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diff --git a/content/entry/why-autistic-people-are-targets-of-manipulation-and-how-to-avoid-becoming-a-victim.md b/content/entry/why-autistic-people-are-targets-of-manipulation-and-how-to-avoid-becoming-a-victim.md index e167aa3..9afcb51 100644 --- a/content/entry/why-autistic-people-are-targets-of-manipulation-and-how-to-avoid-becoming-a-victim.md +++ b/content/entry/why-autistic-people-are-targets-of-manipulation-and-how-to-avoid-becoming-a-victim.md @@ -2,10 +2,9 @@ title: "Why Autistic People Are Targets of Manipulation and How to Avoid Becoming a Victim" date: 2022-06-07T00:00:00 draft: false -makerefs: false --- # Disclaimer -I want to quickly state before I start that the opinions expressed here represent my conception of autism as an autistic person. I'm only one person with self-diagnosed autism (Asperger syndrome).[1] I am pursuing a formal diagnosis, but don't currently have one. I'm not trained in psychology or anything similar. +I want to quickly state before I start that the opinions expressed here represent my conception of autism as an autistic person. I'm only one person with [self-diagnosed autism](/2022/05/16/coming-out-as-autistic/) (Asperger syndrome). I am pursuing a formal diagnosis, but don't currently have one. I'm not trained in psychology or anything similar. # Introduction About four out of five autistic people get taken advantage of by those we consider friends. We make easy targets for the manipulative scum of society. I want to talk about why this is, what it looks like, and how to overcome it. @@ -25,7 +24,7 @@ Us autistics are generally bad at deception, so we're also bad at detecting it i When we're asked to do something amoral, illegal, overly generous, or something that otherwise puts us at a disadvantage, we do it under the false pretenses supplied by the other person and end up suffering the consequences intended for them. ## Social Deficits -There's a deeper problem though that runs beyond implicit trust. Although we may make for good social psychologists[2], we're bad at predicting others' intentions, thoughts, and emotions in our own social interactions. +There's a deeper problem though that runs beyond implicit trust. Although [we may make for good social psychologists](https://www.pnas.org/doi/full/10.1073/pnas.1911460116), we're bad at predicting others' intentions, thoughts, and emotions in our own social interactions. We can be mocked and bullied without realizing it's happening. We can fail to notice when physical violence is about to erupt. We can fail to recognize passive aggressiveness. In the case of social situations, what you don't know can hurt you. @@ -76,8 +75,3 @@ If you're still young, you probably don't know yourself very well. But as you ge # Conclusion These are good pieces of advice even for non-autistic people, but they're especially relevant to the autistic. The tough part is always in figuring out how to apply advice in everyday life. Even if you read and understand all this, all the real work still lies ahead. So I leave it to the reader to figure out how to apply this advice. - - -Link(s): -[1: Coming Out as Autistic](/2022/05/16/coming-out-as-autistic/) -[2: Autism Spectrum Traits Predict Higher Social Psychological Skill](https://www.pnas.org/doi/full/10.1073/pnas.1911460116) |