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

Show threadMx. Luna Corbden 🐸

@recursive @nova Do I walk around the house with my knee-high socks half off my ankle and the rest of the sock dragging around in front because my feet got too hot at some earlier point in the day?

No, why do you ask?

Dec 20, 2024 at 8:29pmWeb
Show threadnova (they/them)Dec 20, 2024
@corbden @recursive i could never (i would be barefoot as soon as my feet were too hot)

i used to take off the socks my mom made me put on as soon as i got into class in grade school, and i'd stuff them in my desk. on desk clean out day, i'd bring home 20 pairs of socks i had stored. i hated socks. i still hate them, but my system has improved since then...
Show threadMx. Luna Corbden 🐸Dec 20, 2024
@nova @recursive But what if my toes are still cold? 🥺🤓