A lot of people are talking about how positive traits are pathologised in autistic people.

We need to talk about how neutral traits are pathologised in autistic people.

Not just neutral traits, but even typical allistic behaviour.

For example, I& #39;ve been shamed for talking to myself by someone who talks to herself *constantly*.

Why? Because talking to yourself is & #39;weird& #39; if you& #39;re autistic, but & #39;just how I process things& #39; if you& #39;re allistic.

They don& #39;t even try to justify the double-standard.

Regardless of how we behave--whether positive, negative, or neutral--even if we act exactly how allistics do...

Our behaviour will be pathologised, because allistics don& #39;t demand we behave like them--they demand we behave the way they *imagine* they behave.

And allistics... Well, they *imagine* they behave better than us.

They think they& #39;re better than us by definition, so EVERYTHING we do must be abnormal and defective.

It& #39;s beyond infuriating. In fact, it might just be the worst violence I& #39;ve ever experienced.