Neurobeautiful“What is one piece of advice that you wish you could give all autistics? How about all non-autistics?”
Someone asked me these two questions today, and my answers were more alike than I expected.
For autistics, I said: Never stop looking for ways to make hard things easier, from social interaction to sensory overload. You …
“How did your family react?”
My close family could see how happy I was to finally understand myself, and they celebrated that with me. But they also cautioned me against sharing my excitement too widely, because they didn’t want me to be hurt by negative stereotypes that people have about autism. So I decided that …
“How did your diagnosis affect you?”
The diagnosis itself didn’t impact me much – it only affirmed what I already knew. I mostly wanted a diagnosis so that when I talk to people about autism, I can spend less of that time convincing them I’m actually autistic.
What really affected me was learning that I’m …