I must say, the smugness is captured quite nicely here by the artist.

Every time I see this in my notifications or the recent comments box it makes me think of Sideshow Bob.

(Enters)
(Sees the state of this comment section)
“This is disgusting!”
(Refuses to elaborate further)
(Leaves)

@Anonymous #5D35
Cancer can be cured, but stupid is forever.

@Didgeree
Cancer can be cured.

@Anondroid
I know, right? Why can’t they be obsessed with normal stuff like hand tools, or electrical pathways, or topless girls in blue jeans?

@Didgeree
Normal people have good reason to be wary of autists, though. They’re creepy and obsessed with weird stuff.

No, you treat them like that annoying emo kid who calls himself an atheist and refuses to stand for the pledge.

As others have said, respect is earned, not given freely, do not misunderstand this though, it does not mean we’ll act unjustly towards them and be an asshole, it just means we’re neutral, as any decent individual would be. I will treat someone with as much respect as they deserve, regardless of whether they have autism or not.

I can usually tell when someone is being difficult because they have autism and don’t know any better, and when they’re being difficult because they’re just an asshole. Though unfortunately there’s a fair bit of overlap with the two, some Assholes rarely realise they’re the asshole, to them they’re always justified in their actions and everyone else is the asshole, and as such usually cannot be reasoned with, and some are just assholes intentionally. Autistic people can usually at least recognise they’re autistic, and try to mitigate some of it with practice and workaround tricks.

If someone is being an asshole and they also have autism, I’m not just going to give them a free pass because of it, I will try to gauge how much of their assholery is because of social and/or learning difficulties, and try to respond appropriately, but I don’t have much patience for people who are being needlessly difficult, I tend to be forward and blunt with people, and I won’t go out of my way to help someone who may be neither willing nor able to be helped.

I also have autism, although high functioning, I’ve had my fair share of moments of being an autistic idiot and asshole. If people didn’t tell me when I was being an asshole, I may not have done the necessary self introspection to improve myself and develop my social skills to get to where I am now (pretty good place, lots of friends).

Giving an autistic person more respect than they deserve (like stepping on eggshells around them for example) may prevent them from being able to acknowledge their own behaviour, and prevent them from being able to better themselves.

If people are being mean to you, and there doesn’t seem to be a justified reason for it, you may have said or done something mean and/or stupid without realising, don’t just shrug it off as them just being assholes, you may be in the wrong yourself and they’re just responding how they deem to be appropriate.

Even if things are more difficult for you because of some missing cogs, don’t use autism as an excuse for your actions and
not trying to work on improving or correcting your behaviour, less capable does not mean incapable.

There’s always room for improvement, Do some self introspection, try and look at your actions from a different perspective, practice and figure out how to recognise social cues and such, and maybe in time you can find some of those missing cogs, so to speak. You may learn to recognise your own behaviour and prevent mistakes before they occur.

🖕

Look kid if you post this thing on everywhere that you make a lot of negative feedback on every users who had anti things that they don’t want to see or hear from it.

@Didgeree
How and why do you jump to such an extreme conclusion? I’ll assume you’re half retarded as well. Oh, and left wing… So, one and a half retarded, I suppose. Personally, I think leftists are a cancer.

Got a better idea. If you wanted to be treated with respect, treat others with respect and don’t make excuses for your condition.

If somebody in a wheelchair runs over my foot and uses their wheelchair as an excuse for doing it, I’m not going to forgive them or accept their reasoning.

Assuming they haven’t done anything to lose that respect, sure.

@Didgeree
If that mistake is as bad as what he did, yes.

@Adán Druego
Do you think autism is like cancer?

@Didgeree
So, I assume that’s why you behave the way you do. Interesting.

@Illumipony
I am. You are correct.

@Adán Druego
Question, how do you know you’re not?

I am autistic, and I decree this image to be autistic as fuck.

@Didgeree
Well, I tried.

Also, some of us, have no desire to be “decent individuals”.

Are you autistic and is that why you seem to like that Seb guy?

Oh. Then I’ll just stop doing it then.

Yeah, but what’s in it for me? With how commercialized the world is now, respect is another commodity you have to pay/compensate for in order to get it. You want this dog to do some tricks, you gotta throw him a bone first.

There are different types and degrees of autism. Many of which are generally not noticeable to most people while some are highly noticeable.

But the same rules apply to them as to people without autism…. if they do something wrong, punish them for it and try to correct that behavior. Just saying ‘they have autism’ and not doing anything about it just means you are enabling problematic behaviors and not trying to lessen or halt them.

You can’t respect the parents who raise autistic children by walking on eggshells around them and sheltering them, the same as you can’t respect the autistic individual who does wrong. Blind respect should never be given… it should be earned. If you blindly respect everyone then you may as well be a doormat that you are giving everyone free reign to walk over.

@Anondroid
Still better than being like, “That person is autistic, SHUN HIM”

@Adán Druego
So, if they make a mistake, you treat them like Osama Bin Laden?
Yeah nah. Be better.