This post is not trying to categorize autism as a wholly fantastic thing. This post is acknowledging a kind of personally felt positive experience exclusive to autistic people. Nowhere in the post does it say “and this is why we’re better that neurological people”.
Describing a kind of experience exclusive to how your brain works is by itself a neutral observation, one that that OP feels positively about. Yes, difficulty with communication can be highly detrimental, nobody is attempting to argue against that information. However, being able to pull off success instances if communication with neurotypical people, as well as styles of communication seemingly exclusive to other autistic people who think the way I do is pretty cool, in my own experiences.
So, to recap, things this post is not saying:
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Autism is unambiguously fantastic.
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Autism is always fun.
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Autistic brains are superior to neurological brains.
Things this post is saying:
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Autism is not an exclusively negative experience.
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Variations in brain development produce variations in styles of communication.
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The ability to engage in communication more or less satisfactorily in both categories can be perceived as a strength or even an advantage in very specific circumstances.
Yes, in general we wish we were more effective communicators, especially with the neurotypical world. No, this does not mean that it is doing a disservice to autistic people to acknowledge parts of our existence that bring us joy or give nod to specific strengths which are exclusive to us. I understand being frustrated with someone who says that having autism is wholly preferable and an all-around advantage, but it isn’t helpful to pretend that strawperson is in this image.
I am 1000% with you. Autism includes qualities and quirks, some of which have been empirically proven to be very much inhibited versus NTs, some of which have been empirically proven to very much surpass NT abilities. Being balanced about this information (e.g. celebrating what advantages do exist) isn’t supremacist in nature, it is being correct in nature actually. There is nothing divisive about that.
It’s like that whole implicit phantom at the end of the phrase ‘Black Lives Matter’. For one person it’s Black Lives Matter (Too) but for some other person, for some reason they assume its Black Lives Matter (The Most/More Than Others). The antagonistic autocomplete there is jumping the gun with one’s presumptions about what the messaging is centered on, usually because of their own negative expectations and baseline.
“I can do something NT people can’t do and it’s interesting to me that specific thing is called disordered for me in this instance” versus “LMAOOO NT PEOPLE CANT COMMUNICATE WITH US LIKE WE CAN, ARE THEY EVEN GOOD FOR ANYTHING??”
It’s like people in this thread some how only extrapolated that second tone. A little bit of irony that this whole thing is about communication difficulties.