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[Video] Growing up an undiagnosed Autistic person (youtu.be)
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[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Cant watch rn. Can someone hint what the gist is?

[โ€“] [email protected] 10 points 3 months ago

It talks about the experience black people with autism have. In particular, it talks about someone with a hyperfixation on deejaying and how the video author relates to those experiences. The video author has a hyperfixation on writing.

Two notable points that stuck with me:

  • Black autists may not get diagnosed, because they're less likely to visit psychologists for depression and such. As apparently the family of his put it: Mental health issues are for white people.
  • Autistic behavior quirks themselves got interpreted as white people behavior.