"Instead, I seek my own language. I write again into the gap, asking whoever is on the other side to be willing to cross the distance."

Sarah Jane Cody for Electric Literature:
https://electricliterature.com/masking-my-autism-made-me-sick/

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Masking My Autism Made Me Sick - Electric Literature

The rules dictated that I hide not only my sensitivity but my essential being in the world

Electric Literature