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betillsatan t1_j4n15sr wrote

Reply to comment by freeshavocadew in Deaf woman with autism found safe after going missing 3 weeks ago by AmethystOrator

The deaf part I get but based on the autists I know, them being autistic doesn't always make them "easily tricked with just words."

It also sounded to me like you added woman as another handicap so I thought you might be joking.

Anyway, moving on. Have a good day!

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Callmedrexl t1_j4njou4 wrote

Not being able to read people well can translate into not being able to tell when people are lying, sometimes to the point of being outright gullible. It's all individual in severity or life impact, but it is an autism thing. I don't think I like the description of "easily tricked by words", but getting a better grasp on when to be skeptical of people was something I struggled with for sure.

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cry_w t1_j4r2si0 wrote

As someone with autism, it is pretty apt. I used to get tricked by my brother all of the time simply because he sounded honest to me when he would say some outlandish nonsense. He always told me the truth when he saw that I actually believed it though, so it was just funny.

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Callmedrexl t1_j4r4cvq wrote

And as a person with autism I could argue that you were tricked by your brother utilizing his trusted status. The words themselves weren't enough to trick you, but coming from your brother they were. Unless you would have believed the same outlandish nonsense regardless of source the issue wasn't with the words.

But we're fussing over semantics here. I don't care for the phrase "easily tricked by words" and don't identify with that experience. But I don't care if you think you do. Carry on!

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cry_w t1_j4r4qly wrote

Fair point, I suppose. He does always have a talent for saying nonsense with a straight face though, so I'd say it's a bit of both in my case.

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freeshavocadew t1_j4n2f80 wrote

The circle of autistic people who would be tricked by words and the circle of autistic people that disappear for weeks on end is probably more overlapping than you want to admit. Like not every homeless man has both mental illness of some sort and/or an addiction, but there is significant overlap that shouldn't be ignored.

I think you may be looking for something to be offended about based on your comment about women, assuming the intent was my trying to group handicaps together? Being a woman isn't a handicap as far as I know. And it's not disrespectful or false to state men are usually larger than women and there are predatory men out there that would and have assaulted handicapped people and perfectly able-bodied women. This particular woman has 2 listed handicaps being deaf and autistic. All 3 of those things make her particularly vulnerable to pieces of shit.

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betillsatan t1_j4n78l5 wrote

Lmao no man I am not offended or looking to police your language – I literally just read your comments too quickly and thought that maybe you were being sarcastic, and if so, that would've been funny to me. Whatever your actual message is doesn't seem problematic to me.

Good night.

Edit: I'm too tired and adhd to thoroughly read your long comment, I'm sorry if that makes for a bad convo; sort of why I'm trying to end it.

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freeshavocadew t1_j4n7jgi wrote

The only thing I said meant as a joke here was the 1 legged kid. The kid is imaginary lol

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betillsatan t1_j4n7xbs wrote

yeah, that part I got at least!

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freeshavocadew t1_j4n8l3w wrote

I'm usually funny, but what I find funny the people that downvote do not find funny so I thought I'd try something different this time

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OrderofIron t1_j4nb95s wrote

Being deaf, autistic, and a woman are all obvious handicaps in a survival situation where you're stuck either entirely alone or among strangers for weeks on end.

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