Being part of the autistic community

During the period between diagnosing myself via the web and getting it rubber stamped at great public expense by the NHS, I went to the Aspergers reddit and came to the informal conclusion that whatever this aspergers/autism thing is, it seemed to have every other possible mental illness I knew about as part of it!!

During the period between diagnosing myself via the web and getting it rubber stamped at great public expense by the NHS, I went to the Aspergers reddit and came to the informal conclusion that whatever this aspergers/autism thing is, it seemed to have every other possible mental illness I knew about as part of it!!

One of the fascinating things I’ve slowly realised is how generally traumatised autistic people are by their experience of living in a neurotypical world, and that many of the “negative” traits or behaviours associated with autism aren’t autistic at all, they’re trauma responses.