theconcealedweapon:

If you want some idea of how much autistic people struggle to understand allistic people when they don’t say exactly what they mean, take a cooking recipe and replace all units of measure with “enough but not too much”. For example:

• enough but not too much white sugar

• enough but not too much butter

• enough but not too many eggs

• enough but not too much vanilla extract

• enough but not too much flour

• enough but not too much baking powder

• enough but not too much milk

• preheat oven to hot enough but not too hot
• bake for long enough but not too long

Even someone who’s experienced with cooking would probably struggle to follow that recipe. Now imagine if they had no experience cooking and had no idea what these ingredients are.