#allism

[lesvegas]

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#actuallyautistic #autism #allism #allistics #polls #tumblr polls #dating

[moomatahiko]

Diagnostic Criteria for Allism Spectrum Disorder

also known as, Neurotypical Disorder

(Parody)

To meet diagnostic criteria for Allism Spectrum Disorder according to DSM-5, a child must have persistent deficits in each of three areas of social communication and interaction (see A.1. through A.3. below) plus at least two of four types of restricted, repetitive behaviors (see B.1. through B.4. below).

A. Persistent deficits in direct, honest, and compassionate social interaction and patterns of using deception and manipulation of others perception. Deficits persist across multiple contexts, as manifested by the following, currently or by history (examples are illustrative, not exhaustive; see text):

Deficits in social-emotional reciprocity. For example, a. Indirect, ambiguous, or deceptive communication style, b. Over dependence on social norms and generalizations, c. Frequently superimposes subtext or places unfounded meaning on concrete, literal, or factual communication, d. Struggles with comprehending consent and personal boundaries in social interaction.

Deficits in verbal and nonverbal communicative behaviors used for social interaction. For example, a. Ritualized use of unusual or menial conversation topics (e.g. comments on weather), b. Pervasive passive aggressive communication style (saying “that’s different” when really meaning “I don’t like that”), c. An excessive use of eye contact, abnormalities in body language, and deficits in understanding and use of gestures.

Deficits in theory of mind and developing, maintaining, and understanding autistic relationships. For example, a. Difficulties adjusting behavior to suit various social contexts, b. Inappropriate or undesired responses in conversation (e.g. using repeated passive/apathetic responses to end a conversation, visible discomfort when your interests or opinions vary from theirs), c. Absorption in perceived social status “ranking”, d. Deficit in comprehending bodily autonomy and personal space, e. Restrictive fixation with and dependence on gender social constructs, f. Repeatedly engages in tribalistic behaviors, such as compulsive attempts to control reputation in groups, and exploiting, marginalizing, or punishing groups deemed unworthy or inferior.

Severity is based on social communication impairments and impairment in organized, specialized behavior. For either criterion, severity is described in 3 levels: Level 3 – requires very substantial support, Level 2 – Requires substantial support, and Level 1 – requires support.

B. Patterns of over-dependence on heuristics, social norms, and generalizations in behavior, interests, or activities, as manifested by at least two of the following, currently or by history (examples are illustrative, not exhaustive; see text):

Stereotyped or repetitive verbalization, use of objects, or speech. e.g., a. Simple motor stereotypes, b. Repetitive vocal stimming via verbalizing unfiltered thoughts or patterns of erroneous intonation c. Recreating social scenarios with toys or objects as children, d. Repetitive use of involuntary scripted phrases (e.g. “Lets hang out soon”, “How are you”, “Long time no see”, or “It’s nice to meet you”).

Insistence on sameness, extreme adherence to pre-existing social norms, or ritualized patterns of verbal or nonverbal behavior. e.g., a. Ritualized use of indirect communication, b. Strong attachment to group identity, rigid thinking patterns, greeting rituals, c. Need to conform, d. Difficulty in challenging pre-existing constructs in the world, e. Gullible to group biases such as bandwagon effect, groupthink, or status quo bias.

Lack of specialization or pattern-recognition that is abnormal in apathy or disorderliness. e.g., a. numerous superficial, shallow hobbies and interests with deficit in or complete lack of deeper exploration of interests, b. selecting interests based on social group or social influence, c. utilizing interests as social currency without genuine passion, d. ignoring small details because they do not align with expectations, context, or pre-existing beliefs, e. overly concerned with social perception instead of concrete objects or information.

Dulled or hyporeactive to sensory input or information that does align with pre-existing knowledge, beliefs, or self-interest. e.g., a. ”tuning out” sounds in environment deemed unimportant, b. easily influenced to interpret information based on how information is presented, c. overly gullible to confirmation bias, halo effect, and attentional bias, d. restrictively applyies existing social constructs as rules/expectations for all interaction and modelling of instead of generating beliefs based on sensory input and pattern recognition.

Specify current severity:

Severity is based on social communication impairments and restricted, repetitive patterns of behavior. (See table below.)

C. Symptoms must be present in the early developmental period (but may not become fully manifest until their behavior becomes intolerable to autistics).

D. Symptoms cause clinically significant impairment in social, occupational, or other important areas of current functioning.

