Hi, this is Eddie. You all know my last name, but I can't say it here or it'll be removed! Anyway, this post is about what I think about autism. As many of you will know, me and my older brother are autistic. It's not something that, as a general rule, I give a lot of thought to. Naturally, I'm aware of having it and I wouldn't accept a cure for it if one ever became available but it's just not something I often idolise.
The way I interact with autism, I often get sensitive with sudden loud noises. When I'm listening to certain types of music or watching a YTP, I expect loud noises but something like a fire alarm at school is something I often struggle with. But every cloud has a silver lining - it's always nice when it goes off during a terrible lesson! I also don't like how certain things feel, taste or smell. These are quite common autism symptoms, and they're the ones I bring to my fore-frontal attention to the highest extent.
I also often lose control of what I say and/or do in the heat of the moment. A lot of you may get this issue, some to a higher extent than others. Other than those two, I don't really give autism a lot of thought. But autism is a part of me, and I wouldn't remove it for any reason.
Celebrities such as Dan Aykroyd, Satoshi Tajiri, Tim Burton, David Byrne, Greta Thunberg, Steven Spielberg, Albert Einstein and Isaac Newton are all autistic, for a fun fact, as well as many other people.
