Mastodawn

The offspring asked me for something to read for autism awareness month. I didn't know it was autism awareness month. But apparently I finally got through to her that invalidating my late diagnosis of autism was hurtful. I ended up sending this, which in my opinion is far better than most that I've seen in the genre of "what autistic people wish NTs knew"
#ActuallyAutistic https://www.heyasd.com/blogs/autism/what-its-like-to-be-autistic

What It’s Like To Be Autistic: A First-Person Account

I’m autistic. This is what it really feels like. Sensory overload, masking, meltdowns vs shutdowns, burnout, and autistic joy. A lived experience.

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Doggle 17h ago

@Nonya_Bidniss This is a superb article though I have a criticism. I think the diverse nature of Autism et al should be stressed alongside this being his particular experience. I expect most #ActuallyAutistic people will relate to almost everything here, as I did, but I'm different too.

Without that, neurotypicals and people who are less sure about their own neurodivergence could take this as defining Autism instead of one autistic person describing his experience of common traits (very well).

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Nonya Bidniss

@doggle As I stated to the offspring:

Bear in mind every autistic person has their own levels of traits, nobody's exactly like this guy but at the same time every autistic person is going to know exactly what this guy is talking about.