What It's Like Being An Autistic Mormon Woman
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adam loumeau
Jan 28, 2018, 10:39:53 PM1/28/18
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Marie Loumeau
Jan 29, 2018, 6:41:13 AM1/29/18
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Fascinating article.
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Christina Loumeau
Jan 29, 2018, 8:02:43 AM1/29/18
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It’s very interesting to read about her perspective as an autistic adult. Very fascinating. Thanks for sharing Adam. Just curious Adam, can you relate to any of these feelings she describes here?
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adam loumeau
Jan 29, 2018, 10:53:02 AM1/29/18
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Good question Christina. I think the church is a much easier culture to navigate if you are on the Autism spectrum as a male. Women who have Autism are going to want to have male friends and they are going to find the dynamic of female interactions to be especially incompatible with how their brains work. I will say the one exception for men is serving a mission. That was a total foreign language to me, even though I served English speaking 🙂
It’s very interesting to read about her perspective as an autistic adult. Very fascinating. Thanks for sharing Adam. Just curious Adam, can you relate to any of these feelings she describes here?Sent from my iPhone
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Christina Loumeau
Jan 29, 2018, 4:50:28 PM1/29/18
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Maybe I’m on the spectrum 😜I usually find talking to men more enjoyable than women in the church too (generally speaking).
So I’m curious as to why your mission was difficult because of Autism. She talks about needing rules and loving to check boxes. Are you not that way? It seems that’s what you do on a mission more than any other time in your life.
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adam loumeau
Jan 29, 2018, 5:44:31 PM1/29/18
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Well, because of undiagnosed health concerns, my mission was taxing on me physically. It's for the healthy (thankfully God gave me a car my whole mission or I surely would have gone home early).
But putting that aside, you are "married" to a random guy the whole time. Furthermore, you are constantly navigating complex social situations, particularly if you serve in an area where the church is relatively strong like I did. Working directly with members is a huge huge part of a mission like mine. Southern Californians are very sharp people so they pick up on social quirks much more than say a farmer in Iowa or someone in a third world country who is just happy to be talking to an American.
By the way, I think you prefer talking to men because you're cool 😊
On Monday, January 29, 2018, Christina Loumeau <christinam...@gmail.com> wrote:
Maybe I’m on the spectrum 😜I usually find talking to men more enjoyable than women in the church too (generally speaking).
So I’m curious as to why your mission was difficult because of Autism. She talks about needing rules and loving to check boxes. Are you not that way? It seems that’s what you do on a mission more than any other time in your life.Sent from my iPhone
Good question Christina. I think the church is a much easier culture to navigate if you are on the Autism spectrum as a male. Women who have Autism are going to want to have male friends and they are going to find the dynamic of female interactions to be especially incompatible with how their brains work. I will say the one exception for men is serving a mission. That was a total foreign language to me, even though I served English speaking 🙂
On Monday, January 29, 2018, Christina Loumeau <christinamarieloumeau@gmail.com> wrote:--It’s very interesting to read about her perspective as an autistic adult. Very fascinating. Thanks for sharing Adam. Just curious Adam, can you relate to any of these feelings she describes here?--Sent from my iPhoneThis will be Savannah's experience when she's an adult--
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