#allism

[summoningspark]

Why were we ever fucking with "allistic" when "autisn't" was right there

[rabbitindisguise]

Sometimes people will be like "everyone knows X objectively harmless thing is just a stand in for being directly rude, don't do that because you're being rude to me" and then you ask them who told them that it was a stand in and they're like "the person/people who expected me to get that they were being subtly an asshole and got mad when I didn't automatically do what they wanted based on that info" and it's just like. Wow so you expected an asshole to understand how the world works? Sure alright. Why are you making that my problem

(this is a post about autism)

[ahojojoj]

what do people think about if they dont have special interests?

[lesvegas]

Would you ever date an allistic person?

Yes - I'm allistic

Yes - I'm autistic

No - I'm allistic

No - I'm autistic

Not interested in dating / unsure / show results

Voting ended onFeb 26, 2023

Please rb to increase sample size!

[moomatahiko]

Diagnostic Criteria for Allism Spectrum Disorder

also known as, Neurotypical Disorder

(Parody)

To meet diagnostic criteria for Allism Spectrum Disorder according to DSM-5, a child must have persistent deficits in each of three areas of social communication and interaction (see A.1. through A.3. below) plus at least two of four types of restricted, repetitive behaviors (see B.1. through B.4. below).

A. Persistent deficits in direct, honest, and compassionate social interaction and patterns of using deception and manipulation of others perception. Deficits persist across multiple contexts, as manifested by the following, currently or by history (examples are illustrative, not exhaustive; see text):

Deficits in social-emotional reciprocity. For example, a. Indirect, ambiguous, or deceptive communication style, b. Over dependence on social norms and generalizations, c. Frequently superimposes subtext or places unfounded meaning on concrete, literal, or factual communication, d. Struggles with comprehending consent and personal boundaries in social interaction.

Deficits in verbal and nonverbal communicative behaviors used for social interaction. For example, a. Ritualized use of unusual or menial conversation topics (e.g. comments on weather), b. Pervasive passive aggressive communication style (saying “that’s different” when really meaning “I don’t like that”), c. An excessive use of eye contact, abnormalities in body language, and deficits in understanding and use of gestures.

Deficits in theory of mind and developing, maintaining, and understanding autistic relationships. For example, a. Difficulties adjusting behavior to suit various social contexts, b. Inappropriate or undesired responses in conversation (e.g. using repeated passive/apathetic responses to end a conversation, visible discomfort when your interests or opinions vary from theirs), c. Absorption in perceived social status “ranking”, d. Deficit in comprehending bodily autonomy and personal space, e. Restrictive fixation with and dependence on gender social constructs, f. Repeatedly engages in tribalistic behaviors, such as compulsive attempts to control reputation in groups, and exploiting, marginalizing, or punishing groups deemed unworthy or inferior.

Severity is based on social communication impairments and impairment in organized, specialized behavior. For either criterion, severity is described in 3 levels: Level 3 – requires very substantial support, Level 2 – Requires substantial support, and Level 1 – requires support.

B. Patterns of over-dependence on heuristics, social norms, and generalizations in behavior, interests, or activities, as manifested by at least two of the following, currently or by history (examples are illustrative, not exhaustive; see text):

Stereotyped or repetitive verbalization, use of objects, or speech. e.g., a. Simple motor stereotypes, b. Repetitive vocal stimming via verbalizing unfiltered thoughts or patterns of erroneous intonation c. Recreating social scenarios with toys or objects as children, d. Repetitive use of involuntary scripted phrases (e.g. “Lets hang out soon”, “How are you”, “Long time no see”, or “It’s nice to meet you”).

Insistence on sameness, extreme adherence to pre-existing social norms, or ritualized patterns of verbal or nonverbal behavior. e.g., a. Ritualized use of indirect communication, b. Strong attachment to group identity, rigid thinking patterns, greeting rituals, c. Need to conform, d. Difficulty in challenging pre-existing constructs in the world, e. Gullible to group biases such as bandwagon effect, groupthink, or status quo bias.

Lack of specialization or pattern-recognition that is abnormal in apathy or disorderliness. e.g., a. numerous superficial, shallow hobbies and interests with deficit in or complete lack of deeper exploration of interests, b. selecting interests based on social group or social influence, c. utilizing interests as social currency without genuine passion, d. ignoring small details because they do not align with expectations, context, or pre-existing beliefs, e. overly concerned with social perception instead of concrete objects or information.

