@actuallyautistic
the below quote has the most boosts and likes on masto right now. I am putting it here bc. some of us seem to feel is barrier between us and the NT world is insurmountable while IMO, we basically only experience , what many do, more pronounced and not being able to hide which makes our lives different.
The change we instill by our advocacy ripples throughout society.It will help all.That's why there is such weight on it.
"Admit it. You aren’t like them. You’re not even close. You may occasionally dress yourself up as one of them, watch the same mindless television shows as they do, maybe even eat the same fast food sometimes. But it seems that the more you try to fit in, the more you feel like an outsider, watching the “normal people” as they go about their automatic existences. For every time you say club passwords like “Have a nice day” and “Weather’s awful today, eh?”, you yearn inside to say forbidden things like “Tell me something that makes you cry” or “What do you think deja vu is for?”. Face it, you even want to talk to that girl in the elevator. But what if that girl in the elevator (and the balding man who walks past your cubicle at work) are thinking the same thing? Who knows what you might learn from taking a chance on conversation with a stranger? Everyone carries a piece of the puzzle. Nobody comes into your life by mere coincidence. Trust your instincts. Do the unexpected. Find the others." (commonly attributed but unsourced)@ruralgloom
I can't decide whether I'm encouraged by the thought that a large number of people would like to break the social mould, or be horrified that so many people feel it as a burden but are still subjugated by an instinct / sense of needing to conform.