So many of the things I was told I would "understand when you grow up" at age 69 I STILL don't understand. I'm glad I don't understand some of them -- war, killing animals, any kind of injustice. But I also wonder if this ability to retain the clarity of our understanding (or lack thereof) of certain "human" behaviors is why adult autists are so often infantilized by others who have "grown up".
If growing up means accepting those things I found unacceptable as a child, then I'm happy not to ever grow up.
So many of the things I was told I would "understand when you grow up" at age 69 I STILL don't understand. I'm glad I don't understand some of them -- war, killing animals, any kind of injustice. But I also wonder if this ability to retain the clarity of our understanding (or lack thereof) of certain "human" behaviors is why adult autists are so often infantilized by others who have "grown up".
If growing up means accepting those things I found unacceptable as a child, then I'm happy not to ever grow up.