@actuallyautistic Who has disappointed you the most since coming out as #actuallyautistic?
My family's reaction was depressingly expected. However, it's been close friends looking down on me and then fading away that really hurt.
Looking at you, Matthew Bingham.
@sebwhatever My only disappointment is how some react to my son, focusing on behavior and not considering the circumstances aren’t typical. As he learns to better cope and I remind them, it’s gotten better. It takes more time with some to reset their assumptions.
With some, he retreats to back rooms for solitude. They wonder why. I know. I lived it as a kid myself.
@GreenRoc I regularly have “the talk” with my son, who already has a bone to pick with trigger happy cops. Please goddess let his drive for self-preservation overcome unfiltered sharing when his time in front of a gun arrives. 🙏🙏
I know I shouldn’t be nervous but I am. Son is attending birthday, and they’ll be playing laser tag. But parents are DROPPING OFF their kids, which is something very unusual for those of us with #neurodivergent kiddos! I suggested and then all parent left phone numbers juuust in case.
It seems like a simple milestone but I’m actually anxious about it. Probably more than him!
I’m learning to trust my instincts in the face of NT stupid. I show up at ortho office with son’s appliance, after having emailed them to describe how it’s pinching the tendon right in the middle underneath his tongue.
They grind all around the edge. Not in the middle in the physical gap between parts. 🤦♂️ I try to clarify where it’s affecting him. They didn’t acknowledge a word.
So I used 400 grit on it tonight and much better! Trust gone.