#mid-high support needs

it definitely is we struggle with this a lot because we are a medium to high support needs autistic system and our autism is a disability and it disables us greatly and it causes a lot of stress a lot of trauma a lot of things go on

it's hard is extremely disabling not just that along with that with our other chronic health conditions that are mental and physical just thinking about the autism it's a lot

it's overwhelming it's scary it's stressful it's so much going on but there are positives to autism obviously there are good traits and there are bad traits but we just have a lot of bad traits that we focus on which makes it hard to see the good traits that we have as well

we were late diagnosed around age 18 or 19 but the doctor was surprised that we wasn't diagnosed earlier cause we were "obviously autistic" which is why we need awareness ne acceptance it's cuz people surrounding us didn't know what autism was like for people even in our TLC class of high school which was made for people with behavioral amd mental health issues and some of our classes (just a small few) were autistics aswell

they were like "no no you couldn't autistic" be because we weren't displaying all the traits we were masking not high masking but some what masking and we didn't go through our regressions yet and it is just really really tough that no one helped us or saw the signs until high school. a mental hospital doctor was the one who saw it and told us we should get screened. we had to fight for it for 5 years to get that diagnosis.

really even though now now our mom can say hey yeah this was you being autistic as a child nobody around us knew what autism was because like even our cousin who's obviously autistic only recently got diagnosed autistic around age 14 even though we knew he was autistic but the and he's been in special ed for his entire school life he is intellectually disabled and no one ever said hey I think you're nephew has autism no this was recent the last couple of years insane how people can miss such a big developmental disorder

it is hard being autistic is hard being medium to high support needs plural system is hard needing a caregiver, is hard not being able to have good hygiene, is hard not being able to take care of yourself, is hard not being able to go outside or deal with anything without being overwhelmed and stressed out and overstimulated and scared, it's just too much.