E. These disturbances are not better explained by intellectual disability (intellectual developmental disorder) or global developmental delay. Intellectual disability and allism spectrum disorder frequently co-occur; to make comorbid diagnoses of allism spectrum disorder and intellectual disability, communication should be below that expected for general developmental level.

Note: Individuals with a well-established DSM-IV diagnosis of allism disorder, neurotypical disorder, or pervasive developmental disorder not otherwise specified should be given the diagnosis of allism spectrum disorder. Individuals who have marked deficits in social communication, but whose symptoms do not otherwise meet criteria for allism spectrum disorder, should be evaluated for social (pragmatic) communication disorder.

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[transthaumaturge]

I heard something interesting today, which is that a lot of autistic people are the Meyers-Briggs personality type INFJ. It got me interested, because I'm autistic and I tested as INFJ when I took the test! I even just retook it to check. I feel called out lol

I don't put a lot of stock in personality tests, but I'm really curious to see whether this is accurate and decided to bring it to the gay trans autistic webbed site.

A link to a site where you can take the Meyers-Briggs test online is at the bottom, and so is a description of the INFJ personality type. Just make sure to take your results with a grain of salt, personality tests are interesting but a large part of them is bunk science.

So without further ado,

Link to take the Meyers-Briggs personality test:

Link to a description of the INFJ personality profile:

Please reblog this to boost it so we can get better results!

#autism #actually autistic #meyers briggs #personality tests #allism #I was going to write “and I'm allistic/have allism” and I'm I'd be right in doing that but nobody says they “have allism” lol

[kontextmaschine]

So one take-away from the personality change maybe making me unautistic is that the antonym of "ask culture" isn't guess culture, they're not (now I'm not) guessing, there really is some sort of interpersonal signal they're (we're) picking up.

But it's not like an information-carrying signal, or at least one that gets delivered to the consciousness, it's not like as if where before I'd be like "oh I want to make a romantic move but I don't know the right moment" I pay attention to the signal and it tells me what the right moment is and so I can decide to do it then.

What it is is that being attuned to this signal, I will make that move at some point that happens to be the ideal moment, without ever having specifically considered and decided on that.

I dunno, maybe this is what instinct is? Whereas previously I had thought of it in terms of information (like "this is the moment") arriving without any obvious source that would then serve as an input to the same conscious decisionmaking process?

#personality change #allism #guess culture

[toddchavezwatchescartoons]

Please take a moment out of your day to take pity on those suffering from the neurological disorder known as allism.

#allism #autism #reddit #social skills

[mordcore]

Allism Spectrum Disorder: an unrecognized disability

(definition: allistic means not autistic)

Diagnostic Criteria

1- Must meet all of these:

A. struggling to empathize with non-allistic people

B. over-reliance on body language or unique display of emotions, difficulty with understanding or adapting to normal communication

C. over-reliance on social norms, experiencing confusion or upset when social expectations are not fulfilled

2- Must meet three of these:

A. struggling to communicate feelings and needs in a relationship

B. tendency to assume sarcasm, passive agressiveness or metaphor in mundane requests and statements.

C. inability to hyperfocus, sometimes resulting in cognitive impairment

D. lack of hyperfixations/special interests, may struggle to build more than a surface-level understanding of any given subject

E. unusual lack of stimming

F. lack of sensory preferences. unable to gain a deep enjoyment of sensory stimuli besides coitus; lack of response to painful stimuli.

3- Symptoms must be present since earlly childhood, and not caused by drugs, brain injury or other disorders.

Differential diagnostics:

trauma disorders, non-adhd (high comorbidity)

#disclaimer: this is satire #hey i liked making this it opened my third eye i have a Whole new perspective on allism-autism #my stuff #actually autistic #allism #neurodivergent #autistic #im proud of this

[m-eowdy]

#reblog please :^) #mine #autism #neurodivergent #neurotypical #autistic #allistic #allism #poll #polls

[invalid-request]

Allistics, can you pick something else besides silence as the designated way of expressing displeasure? Cuz sometimes I just don't have anything to say and I don't mean to offend

#actually autistic #autistic #autism spectrum #autism #autism spectrum disorder #autism things #autistic problems #allistic communication #allistics #allism #social skills #neurotypical communication #communication #neurotypicals #neurotypical

[smeargledshades]

yes

what do you think about allistic people? 🎤

/j ofc but like answer if you want

It is absolutely a shame that some people have a neurodivergence that makes them have trouble interacting with Pokemon. :(

But some of the best trainers I've met - at least at work- are allistic kids who had to learn how to compensate for not instinctively understanding Pokemon behaviour. They can form a much stronger connection to their 'mons than someone who is doing it instinctively, but still treats their 'mons badly.

