Neurodivergent on Yik Yak | I hate when people use autism as an excuse for being rude when there’s an OBVIOUS tell for purposely being a dick and accidentally being one. I FR didn’t know it wasn’t okay to ask people how much they made, that’s autism. “You’re ugly af” is rude

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Neurodivergent 7w

I hate when people use autism as an excuse for being rude when there’s an OBVIOUS tell for purposely being a dick and accidentally being one. I FR didn’t know it wasn’t okay to ask people how much they made, that’s autism. “You’re ugly af” is rude

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Anonymous 7w

It’s only “not okay” because companies want to keep pay inequalities in place. Ask away! Cause the commotion, get people talking! 💃🏼

Anonymous 7w

right! i didn’t know that ur supposed to say hi to ppl u don’t know when ur with someone they do know. i never had to do that before. once i learned that, i say hi to everyone when they talk to someone i know while im with them. sometimes they look at me like im crazy, so idrk about that one 😭 but it’s not like i purposefully ignored the ppl. there’s definitely a difference

Anonymous 7w

*Ask people how much money they made when working, to specify

Anonymous

#2 7w

I’m very awkward when people talk to me that I don’t know well or haven’t been introduced to but… if a stranger says hi or nods or waves or something, I’m not going to ignore them. But I also won’t just stand by the side and not at least acknowledge their presence if they’re talking to someone I know. If it’s not my convo, I’ll move, but I’ll still say hi or something 😭

Anonymous

#1 7w

yea usually the other person doesn’t acknowledge me. if they did, i’d say hi or give a smile, but they would rarely do any of that, so i just had no clue. it wasn’t until a girl got mad at me for not saying hi to her when my cousin, who i was with, approached her. my cousin said hi, and before i could even react to anything, she got aggressive and was like “you don’t know how to say hi to ppl?!” and it’s like literally no. i wasn’t taught that 😭 if im not taught it, im not gonna know

Anonymous

#2 7w

It really costs nothing to understand that not everyone has the same experiences and things are processed differently. Yelling at us doesn’t help build up the knowledge of how to approach it, either. Like, come on! Just be a little kinder. Ask if you don’t know why something happened a certain way. 😭 If I misunderstood another Autistic friend of mine, I just ask them. I say, “hey, it came across/I felt like ___, would you mind clarifying your intent so I know?”

Anonymous

#1 7w

EXACTLY!