Post by @moriel@chaosfem.tw

2026-05-10 18:23 UTC

Well here's something that doesn't surprise me in the least. People with similar levels of autistic traits show greater social attraction to one another, and their brains synchronize in unique ways during active conversation. A recent experiment published in Biological Psychiatry suggests that social difficulties related to autism might be a problem of mismatched communication styles rather than an inherent social deficit. This matches with our own life experience very well. It is much easier for us to be social with other autistics than to do so with neurotypical people. https://www.psypost.org/brain-scans-reveal-how-people-with-autistic-traits-connect-differently/ #Autism #ASD

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@cavyherd@wandering.shop 2026-05-10 18:38

@moriel@chaosfem.tw There's been some interesting linguistic work done on this, also: https://blog.izs.me/2025/11/ogc-1-what-is-occult-grammar/ #Autism #ASD

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@lizzard@social.tchncs.de 2026-05-11 05:03

@moriel@chaosfem.tw ach, nee, echt?!...

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@rootsandcalluses@mstdn.social 2026-05-11 07:59

@moriel@chaosfem.tw I can definitely tell you that I only ever feel like I have a social deficit with neurotypicals. Throw me into a room with people on the spectrum, and I'm fine. I mean, except for the noise and the many people. But it's not the social interaction itself that is the issue then ;)

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@kluthulhu@infosec.exchange 2026-05-12 07:16

@moriel@chaosfem.tw sounds like mutual and consensual unmaksing 🤔

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@evcricket@mastodon.social 2026-05-13 00:33

@moriel@chaosfem.tw Agree so hard my head spins. I do use the phrase "touch antennae" for getting technical people to talk directly to each other, and it's not facetious.

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