BecomingMe wrote:
Reading the above posts, I'm still unsure what is wrong with wanting to improve executive functioning skills which are typically inherently lacking in autistics, myself included. This isn't conforming. This is improving an area of deficiency which most of us share. Same as dyspraxia. Improving motor skills isn't conforming, it's improving an area of deficiency.
It's not about conforming. Lots of stuff on the agenda personally today, mega post tomorrow. In the meantime, feel free to give me more to think about when I make that post, but I don't see how what I am addressing is conforming. It's owning that with our great gifts come some inherent difficulties and how best do we overcome these difficulties. Not to make NTs or anyone else happier.. it's how to be happier ourselves.
Executive functioning was not mentioned previously, making excuses a general thing autistics do was implied, maybe if not probably that was not your intent, after all communication issues are often a thing on the spectrum. If that is what happened it was probably not for lack of trying but an issue of you not figuring how to communicate what you you want yet although by tomorrow's mega post you probably will.
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DSM 5: Autism Spectrum Disorder, DSM IV: Aspergers Moderate Severity.
03 Oct 2015, 12:13 pm
