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Aug 26 • 3 tweets • 2 min read
Three things about autism I wish everyone knew:

• No two autistic people are alike.
• Autism doesn’t exist on a linear spectrum.
• Autism presents differently across genders.

#ActuallyAutistic #neurodivergent #AuDHD #AutismAcceptance
Embrace Autism has over a dozen self-assessments:

embrace-autism.com/autism-tests/
Three more things about autism I wish everyone knew:

• Autistic children become autistic adults.
• Autism is a neurodevelopmental disorder present from birth and is highly genetic.
• Autistic masking accounts for many people being undx for years or decades.
#ActuallyAutistic

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Aug 24
I hadn’t heard of Brandy Melville until just now. That’s how I know I’m old. But listen.

It reminds me of Hollister and Abercrombie. Those stores + those who shopped there tortured me growing up. I weighed 140 in 6th grade, so their clothes didn’t fit (nor could I afford it) 🧵
According to classmates, it was *the* thing to wear. In 5th grade, I begged my mom to get me a pair of army green cargo pants from Hollister. She paid $80 for them. Within a month, all the buttons had fallen off.
So this air of exclusivity that brands like these try to exude— don’t buy into it. It’s all a sham, a scam, and meant to make anyone who’s different feel like shit about themselves.
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May 28
This week, I brought up an autism assessment with my psychiatrist for the second time.
The first time, he told me I can’t be autistic because I don’t speak in a monotone voice.
During this visit, he told me I can’t be autistic because I’m a good communicator.
I told him that there exists a generation of girls and women just like me who fell through the cracks— who always knew we were different, but couldn’t pinpoint how. We were dismissed as weird, anxious, rude, cold bitches. We’ve suffered in silence our whole lives.
He said a “cornerstone” of autism is the inability to communicate.
He didn’t know that I’d been preparing for this for 8 months. Learning. Practicing my phrasing. Consciously unmasking my traits.
I said it wasn’t a cornerstone for all autistic people, as ASD exists on a spectrum.
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