#kind gestures

I wanted to share something that happened to me after school today, because this stranger made such a difference and she probably won't see this, but she deserves the recognition for being such a kind human being. I was walking back from school alone, as I was a bit late leaving, but my knees started to hurt because my joints don't work properly and I didn't know what to do. I was panicking quite a lot, I was hyperventilating and I think i was crying too, I felt quite rough. Once I got half way into town, i was in quite a bit of pain and decided to sit down on a bench there and i felt really anxious and overstimulated. After a while, this woman walks up to me seeing that I was upset and asked what was wrong and if she could do anything to help. I'm glad I was wearing my ear defenders and sunflower lanyard at that point, because i think she recognised them when she sat down next to me. After I had roughly explained my situation, she tried to calm me down and asked me what i do to help calm myself. I said music, and she let me get my headphones from my bag. At one point, I had a nosebleed and she even asked someone nearby if they had any tissues. She introduced herself and told me that she worked nearby in a school for autistic kids like me. She asked me what I was called and when I said Sage and they/he she immediately stopped using feminine terms and started calling me Sage. Apparently, at her school there were 10 teachers and 10 students there, and she was the art teacher. She also said that she was neurodivergent too, she had dyslexia and dyspraxia i think. She told me she was going to look after a neurodivergent boy later that evening, but could accompany me to the library where I needed to go to make sure I was ok. She made conversation and listened to me and when we got to the library, she sat down with me until she was sure I was doing better before leaving. She didn't have to do anything, but she decided to stop and make sure I was ok and I am so thankful to her for that.