There’s a really unfortunate misconception that being detail oriented means not being able to see the big picture. That they are mutually exclusive.

And I want to talk more about this. Because I think this misconception disproportionately hurts autistic people…

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Did you know that autistic brains generate ~42% more information at rest than nonautistic brains, according to research? (Which I’ll link below)

This explains SO. MUCH. Of the autistic experience…

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