My offspring would probably tell you that sounds like "masking," where autistic people work really hard to fake "normality." It's a huge stress and can cause some to hit a burnout state.
So, yeah, it's an effort for a lot of autistic people, and probably some other kinds of neuro-atypical, but the neurotypicals don't have to expend that effort, no...
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Date: 2019-05-06 02:13 am (UTC)So, yeah, it's an effort for a lot of autistic people, and probably some other kinds of neuro-atypical, but the neurotypicals don't have to expend that effort, no...
If that helps!