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People keep saying they don’t know why others aren’t wearing masks, but I do.
Neurotypical brains are designed to think about the short term. They might care about the pandemic for a while, but they physically can’t keep doing it. 🧵
#ActuallyAutistic
Neurotypical brains are designed to think about the short term. They might care about the pandemic for a while, but they physically can’t keep doing it. 🧵
#ActuallyAutistic
Autistic brains are designed to care. We can’t help but care. Even though we might be lonely and depressed and desperately want to socialize, we see the bigger picture over our own needs.
Neurotypical brains are designed to prioritize their own needs. That’s why so many of them are in denial about the pandemic in order to function. They need to perform socialization.
For neurotypicals it’s not about getting information from others like with autistics. It’s about performing socialization. That’s why they keep going to restaurants in a pandemic despite the news.
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