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I’m hoping someone who is diagnosed with autism can help me understand a recent reaction.
When you’ve been overly excited have you made what would otherwise be described as “odd” hand movements? Something like flailing your arms or locking your elbows quickly?
I’m having a hard time understanding Elon’s inauguration speech hand movements otherwise. I’m genuinely not sure how to ask this question, so sincere apologies if it’s insensitive in any way.
Comment by Cliffy73 at 21/01/2025 at 03:08 UTC
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Being autistic doesn’t make you a Nazi, man.
Comment by [deleted] at 21/01/2025 at 02:53 UTC
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Comment by MontCoDubV at 21/01/2025 at 00:07 UTC
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He did a Nazi salute because he's a Nazi celebrating the inauguration of a fascist. Stop trying to sanewash this fascist takeover.
Comment by Always_travelin at 20/01/2025 at 22:29 UTC
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There's nothing difficult to understand. He's a nazi. All Trump supporters are nazis or nazi sympathizers, including him.
Comment by Flat_Wash5062 at 20/01/2025 at 22:18 UTC
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Friend, what you're describing in the first paragraph is called stimming. Im always doing this. Funnily as I wrote this I was not stimming at all even though I often am stimming. I am rarely excited to do my excited handstim nowadays so mostly stimming with my foot somehow. Occasionally, my brother and I do this stim while in times of anxiety too but so rarely.
I can't comment on this morning because I didn't watch.
Comment by hellshot8 at 20/01/2025 at 22:16 UTC
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has nothing to do with autism. he did a nazi salute
Comment by OnePercentage3943 at 20/01/2025 at 22:12 UTC
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Sorry he just did a nazi salute.
Comment by Re_Set1991 at 20/01/2025 at 21:35 UTC*
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I'm autistic. I've absolutely had a tendency throughout my life to exaggerate my arms and hands whenever something gets me excited. I can say, though, that I've never moved my arms in ways that can be viewed as obscene gestures.