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@okabe_rintarou
I was diagnosed with autism when I was very young. The diagnosis included several psychological examinations and a brain scan. I was outright told, that I will be lucky if I finish primary school. BTW, what a thing to tell to a child.

As far as I can tell, Autism does mean only following:
1) eye contact is near impossible and my gestures are slightly offf.
2) My interest in social interaction is low. Very low...
3) When I was a kid, I lacked the "monkey see monkey do" instinct.

Since I was never told to do the no.3, my no 2 got worse, and since the no.2 caused me to be a bullied kid, no. 2 and 1 kept increasing in a loop until I got to a phase in life where "fitting in" wasn't the only survival strategy. (about high school)

So, feel free to ask anything you want on the topic. :ablobcool:

@okabe_rintarou
I would guess the worst thing about the diagnosis was that it took me decades to realize just how important the eye contact/body language realy is to normies.

I used to be bullied, attacked and argued with for a LONG time. And I never conected that to the reason. But recently, I heard that one person started an argument with me at work, because "I acted all supperior to him"... Bitch, I was 1st day at my work. Do you know anyone who is acting supperior on 1st day at work? As far as I know, everyone's covering in fear of every single movement they make...

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