism Spectrum Disorder and/or ADHD

(Spoken from my own experience)

I was diagnosed with ADHD when I was a kid, and ASD a few weeks ago.

I didn't have many friends because I was seen as annoying when I'd talk about my soexial intrests.

I try to control myself when I talk about something I'm incredibly interested in, but sometimes I do go too far.

I'd suggest letting an autistic person "talk it out" until they retire a subject. But from my experience I don't know when to quit.

So please when you would like to get an autistic person to retire a subject, DO NOT YELL AT THEM!

Spoken from personal experience, I was talking very intensely about a special intrest to a friend and without realizing it started yelling.

This friend decided to yell at me back, not in a mean way but to try to get me to be quitet.

I forget that other people have different opinions and that it's weird to get so passionate about certain topics.

That person yelling at me broke my self confidence and I immediately shut up and retracted from talking completely.

I knew if I started talking again I would start crying so I just didn't talk at all.

Sometimes it really feels like I'm an alien trying to understand when someone gets tired of me.

Is there anyone who gets what im saying?

I feel really alone.

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