Bullied For Being Autistic - Tumblr Posts

And y’know what? A lot of bullying is not exactly visible. A lot of bullying I have experienced and have seen other autistic people experience is through gaslighting and manipulation of our lack of understanding of social norms. People would act like my friend, and I would not get the message that they were being mean to me straight to my face, like the concept of being my friend was a joke to them. It hurts deeply, and it’s awful because I tried to bring it up to adults, and they wouldn’t take me seriously. It’s so isolating, and I’m tired of bullying being seen as something you can hear, as just verbal insults or slamming into lockers. It’s usually more covert and more devious than that.

all public school anti-bullying activism is extremely transparent and meaningless