#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 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.
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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It's meant over-sharing with coworkers and strangers, and under-sharing with people in an actual position to be able to help me. It's meant being able to be fluent in English, French, and Swedish with little effort. It's meant perfect pitch.
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But ultimately, it's meant good things, and it's meant bad things. That's more or less what I'm driving at.
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