Dulled or hyporeactive to sensory input or information that does align with pre-existing knowledge, beliefs, or self-interest. e.g., a. ”tuning out” sounds in environment deemed unimportant, b. easily influenced to interpret information based on how information is presented, c. overly gullible to confirmation bias, halo effect, and attentional bias, d. restrictively applyies existing social constructs as rules/expectations for all interaction and modelling of instead of generating beliefs based on sensory input and pattern recognition.

Specify current severity:

Severity is based on social communication impairments and restricted, repetitive patterns of behavior. (See table below.)

C. Symptoms must be present in the early developmental period (but may not become fully manifest until their behavior becomes intolerable to autistics).

D. Symptoms cause clinically significant impairment in social, occupational, or other important areas of current functioning.

E. These disturbances are not better explained by intellectual disability (intellectual developmental disorder) or global developmental delay. Intellectual disability and allism spectrum disorder frequently co-occur; to make comorbid diagnoses of allism spectrum disorder and intellectual disability, communication should be below that expected for general developmental level.

Note: Individuals with a well-established DSM-IV diagnosis of allism disorder, neurotypical disorder, or pervasive developmental disorder not otherwise specified should be given the diagnosis of allism spectrum disorder. Individuals who have marked deficits in social communication, but whose symptoms do not otherwise meet criteria for allism spectrum disorder, should be evaluated for social (pragmatic) communication disorder.

[transthaumaturge]

I heard something interesting today, which is that a lot of autistic people are the Meyers-Briggs personality type INFJ. It got me interested, because I'm autistic and I tested as INFJ when I took the test! I even just retook it to check. I feel called out lol

I don't put a lot of stock in personality tests, but I'm really curious to see whether this is accurate and decided to bring it to the gay trans autistic webbed site.

A link to a site where you can take the Meyers-Briggs test online is at the bottom, and so is a description of the INFJ personality type. Just make sure to take your results with a grain of salt, personality tests are interesting but a large part of them is bunk science.

So without further ado,

Are you INFJ?

Yes and I'm autistic/have autism

Yes and I'm allistic (not autistic)

No and I'm autistic/have autism

No and I'm allistic

wtf I don't want to take this weird test (results)

Voting ended onJan 26, 2024

Link to take the Meyers-Briggs personality test:

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Link to a description of the INFJ personality profile:

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[mordcore]

Allism Spectrum Disorder: an unrecognized disability

(definition: allistic means not autistic)

Diagnostic Criteria

1- Must meet all of these:

A. struggling to empathize with non-allistic people

B. over-reliance on body language or unique display of emotions, difficulty with understanding or adapting to normal communication

C. over-reliance on social norms, experiencing confusion or upset when social expectations are not fulfilled

2- Must meet three of these:

A. struggling to communicate feelings and needs in a relationship

B. tendency to assume sarcasm, passive agressiveness or metaphor in mundane requests and statements.

C. inability to hyperfocus, sometimes resulting in cognitive impairment

D. lack of hyperfixations/special interests, may struggle to build more than a surface-level understanding of any given subject

E. unusual lack of stimming

F. lack of sensory preferences. unable to gain a deep enjoyment of sensory stimuli besides coitus; lack of response to painful stimuli.

3- Symptoms must be present since earlly childhood, and not caused by drugs, brain injury or other disorders.

Differential diagnostics:

trauma disorders, non-adhd (high comorbidity)

[kontextmaschine]

So one take-away from the personality change maybe making me unautistic is that the antonym of "ask culture" isn't guess culture, they're not (now I'm not) guessing, there really is some sort of interpersonal signal they're (we're) picking up.

But it's not like an information-carrying signal, or at least one that gets delivered to the consciousness, it's not like as if where before I'd be like "oh I want to make a romantic move but I don't know the right moment" I pay attention to the signal and it tells me what the right moment is and so I can decide to do it then.

What it is is that being attuned to this signal, I will make that move at some point that happens to be the ideal moment, without ever having specifically considered and decided on that.

I dunno, maybe this is what instinct is? Whereas previously I had thought of it in terms of information (like "this is the moment") arriving without any obvious source that would then serve as an input to the same conscious decisionmaking process?