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People with autism less likely to succumb to bystander effect, research finds
(www.sciencedaily.com)
this post was submitted on 30 Oct 2023
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That's an interesting line of thought. A fair number of the things we see around us that we end up hating are the results of people, for whatever reason, adjusting their behavior to be more in line with other people and social pressures, like professional, peer, parental, etc.
Bystander effect is a great example, you don't have to get involved if nobody else is, you have safety in numbers. You're adapting to be more like the rest of your community.
Anyways though, people with autism struggle with that whole adaptation thing, which is often seen as a harmful mal-adaptation.
Is it really though? Is people's herd behavior really all that great? Maybe one of the reasons we kinda mistreat these people is they sometimes seem free of something we wish we could be free of.
It depends on the herd.