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El 5 de enero de 2011 Katy Perry nos llamó 'Katycats' por primera vez

Hello everyone. Sunday, I was having a really bad day. I have been struggling at University, with friends and with autism. On World Autism Awareness Day I had a shitty day and my biggest special interest after languages is Katy Perry. I have been a katycat since I was 10 years old and I will be 21 soon.  

Because I had such a bad day, I really wanted Katy Perry to say something about autism. Long story short, as expected, she didn’t answer me. I was upset and that’s why I wrote a post to help me cope with my feelings. I posted my text on another social media as well on an autism subreddit and someone was really mean. They wrote “lmao”, then “touch some grass”, then “you are so out of touch with reality”. I was very hurt. I told my mom about this person and we had a conversation about my autism.

My autism is not funny or quirky, my autism is not understanding that Katy Perry is a famous person and no matter how much I care about her, she will probably never answer my messages. My mom tells me since I am young: “We cannot contact Katy Perry. She is simply too famous, it’s hard for her to see your messages”. At this point I understand what this means, but I don’t comprehend it. I simply can’t understand this. This is the reason why I am out of touch with reality, this is why the fact that Katy Perry didn’t see my message makes me sad and upset. I am out of touch with reality, I have always been. This is what autism is. This is my autism.

My autism is not having sensory issues, is not wearing noise cancelling headphones, is not having cute stims or having issues with small talk. My autism is me not understanding that Katy Perry is a famous person that I can’t just message. My autism is self harm behaviors, is hitting my head against the wall when overwhelmed, my autism is using AAC because my speech impairments make it hard for me to speak, my autism is not understanding boundaries, is violent and bad meltdowns, is crying because Katy Perry didn’t read my message. 

My autism is being out of reality, is not understanding empathy, not understanding the world, not understanding speech from others, is not being able to properly study because of cognitive difficulties. Yes, I am out of reality. This is why my autism is moderate, level 2. This is why I am not like you, not like most people in this community. This is why I needed ABA, because I run away from mom, because I don’t understand language, because I am unaware of everyone, because until I was 8 years old I don’t recognize anyone besides mom dad and grandma. This is why I am 20 years old and I go to OT because I need 1 hour to write this, to type out every word because my motor skills don’t work, because I need a lot of time to think and to process language in my brain.