Late or Undiagnosed Autism Things!
“You don’t seem autistic”
(after relearning/learning how to stim) “What are you doing? Stop that”
Internally: “Oh shit that wasn’t a temper tantrum, that was a meltdown because my comfort object was literally taken from my hands”
Obsessed with That One Thing that you can’t shut up about
Being deeply and personally offended by Sheldon Cooper
Asking your friends to tell you to shut up when they get bored because you Can’t Tell
I could wear these pants yesterday, but today they feel like they’re made of Sandpaper, so I Can’t
*cuts every tag off of every piece of clothing ever*
*sees self in every autistic coded character* weird
Watches stim videos for 4 hours like ????? why good
Literally eats the same thing for lunch for 11 years without getting bored of it
I Can’t find the Thing I Need so I’m Panicking Now
“Look at me when I’m talking to you!”
Bounce leg bounce leg tap pencil click pen bounce leg
*gets tested for ADHD* *inconclusive results*
*rolls toy truck over face* nice
Feel free to add your own, also this got so much longer than I thought it would be
(bonus round: you’re AFAB)