Thereâs a new girl in my kindergarten class whoâs autistic and itâs like sheâs barely / not really verbal but like idk she opened up to me a little, I donât tell people Iâm on the spectrum at work because they already treat me horribly because Iâm the only poc there but like sheâs a little Latina girl who I know exactly how she feels and like I was like âhey Nina, If you donât wanna talk itâs okay, just thumbs up or thumbs down if you understand the (math) problem? Okay?â So we sorta made like a thumbs up and thumbs down thing between us and today it was the most surreal thing because I like âI know they tell you to make eye contact but Iâm gonna tell you a trick, look at their neck, chin, hair, and whatever is behind them, I donât like eye contact very much either? Thumbs up?â And she said with the smallest voice âThankyou , for not saying Iâm dumbâ I wanna be the person I needed when I was her age
