lookingforsomethin

When I first started telling people I was autistic (and sometimes to this day), I’ve gotten the “everybody has those symptoms,” and, “My X has autism and you’re nothing like them.” Man, do those irk me.

Part 1 (of 2)

Part 2 (of 2)

When the stress kicks in.

This is why @a-spoon-is-born and I never get to hang out, despite finally living in the same area. We’re both prone to this.

I’m always WAAAAY to open and honest for people who try to make small talk with me. I *WILL* tell you when I’m not having a good day if you ask “How are you?”

You might think you’re being helpful by offering solutions to us to overcome our aspie tendencies, but please realize you’re telling us to change a fundamental part of who we are. Autism doesn’t go away. It might become unobservable to YOU, the outsider, but it is never to us. And just because you don’t see it doesn’t mean we aren’t affected by it. So please, show your respect for us as human beings by accepting that we are different and function differently. Our needs are not your needs, and yours are not ours. And that’s okay.

We’re on the spectrum in our own unique ways, and we each have our own personalities and individualities. We’re like people that way.

This is just different notebooks.

Do people feel a duty to cry for people they didn’t even pretend to care about during the rest of their lives, just because they’re dead?

As much as I hate the overloads, it’s actually kind of helpful sometimes.