This sentence hit kind of hard: “Even today, autistic men are more likely to grow up understanding they have a problem, whereas autistic women and non-binary people learn we are a problem.”
@jeanblaylock.bsky.social“I’m supposed to reassure you with an upbeat tale of self-acceptance. Instead I’m going to make things awkward and tell the truth.”
by @pennyred.bsky.social
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‘I came out as autistic. Everyone said: That explains a lot’ | The Observer
An autism diagnosis helped Laurie Penny make sense of their experiences, but its real value was in helping them understand the rest of society