When I was about 11 they started logging my Girl Scout camp. I went straight to the CEO of our council and complained. They thought it was cute until they realized I wanted actual change. It didn't come to anything, they still ruined the camp and ultimately sold it, but looking back I see this an an early sign of autism. The sense of injustice. Not accepting "my place". Seeing humans as equal asking for answers at the top. It's never been bravery just a blindness to the social hierarchy. I hope something can be done before the same thing happens to the UK 😥
I'm looking forward to this project. We are neophytes at compost, but it does feel like one of those tangible grass roots changes, doesn't it? 🪱
is injustice an autistic trait? I’ve always carried this massive sense of injustice around. Not so much feeling I’ve been wronged personally but that somehow the whole of society is unjust.
Yes! Strong sense of justice is commonly listed as a positive autistic trait (by those who believe such things exist) under the "social differences" umbrella. I've done some digging this morning and it hasn't been studied well. There is so much bias the one study I found was about autistics not being influenced by other people. (Specifically non autistics are more likely to donate to charity if someone is watching. Autistics aren't impacted in that way.) And they framed that as a deficit. The neurotypical mind is truly boggling. 🤯 Basically what I picked up from Davy's diagnosis was that neurotypical brains are hard wired to do what advances their social standing in society. Something about our brains we are not motivated that way. (No one has studied this without making negative assumptions that I can tell.) Add that we see and experience more connections than most brains and you get humans like Greta Thunberg.
I was thinking of Greta as I typed my last reply actually. ☺️
At this point it’s looking increasingly likely that I’m autistic. 😅 That’s fascinating about the hard wiring to get ahead! Truly boggling indeed!
Bonkers that it’s framed as a deficit to me it sounds like consciousness itself is offering a course correction for humans being all too self serving and ruining the planet...but then I tend to see the interconnectedness of everything 😆
Easy and makes sense yes! Here we are the tiny earth keepers! ✨✨🪄✨🌳✨🪄✨🪄✨🪄✨🪄✨✨
Oh that’s lovely! 💚🧡❤️🤩🍭
Tiny earth keepers..I love it!! 🥰🥰🥰💚💚💚
When I was about 11 they started logging my Girl Scout camp. I went straight to the CEO of our council and complained. They thought it was cute until they realized I wanted actual change. It didn't come to anything, they still ruined the camp and ultimately sold it, but looking back I see this an an early sign of autism. The sense of injustice. Not accepting "my place". Seeing humans as equal asking for answers at the top. It's never been bravery just a blindness to the social hierarchy. I hope something can be done before the same thing happens to the UK 😥
I'm looking forward to this project. We are neophytes at compost, but it does feel like one of those tangible grass roots changes, doesn't it? 🪱
Also love the podcast format. ✨🥰🎧
is injustice an autistic trait? I’ve always carried this massive sense of injustice around. Not so much feeling I’ve been wronged personally but that somehow the whole of society is unjust.
Yes! Strong sense of justice is commonly listed as a positive autistic trait (by those who believe such things exist) under the "social differences" umbrella. I've done some digging this morning and it hasn't been studied well. There is so much bias the one study I found was about autistics not being influenced by other people. (Specifically non autistics are more likely to donate to charity if someone is watching. Autistics aren't impacted in that way.) And they framed that as a deficit. The neurotypical mind is truly boggling. 🤯 Basically what I picked up from Davy's diagnosis was that neurotypical brains are hard wired to do what advances their social standing in society. Something about our brains we are not motivated that way. (No one has studied this without making negative assumptions that I can tell.) Add that we see and experience more connections than most brains and you get humans like Greta Thunberg.
I was thinking of Greta as I typed my last reply actually. ☺️
At this point it’s looking increasingly likely that I’m autistic. 😅 That’s fascinating about the hard wiring to get ahead! Truly boggling indeed!
Bonkers that it’s framed as a deficit to me it sounds like consciousness itself is offering a course correction for humans being all too self serving and ruining the planet...but then I tend to see the interconnectedness of everything 😆