Seeming normal doesn't mean someone's brain doesn't work like others. You can't tell if someone is a psychopath by talking to them can you? That's how they are cunning and manipulative. Autism is a different disorder but you get what I mean. You can only understand if someone is mildly autistic if you spend alot of time with them, you can see how they are different neurotypicals see this difference and see them as weird this is why autistic people seek out a diagnosis so that they can understand why they are perceived as different and so that they can explain to others that it's a mild disability that's just a different way of thinking and there's nothing wrong with the way they are
you should learn more about neurodiversity, specially considering that he got his diagnosis so late in life, wich implies that he has mastered his mask to seem "normal", as you say (i hate that word)
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You seem normal to me
Seeming normal doesn't mean someone's brain doesn't work like others. You can't tell if someone is a psychopath by talking to them can you? That's how they are cunning and manipulative. Autism is a different disorder but you get what I mean. You can only understand if someone is mildly autistic if you spend alot of time with them, you can see how they are different neurotypicals see this difference and see them as weird this is why autistic people seek out a diagnosis so that they can understand why they are perceived as different and so that they can explain to others that it's a mild disability that's just a different way of thinking and there's nothing wrong with the way they are
you should learn more about neurodiversity, specially considering that he got his diagnosis so late in life, wich implies that he has mastered his mask to seem "normal", as you say (i hate that word)