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Is there a drug that can give an autist a "normie experience"? (programming.dev)

submitted 11 months ago by ICastFist@programming.dev to c/autism@lemmy.world

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Asking because my gf has ADHD and she told me that, the first time she took ritalin (methylphenidate), she thought to herself "So this is what it feels like to not have ADHD?"

That got me thinking, is there a drug that has a similar effect on autists, that allows them to experience what is it like to "not have autism"?

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[–] paultimate14@lemmy.world 37 points 11 months ago (2 children)

I appreciate that from the responses here, it seems that a lot the autistic community views normal people as the equivalent of just being drunk or high. In other words, raw autism is like being extra sober.

I agree (moreso THC for me personally), but I also think it's really funny.

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[–] DaGeek247@fedia.io 19 points 11 months ago (1 child)

I suspect that the usual alcohol/weed choices don't actually change anything. They just deaden our ability to care as much about not messing up and whatever the current sensory shit is doing. So, less autism, but only because it's less of our experience as a whole.

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[+] shiri@foggyminds.com 8 points 11 months ago

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