autism – Page 3 – Anonymously Autistic

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Why Eye Contact Feels Like a Battle I Can’t Win

Eye contact is one of the first social rules we learn. Teachers demand it, parents…

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Growing up autistic often feels like running a race where the track is always changing—suddenly…

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When I tell people I’m autistic, the responses range from “You don’t look autistic!” to…

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“Rotting in bed.” The phrase sounds dramatic, almost poetic, doesn’t it? Like a haunting line…

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I didn’t know what a sensory hangover was until my mid-twenties. Before that, I thought…

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Imagine your brain is a radio, and someone’s cranked the volume on a station you…

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When people say “it’s not what you know, it’s who you know,” I cringe. Office…

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It was supposed to be an ordinary day at work. The morning started like it…

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I’ll never forget the first time someone said to me, “But you don’t look autistic.”…

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When I first heard the term autistic burnout, I thought: That’s me. Every detail fit—the…