To give you an idea- I met a high schooler with allism whose starter was a Zubat. As he came in to the library to check out books, I watched his starter evolve -- into a Crobat.

They're good folks, it just takes them a little extra effort to do what comes naturally to everyone else.

So, like, I convinced my school to stop Lighting It Up Beige for Allism Speaks, because that's just not fair to anyone. I'm working really hard to make sure allistic kids feel as comfortable in the library as anyone else, and I'm trying my best to help them connect with their peers and with Pokemon.

#// thank u frien this is fun #// for the record this is all Joeks #// in monet's universe most people are autistic #// this is meant to be gentle satire #rotomblr #pokemon irl #pkmn irl #pokeblogging #pokemon rp #irl pokemon #pokemon unreality #pokemon #pokeblr #smeargle #allism

[kleofid]

#allistics #allism #eye contact

[agirldying]

I was never diagnosed with adhd/autism but I have many traits from either disorder. I feel intense shame about my symptoms.

I always say things that come out wrong if not horribly wrong and it's embarassing. I'll nervously say repetitive things or things that straightup don't make sense too. Word salad type thing. Also I don't really know what people want from me and they get mad at me when I ask for clarification.

I fail in most social situations and I fucking hate myself for it.

Hi anon,

I understand your frustration. We live in a neurotypical normative society where neurodiverse people have to cater to their expectations of allistic behavior and norms. NTs should be catering to NDs needs and presentations, instead of pressuring and sometimes forcing us to mask.

What I'm saying is that the problem does not lie with you. The problem is that people aren't investing enough effort or patience into understanding you. They need to change that in order to make you feel heard and supported. You do not deserve to feel embarrassed by the fact that the people you're in conversation with refuse to understand you. Feel embarrassed for them, not you, you know? NT people will convince you that somehow it's your fault that there are disparities in communication, when they're really just not putting in any work to close that gap. They expect you to do all the work, despite other ableism you may be facing.

I don't expect this to instantly revolutionize how you perceive your own neurodiversity but I hope that this provides some level of reassurance that you are not the problem here. You probably know deep down that you're not, and so I want to bring that gut feeling to the surface because it has a point.

It's important to be patient with yourself, especially when communicating. Other people may rush or pressure you into squeezing it out, but that impedes upon space you deserve to have.

I hope this makes sense. I'm here for you if you need anything or if you want to comment on this at all.

#text #asks #allism #autism #adhd #neurotypical #neurodiversity #neurodivergence

[autimind]

neurotypical and allistic.. let's use these words correctly

Hey people,

Since I really am autistic and since technically correct is the best correct, let's deal with some terminology here. We tend to throw words like 'neurotypical' around as it they are clear to the rest of the world and even then we don't always use them correctly.

One of the members of my support group often uses the word 'neurotypes' for non-autistic people and not always in a friendly way. Words, as we can see, can set up barriers. Sometimes those barriers are real but sometimes not so much. (Full disclosure: he says 'neurotypen' in Dutch but I've translated his neologism.)

autistic ≠ neurodivergent

Well, to be sure, all autistic people are neurodivergent but not all neurodivergent people are autistic. In the same way all apples are fruits but not all fruits are apples. We should be careful to include the people with AD(H)D, Down syndrome, dyscaculia, dyslectia, some mental health disoders like bipolar disorder and obsessisive compulsive disorder, Prader-Willi syndrom and much more. All these people have brains that developed in a different way from what is considered typical.

In a way, saying neurodivergent and neurotypical is simply a way of avoiding words normal and abnormal. So why not use those words? Well, probably because they come loaded with value judgments. Normal is good and abnormal is bad, in the minds of many people. Still, the fact remains that 1% to 1.5% of all people seems to be autistic, which makes autism not normal in the frequency-sense. It is, in short, not exactly rare but also not what you'd expect in a random person.

There are various discussions about neurodivergency. Is the word even necessary? It is not a medical term, though. Does it describe a real thing? I will point to this excellent article from Cleveland Clinic as a starting point.

Allistic

So, in short. if we don't want to say 'non-autistic' for some reason then we can't use the word 'neurotypical'. Just because someone is not in the Spectrum doesn't mean they are neurotypical. My best friend of old has ADD and is therefore neurodivergent but is not autistic.

This is why the word allistic was coined. Allism includes all non-autistic people, neurodivergent and neurotypical. It is a neologism which I hope will catch on. It is also not a medical term. We can however make it popular and at least it has a definite meaning.

