Do you miss social cues?

I think they do not want you to feel pity or sad.they wanted on purpose to use the more provokative picture to cause more interesting emotions, so it will make an impact.and of course more equal and valued or noticed.
Edit:That is the goal of advertizer ,photographer etc etc are you trying to read the person in the pic still.he is probably having fun talking pictures I do not know his opinion about the advertising.maybe he agrees

Anyway, the thread is about social clues - so my original point was about whether I was reading his expression/posture as threatening correctly.
As SPD I'm not always sure about these things.

UK SPD wrote:There's a charity poster on bus stops around my town lately (it my be national in the UK) which shows a young man with learning difficulties looking straight into the camera, with the caption "This is who I am" (actually, I can't recall the caption exactly, but it's something like that).
The problem is that he is looking straight at you with a rather grim expression.
To me, he looks like some threatening young tough out to start a fight, and rather frightening.
Now, is that my misreading his social clues? Or the charity committee picking the wrong photo?

My take on it is that they are trying to dispel negative stereotypes by presenting the guy in the image as the complete opposite of what you would expect of people with learning/developmental disabilities. Also maybe as a source of empowerment for those who are similarly afflicted.

Yes my point was any pd you have you can try to look under the surface.And think what is under the superficial or further than just the image.like a game. I do not think the pd matters. Maybe is more boring for you to do it.i think you saw it more superficial .
Even what you see is interesting.if someone understands different
Not naps for example he is not seeing it superficial.about the original question I am talking about I can't quote

Does SPD has problems with social cues? I didn't know. It was indeed the intension to be noticable by being provokative or not usual.this is why it confuse you probably

UK SPD wrote:Anyway, the thread is about social clues - so my original point was about whether I was reading his expression/posture as threatening correctly.
As SPD I'm not always sure about these things.

He looks threatening to me too. He looks like an angry bull about to charge, head lowered, eye glaring, nostrils flaring, steam coming from nostrils, and stomping the ground.

naps wrote:
My take on it is that they are trying to dispel negative stereotypes by presenting the guy in the image as the complete opposite of what you would expect of people with learning/developmental disabilities. Also maybe as a source of empowerment for those who are similarly afflicted.

That interpretation does make sense.

I'd ask what was the intention of the poster? To raise awareness of "Nons," to ask for funding, or to increase the confidence of the disabled? The intention makes a big difference in whether or not its effective or not. If its to raise awareness of Nons, it doesn't make me feel sympathy towards the guy in the poster.

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julllia wrote:Does SPD has problems with social cues? I didn't know. It was indeed the intension to be noticable by being provokative or not usual.this is why it confuse you probably

Is it a symptom of SPD to miss socials cues? I think it might be, at least among some of those afflicted withSPD.

I suck at reading social cues. When I was younger I read a bunch of books on body language and social interaction & it helped some, but I really have to analyze the situation if I want to understand those cues--it certainly doesn't come naturally. Of course I'm not alone in this. I encounter lots of people who seem oblivious to my cues that I don't want to talk to them about boring $#%^.

I think the wound on the guys temple suggests he's already been in a fight. Maybe they're trying to send a signal that you shouldn't pick on people with intellectual disabilities because they might be violent.

biteme wrote:
I think the wound on the guys temple suggests he's already been in a fight. Maybe they're trying to send a signal that you shouldn't pick on people with intellectual disabilities because they might be violent.

Good theory. Sort of an anti-bullying message.

MotherRussia wrote:

biteme wrote:
I think the wound on the guys temple suggests he's already been in a fight. Maybe they're trying to send a signal that you shouldn't pick on people with intellectual disabilities because they might be violent.

Good theory. Sort of an anti-bullying message.

No it's not. No campaign advocating for the intellectually disabled isn't going to want to imply that they could be violent.

I don't think it's a poster for any charity. I think it's more about empowerment than anything else. The line "Here I Am" suggests "I'm different. Deal with it."

naps wrote:

MotherRussia wrote:

biteme wrote:
I think the wound on the guys temple suggests he's already been in a fight. Maybe they're trying to send a signal that you shouldn't pick on people with intellectual disabilities because they might be violent.

Good theory. Sort of an anti-bullying message.

No it's not. No campaign advocating for the intellectually disabled isn't going to want to imply that they could be violent.

That's a good point too. I'm confused. There seem to be many different interpretations of this poster.

Perhaps that's the genius of it. Makes you stop and think (as julllia said). It even made its way here, mysteriously.

I don't think it's a poster for any charity. I think it's more about empowerment than anything else. The line "Here I Am" suggests "I'm different. Deal with it."

Sort of to raise morale of the disabled, perhaps, and concurrently tell the haters to step off.