Im gonna increasr the autisms by at least three

Im bad with kids but the other job im training for is with adults 30 minutes by car away so i cant afford that gas to stay there forever

  • TerminalEncounter [she/her]
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    7 hours ago

    No, I work with kids and some of the are neurodiverse. We do try our best (some of us anyway) but that doesn't make it easy. It'd he nice to have someone point out a behavior someone finds DiFfIcUlT like eye contact or stimming is just very common expected behavior for a kid with autism and there's nothing wrong with them just because of that.

    If you're worried you'll somehow make them more autistic - well, I'm assuming you're joking but I'll say it anyway. No, autism isn't contagious, you can't make then "more autistic." To be honest, they'd probably get a kick out of someone that might understand them and their thought processes better than the average neurological person. You have nothing to be ashamed of and nothing to report.

    • Thordros [he/him, comrade/them]
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      2 hours ago

      To be honest, they'd probably get a kick out of someone that might understand them and their thought processes better than the average neurological person.

      I think you meant neurotypical. izutsumi-idea

      But this is totally me and my nephew! My god, I could geek out over magnets and dinosaurs with that kid for days. I've almost got him convinced that the Paw Patrol are cops at best and class traitors at worst. And I guess I'm also teaching him my speech and language coping strategies that I had to learn the hard way, back before autism was even recognized as a real thing.