I Feel Called Out Rn - Tumblr Posts

There is a woman, who get this, is autistic about trains

sorry i threatened to eat you i was trying to flirt

shoutout to autistics who always grew up excluded without knowing why. people who were subtly left out of conversations, not invited to events, not welcomed in groups. people who were brushed off and told they're overthinking it, but always knew they were different. people who are now told they're overly sensitive to rejection, but who have good reason to be so suspicious.

Imagine my shock as a neurodivergent teen when I first realized that using large vocabulary and eloquent speech doesn’t make you less likely to be misinterpreted, rather it adds an entirely new layer of misinterpretation I had never even realized existed in the form of people thinking you’re being snobbish or condescending when you’re just trying to be specific