Regular reminder that being an asshole is not a symptom of any form of neurodivergence. (You can replace “neurodivergent” with depressed, anxious, bipolar, etc. and the diagram works equally well)
ETA: social faux pas, awkwardness, and genuine symptoms of neurodivergence don’t make you an asshole. I shouldn’t have to say this? An “asshole” is someone who enacts a pattern of abusive, controlling, harassing, and/or harmful behavior with no remorse or concern for how other people are affected.
The thing about the neuros is most of the time they don’t know they’re being assholes. The actual assholes do, and don’t care. If you explain to a neuro they are being asshole they will almost always try to change
Some neuros are assholes but choice. It takes a lot of effort not to be an asshole sometimes.