It would be nice to know who was the first to use this word. If anyone can tell me, that would be welcome. All I can do now is point to a satirical piece on the Allism Spectrum Disorder on Speaking of Autism. It is a nice blog anyways; read some of it.

Let's speak of #allism and #autism, #allistics and #autistics or however you want to call yourself. Neurodivergency is something related but there is not one-to-one correspondence. Let's be precise.

#autism #actuallyautistic #autistic adult #asd #neurotypical #neurodivergent #allism #allistics

[transthaumaturge]

unfortunately many people are afflicted with allism

Agreed, it's so unfortunate how they don't even know not to make prolonged eye contact with people. However, I saw an article recently about an allistic man who overcame his tragic disability by competing in the olympics instead of talking to strangers and listening to extremely loud music at the club. He was so brave, it gives me so much hope 🥹

#thaumaturgethoughts #allism #they're so brave

[kontextmaschine]

So I never particularly thought of myself as socially incompetent; maybe socially weird, but in a way I largely attributed to undersocialization, growing up more directly after the Baby Boom time that all the adults had recalibrated their expectations around but not subsequently updated to grok we were no longer in a small town paper route world overrun with other kids to occupy ourselves with (and, you know, being alienated with freakish intelligence)

I realize since the personality change though that I just had no social instincts though, as Taylor Swift put it, I've never been a natural/all I [did was] try, try, try, and I had to actively cultivate social logic and pattern-matching.

And I did quite well, in fact. Got to the point where I had good enough models of "human", and narrowing types thereof, that after not even too much exposure to you I could generate a reasonable model of your mind in particular and hypotheses on its internal state, and some idea of which stimuli you would react to differently if they were/were not true, and fluidly drop these sonar pings into conversation and observe the reactions and refine the model… if I focus on one particular friendly subject enough (and it helps a lot if I'm manic) I can essentially not only read their thoughts but by determining where in the thought process they are at any given point introduce perfectly timed interrupts and influences to direct their train of thought.

…and I kind of figured that's what there was, and maybe a lot of people were just pretty content-free and superficial.

But how I realize this, why I'm suspecting in retrospect that the old personality was autistic is there apparently is just this whole other level of instinct to it I suddenly get, maybe "vibes" is right, I have no idea what bandwidth this information is being transmitted on, there's nothing like the stimulus->response->interpretation->new hypothesis loop for me to be deriving it from, it really might be some evolutionary relic of social species before language.

And the thing is it's not the same information. Like, I can't read thoughts this way, I read motivations. I can just somehow tell what someone else wants – to get something, to be recognized in some particular way, to be in accordance with some structure, to maximize for some particular emotion or self-conception. And then work things so whatever I want comes across as a fulfillment of that.

For one thing this turns out to be a lot more useful in getting laid than any stuff with ideas.

For another, I guess the distinction here maps to a plot/character distinction in literature.

But more to point this information not being redundant means that I can get good reads on people's thoughts and motivations, which combination seems a lot more useful in social situations than thoughts alone. I find myself confidently making plans on the understanding that their success at some point will need to involve recruiting a complete stranger and not being disappointed. It's wild.

#personality change #allism

[razzleberryjam]

Do you or a loved one have a profound insensitivity to environmental stimuli?

Are you or a loved one suffering from constant social stress due to an inability to understand direct communication, are you/they perhaps incapable of stopping the irrational search for a "deeper meaning" behind everything anyone says?

Are you or a loved one finding it difficult to maintain a longterm/lifetime focus on a personal passion?

Do you or a loved one find it difficult, even unenjoyable, to settle into a regular routine, are you or a loved one afflicted by the strong desire to go out of your way to make sporadic or nonsensical changes to your daily life?

Do you or a loved find it difficult to spend time alone, often suffering from loneliness, anguish, and even severe boredom without high levels of socialization with others - to the point you/they may make random phone calls to "say hey?"

If any or all of these ring true for you or a loved one, you/they may be a Silent Sufferer of Allism. This pervasive brain disorder is heavily underdiagnosed and can often go years without treatment. If you or a loved one believe you may be suffering from Allism: Please call our hotline immediately for treatment referrals at 1-800-767-8476

#lmfao #allism #autistic #autism #joke

[whingeblog64]

no matter what i do allistics will always see me as a braindead moron

#allistics if you start a pity party here i hope you realise you're part of the problem #“hurr durr but *I* like you!!!11!!!” #yeah right /sarc #it goes deeper than you could ever understand /srs #fuck you #ableism #allism