The rules are indeed stated in a robotic, and somewhat patronizing way, as if written by a mild aspie to teach a stronger aspie the rules.
As you note, most of them are generally true though, and some just kind of obvious to a high empathy person.
As you note, most of them are generally true though, and some just kind of obvious to a high empathy person.
Doesn't is kind of have to be? That "curse of knowledge" thing makes it kind of hard to explain things to people who's skill on whatever topic is more than a level or two below your own.
Not really, it's so mixed that I wouldnt advise a neurodivergent person to follow them, how would you know which one is good?
I don't think the author is sympathetic to autistic people:
"If you engage in less socially acceptable self-stimulatory behaviors that involve clenched muscles, quick jerky movements, rocking, or vocalizations, strangers will likely be afraid to talk to you, and even people you already know may be embarrassed to be with you in public."
You shouldn't be with people that are embarrassed to be with you, as those behaviors are usually not controllable, this is terrible.
I think it's actually the exact opposite.
This reads to me like a very kind sentence. It can be very helpful to spell things out like this for such an audience. It is clear, simple, and direct.
I'll also note the sentence doesn't contain any sort of added emotions or judgment. (For example, the author could have made it worse by saying "If you decide to engage in" rather than "If you engage in," as it's currently written.)
So it really is just a straightforward statement about things that are usually never discussed at all. And, even better for this audience, the information is provided plainly, in a safe setting, with time and space to process things.
There is some truth to that.
But there is also truth in "you should really try to avoid doing things that make people not want to be around you".
That doesn't make ignoring it a good idea.
I mean it's just an empirically verifiable fact through surveys that if a person self vocalizes in public, the average person (in the US) would be afraid to approach that person.
I would say that the OP's advice is useful for people who can control self vocalizations and didn't know that was seen negatively by the average person. It is NOT useful for people who can't control their self vocalizations, or people who already know about the fact.