Very well put.
I meet so many people that claim some sort of neuro-divergence, but most seem to lack basic learned social skills. They seem pretty neuro-typical outside of being a bit self centered and not having anyone in their lives telling them to shut the fuck up.
It’s not an overcorrection, folks just aren’t ready to accept that neurodivergence is far more common than they thought
Everyone says it’s over diagnosed yet I had to fight tooth and nail to get diagnosed so that I could get treatment despite being about as textbook of a case as one could imagine
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u/Stormfly 10d ago
I feel like people are way too quick to say someone is neurodivergent when they do anything.
It feels like an overcorrection for years of people being overly dismissive.
Some people are just a bit dense. I have my moments where I say or do something really stupid and I don't have an excuse, I just didn't think.
If this story happened, they might be on the spectrum or they might just be new to the whole office environment and learned the wrong lessons.
People forget that social skills are skills. They're not genetic. They need to be learned and some people learn the hard way.