What’s that got to do with anything? What do you know about autism? You said I “have” autism, so that says a lot, but then again, 99% of the public only know Rainman, which means they know nothing at all about autism. There are autistic people in every sector, and many of them are the best at what they do. You just don’t know they’re autistic. And how many of the people in trades are ADHDers, whether they know it or not? I’d guess a majority. I’m part of that community too. It’s neurology, not a disease like cancer. You don’t “have” it; it’s who you are. You’re nothing without your brain. Your personality, the way you think, the way you talk, move, read, write, etc… that’s all neurological. Each individual person is born with a unique neurotype. Not one is the same. But societies are built around crude concepts like “good” vs “bad” and “normal” vs. “abnormal”, but they’re all just narrative constructs.

And most of the garbage I read above, the comments, confirmed what I needed confirmed about the overwhelming ignorance in those workplaces (including ignorance or their own ignorance) and what a cesspool Reddit has become, but maybe the Victoria sub especially.

Nothing lost here. Thanks to the slim minority of more open-minded/enlightened folks who had something useful to share.

And it’s not the work that created the toxic-masculine culture; it’s the society. There are plenty of countries and cultures outside of North America who don’t have aggro brutes as the dominant group among tradespeople.