The conflicted behaviours of AS; the so-called “cuteness” and then extreme bullying
…Excuse you!? I have ASD, and I have never bullied anyone; the closest I ever got was occasionally saying something insensitive without realizing it as social stuff isn’t my forte. In fact, I was often bullied back in school. Both by fellow students and even by teachers! Teachers who either refused to support me because “it’s my fault for being different”, or who just blatantly emotionally abused me by calling me “stupid” and “rude” and “intolerant”, who ridiculed or humiliated me in front of the entire class, and who tried to gaslight me into thinking I should aim lower in my studies because I supposedly wasn’t able to handle it.
Yes, really. All because I stood out. And my parents quickly learned that if they dared to complain about it, the teachers would just hate me even more. And the principal (elementary) wasn’t much better… Once he called me to his office and gave me a a furious rant and threatened me because of something my mother had done.
As you can imagine, I was utterly miserable at school.
Autism is not cute in the privacy of their own home. It is tyrannical and controlling; all “cuteness”, charm they display outside the home completely disappears. This is the Jekyll and Hyde
What in the actual fuck are you even talking about!?
It would be very helpful if AS adults admit that his/her spouse helps them cope with life.
Okay, one, I don’t have a spouse. I can cope fine well enough by myself. And secondly, isn’t “helping your partner cope with life” part of the job description for a decent spouse?