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Originally Posted by HopefullyLost1211
I was not suggesting that people with ASD can never develop a theory of mind. I mentioned it as a hallmark of the disorder. Little people living on the spectrum do not typically develop a theory of mind in the way that other children do because of the disorder itself....difficulty reading social and non-verbal cues etc. That does not mean that people with ASD are narcissistic or psychopathic. Not at all. Having a cognitive difficulty with understanding other people's perspectives is very different from manipulating others or intentionally causing harm to others in order to gain some sort of advantage...which often occurs with psychopathy.
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I don't compare symptoms, I compare other people's attitudes. I never said aspergers is like narcissism.
But also you make me realize something that is not here yet where I live, but is coming, and I assume exists where you live.
You tell me how ASD is. And you seem to think mostly of kids and mostly of low functioning.
They didn't do us a favor when they started to call aspergers autism, instead of it just being a subgroup to all autism. It's really confusing to hear as a high functioning aspie what I'm not supposed to be able to do. I have friends, good friends, I have a place i society, I live on my own, and I have an university diploma.
Then it is a little weird to hear my group as well should be based on having no Theory of Mind. I can still be an aspie and understand people have a different inner life than me with different thought processes, personalities and experiences. I don't treat all my friends the exact same, because stuff in their heads are different from each others, so they need different treatment.
Unfortunately I think I will be the autistic person you do not like. If that is the case, and that I can't be innocent and cute, that is alright. I didn't start this thread thinking I'd get many agreeing with me.