Individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), including those who otherwise require less support, face severe difficulties in everyday social interactions. Research in this area has primarily focused on identifying the cognitive and neurological differences that contribute to these social impairments, but social interaction by definition involves more than one person and social difficulties may arise not just from people with ASD themselves, but also from the perceptions, judgments, and social decisions made by those around them. Here, across three studies, we find that first impressions of individuals with ASD made from thin slices of real-world social behavior by typically-developing observers are not only far less favorable across a range of trait judgments compared to controls, but also are associated with reduced intentions to pursue social interaction. These patterns are remarkably robust, occur within seconds, do not change with increased exposure, and persist across both child and adult age groups. However, these biases disappear when impressions are based on conversational content lacking audio-visual cues, suggesting that style, not substance, drives negative impressions of ASD. Collectively, these findings advocate for a broader perspective of social difficulties in ASD that considers both the individual’s impairments and the biases of potential social partners.
Lying is part of their nature - and so it is in their nature to lie. They spend so much time lying that they invent different faces, and create different layers of self with different layers of lies. They spend so much time trying to figure out each others true intentions that they exhaust themselves. It is, in fact, even sometimes challenging for neuro"typical" people to figure out where their own lies end and their true self begins
This is pretty close to
territory I think
Does this extend to allistic ND people like, say, ADHD? I do not claim to have the same struggles as someone with ASD. I find that conversations with NT people are often guarded at first because there are a great number of people who are trying to get one over on everyone they meet. The 'average' NT uses a lot of these social cues to subconsciously evaluate whether they're being tricked. I find my ND comrades are more willing to share personal information and have deep conversations before they even get to know me. This sometimes makes me worry that these same comrades may be easily scammed or otherwise manipulated by bad actors.
Sometimes I think that all non-ADHD people really enjoy working and all they want to do is make routines and plan stuff out and clean up and give me shit for not constantly being productive. This is not the case, it's just where most of my negative interactions come from. I, again, don't know your struggles but to claim that people without ASD are "literally natural born liars. Lying is part of their nature" is really concerning.