People with autism care less about other people’s perceptions and adhering to the norm. I think this is an example of flattened priors, a theory by researcher Liz Pellicano. The theory describes how people with autism put less value on “priors”, past experiences. They have a better view of what’s really going on, rather than making assumptions. It’s the same characteristic that tends to make autistics good at analytical work, but also the characteristic that overwhelms them because of the abundance of stimuli that are processed as new information every time.”
