What’s the actual reason neurodivergent people are sometimes discriminated against or bullied?
This is coming from a neurodivergent guy. I just don’t get it. I mean, I know it’s probably because we act differently, but WHY EXACTLY do some people decide we’re lesser than neurotypical people?
Because the whole fucking world is ass-backwards. I mean, FFS some defining traits of Autism are:
This would imply that allistic people do not have empathy, do not care about justice, and like when the deck is stacked.
Bullying is almost always about being able to single out a person that is somehow different in order to create a synthetic group feeling in opposition to them. Whether that be financially, absent parents, neurodivergence etc.
Yup. Herd mentality. If you're not part of the herd, you're a valid target for reinforcing the herd's stances.
If you're not part of the herd, you're one of the nerds!
There. Made it catchier for you!
As always, a difference. That's it. That's all. Needs no logic. A difference from main crowd. If just color of the skin is enough, then logic clearly isn't needed in these cases.
If someone wants to find the justification for themselves, they will.
My mother thinks autistic people are "dangerous". (like she said this to me like a few days ago)
Like what. the. fuck.
My parents came from some rural village in People's Republic of China, a very conservative upbringing, modern psychaitry is still new, older people have trouble accepting that, and sometimes their views even get passed on to their offsprings. Because PRC is still filled with conservatives, people still get kicked out of university over an Autism diagnosis that the faculty later found out about, there is no "ADA" like there is in the US. (Imagine you have a country, but instead of half of them being US-MAGAs, its 90% of the entire country) Conservatives view any deviation from the "normal" as bad, they think people with any slight mental health issues as "brain damaged" or "useless", the nazi germany's concept of "useless eater" comes to mind.
TLDR: Sometimes ignorance, but mostly the conservative mindset.
In my experience, I've bullied and also been bullied because of people/me being annoying. Or not getting a joke, making a stupid comment, etc. Neurodivergent people often don't get jokes or can't read the room, so they get made fun of/bullied for it.
By not acting as they do, they interpret that as a deliberate choice. They then assume that by not acting like them, that you dont like how they act. This is an attack on them in their view, so they attack "back".
On top of this, most tippies are very self centered, and likely have never stopped to think about life as a neurodivergent. That makes us strange to them, and people dont like strange.(ESPECIALLY if they say they like strange)
If ypu read about Johanna Haarer a lot of conservative/ fascist mindset makes a lot of sense. That lady was a psychopath.
"Neurotypical" people aren't as aware of differences due to being the "dominant" group. They often have a herd mentality and join whatever dunks on others best to come on 'top'.
As a neurodivergent dude myself, it might be because they don't understand us, and they happened to be miserable... projecting that onto us.
My producer, Sendo (who's also autistic), was bullied when he was young, and his father wouldn't do anything about it.
Guy, it's simple. Human nature is to ostracize what is different. You know, social hierarchy and all that shit. I don't get why you don't get it.
That said, it's deplorable and needs to change.
That's not human nature that's the product of a society that demands conformity, hierarchy, and defines community through exclusion. You wouldn't say its in a coal miner's nature to have black lung.
Edit: Hold on you might have been being sarcastic idk I'm in this thread for a reason lmao
I forgot about that. It is absolutely deplorable, though, you're right