A rather interesting thing to do is explain you are Autistic to someone but only don't use the word ‘Autistic’ and just say "neurological" and watch how seriously they take you until you tell them it's Autism.
@Autistrain@AutisticAdam@actuallyautistic ... can i get an example sentence? Like they say something about weird communication and you respond with "oh i have a neurological disorder" ? or...?
because the literal interpretation "i'm neurological" is just a very confusing / nonsensical statement. BUT adding "disorder" to make it make sense is going to cause them to think you've got problems which undermines the experiment.
For example: "You know people put they hand in their hair to show they are interested by the person. Others will speak about they passion for this purpose. It's different way to show the interest. It's neurological." or "I like when the person is explaining something with details. It gives a structure to the topic."
And you can go on and on like this to show and explain autistic traits.
Yes, it can be taken as flirty, for example. It's one of these stims that can be misunderstood.
I will add that you don't have to stop. Please keep your stims as they are. It's not healthy to change them (except if they are harmful, like self injuring).
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