>>13948869Hey, I read that book and thought it was pretty decent at deconstructing some of the traits found within autism. I'm actually studying psych and working with neurodivergent individuals at my uni right now, plus I'm on the spectrum myself.
What has helped me pass as NT have been a few things
>systemizing social interactionsI'm sure a large percentage of anons on /sci/, especially if they are actual autists, can related to the ability to systemize information. That's actually a feature of autism, and using it to your advantage when dissecting how social interactions work is of great benefit. You're on /sci/ act as a field scientist IRL and seek to understand the mechanics of NT behavior; become an quasi-ethnographer and observe how things work. I've found that collecting observational data is more helpful than the passive learning that's associated with lectures, as the data set is larger.
>reading Ronald Wardhaugh's book "How Conversation Works"This was written by a socio-linguistics professor and details the systems/structures of social interactions. I found it to be a rather useful framework that served as a solid base to build off of through field observations. Creating a abstracted foundation of knowledge upon which empirical data can be placed is important, otherwise the information you see will have no place to latch onto and you'll miss crucial pieces to the puzzle.
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