With world autism day around the corner, it's a good time to post this.

#autism
#actuallyAutistic
#InfinitySymbol

@dorgaldir
I am glad that you do not feel you are missing a piece. But many of us do feel that way.

Personally, I feel like they took eight or nine 2000 piece puzzles, scrambled them all together, and picked out 2000 pieces and through them in a tattered box. I can put small areas of my life together but none of it fits together as a whole.

@bardmoss I understand that you can feel that way.
But that's not a reason for using a puzzle as a symbol for the whole of the autism community. Because many do find it offensive, and it's origin does not come from a good place.

And of course, I don't know you, so don't take this the wrong way, but ever considered that the puzzle you are trying to solve is the neurotypical worldview that is impressed on you? Maybe you are not a puzzle to be solved, but a work of art to be accepted as is?

@dorgaldir
I appreciate the thought, I don't think it applies to me. I think even in a neurodiverse world I would not fit in. But I haven't given up yet.
@bardmoss but in a neurodiverse world it's not about "fitting in" it's about being accepted as you are. With your talents as well as your faults...
@dorgaldir
That's great for you. Can I stop crying now? I'm 73 and none of that has happened.