Me: *Stims around my parents, has a special interest and info dumps to them, shows obvious discomfort at being touched (especially by other people’s feet), has talked about how I can’t stand the texture of some foods/fabrics, goes non verbal frequently, has times where I’m bordering on a meltdown/shutdown and simply cannot deal, has very specific rituals for how I do things, wears socks and jeans everywhere no matter how hot it gets because anything else is sensory hell, is confused about some jokes/levels of sarcasm, Cannot. Understand. Math.*
Also me: *is hella sarcastic, very mature for my age, hides meltdowns/more expressive stims*
My mom: Well, you don’t act like the two autistic children I know, even though I’ve acknowledged that autism is a spectrum. So *obviously* you’re just shy and quirky and need to get out more.
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