To think people forget that autistic people grow into adults?

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There's so many threads on here where people's behaviour is described as odd, crazy, creepy, weird, and so on for not being as the OP or people replying would expect. Today for example, I've seen two threads were one woman was described as an oddball for putting a handbag in a plastic bag and another is an overreacting drama queen for her OTT reaction to some upset in class.

There's so much vitriol on these types of threads towards someone who has acted in an unusual way. Does anyone ever consider there may be a reason for their unusual behaviour? Like autism?

I know not everyone that gets written about on here will be autistic but statistically it's likely that some of them are. Autistic children grow into autistic adults. They are out there in all walks of life. It might be nice to bear in mind sometimes when writing someone off as weird, a drama queen, an attention seeker etc. Autistic people don't just cease to exist at aged 18.

AIBU to think that people seem to forget that?

Despealla you seem to be exaggerating and/or (deliberately?) misunderstanding me,or maybe I'm not explaining myself very well.Either way you've taken what I've said way out of context.But it's ok I forgive you for the name calling.Ta ra chuck x

We should all be more tolerant and accepting and less judgemental towards everyone we meet.
You never know another day persons story so be nice.

People with autism die on average earlier than their nt peers (54 as opposed to 70), some of that is because there are a fair number of epileptics in the autistic community, but the shocker is the suicide rate

Neglect and poor care as well. Drowning in a bath aged 18 isn’t dying from epilepsy it’s just shocking care. Danny Tozer, Richard Handley, Oliver McGowan, Thomas Rawnsley and of course LB, Connor Sparrowhawk. And many thousands more. All poor care.

It doesn’t help that if your adult child doesn’t have capacity you have no rights to make decisions on their behalf.

I'm now worrying that I come across as creepy and weird...

Why must we put a label on everything? It seems like every man and his wife is autistic these days
Erm, no. As part of a diagnostic team I can tell you that it takes a minimum of 18 months to get a diagnosis. There is no increase in the number of Autistic people, there are however more people aware and able to diagnose than there used to be. Oh, and it's always a team, not just one person.

I just worry that so many kids are being diagnosed that I wonder if they are being misdiagnosed and how helpul that would be for them.
Why would it not be helpful? It means the right help and coping strategies can be put in place at an early age thereby enabling said child to reach their potential. Ergo it is more important that they do receive a diagnosis.

because so many people seem to have it all of a sudden
No, it's always been there but those of us that are Autistic are talking about it more and ensuring help and recognition is available.

You may also like to consider that the population is larger than fifty years ago, so yes there are more Autistic folk around, there are more diabetic folk around too...

Sorry, the last statement doesn't agree with the first, I'm 'thinking on my feet' and two year old gc is having a paddy! It should have said there is an increase in the number of Autistic People because of awareness!

"I don't really see the comparison."

If you can accept that those with physical disabilities should have acknowledgment, support and adaptions why would you think that those with non physical disabilities should not have it.

Your comments show that you looking at it from the outside ( they appear to be ok so they must feel ok) and not from their viewpoint.

Also dyslexic children grow up to be dyslexic adults, who perhaps have received some strategies for coping with reading and maths. But they are often judged by the wider community. I was on a local facebook page where someone (off the page) was called all sorts of names and a lot of the comments implied that the poor grammar and poor spelling was the reason for the name calling. Just awful.

I am autistic (clue in username) and have been slated on here multiple times because something (which I assume would be obvious to a neurotypical) is not obvious to me. It's put me off posting to the point that this is the first time in ages that I have done so.

Even my mum, despite accepting my diagnosis, expects me to just switch off the condition at will.

Thanks zzzzz 😊