#actuallyautistic #askingautistics - Because every autistic person is unique, what does autism / being autistic mean to you?pic.twitter.com/Xm1p1E6oz4
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It meant being relentlessly bullied and taunted throughout school. It meant having lingering trust issues and almost zero confidence. It meant seeing countless therapists throughout my childhood to try to figure out what the hell was wrong with me.
It meant my mother being told by some that my problems were because she didn't discipline me enough. It meant her being told by others that it was "because [she] didn't have a close enough relationship with God", whatever the hell that means.
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It meant her being told that my problems were because she didn't have a man in her life. It means being able to listen to music and focus on individual instruments with almost laser precision. It means knowing the lyrics of hundreds of songs which I can sing at the drop of a hat.
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It means suffering from depression. It means having stood on a chair with a noose around my neck, trying to will myself to jump off. It means having decided not to, not from confidence, but from sheer bloody-mindedness and anger at an unsympathetic, crap world.
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I was told the same about how I should have been tougher on my autistic kids. They turned out to be very fine people of whom I am proud.
Kiitos. Käytämme tätä aikajanasi parantamiseen. KumoaKumoa
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