recursive 🏳️‍🌈Dec 20, 2024

Someone in my life was recently talking about masked autism in adults:

The naive clinician or therapist asks, "do you have difficulty with socks?" and the autistic adult says no and concludes they don't have autism

The really knowledgeable one asks, "so tell me about socks," and receives a massive infodump about the very specific choices they made about socks and comfort

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@recursive “Do you have difficulty with clothes?”
No. I buy clothes that I want to wear and wear them.”
“I’ve noticed that you only wear solid colors, your coats and footwear are always black, and - no matter the weather - you only wear short sleeves. Do you want to tell me about those decisions?”
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@recursive I learned multiple times that fandom or “clever” apparel drew unwanted engagement. I like them, but I can’t wear them because I don’t always want to hear how much you also like [thing] or have random strangers riff on the joke on my shirt.
Dec 20, 2024 at 5:53pmWeb