Published on 12, July, 2020
I didn’t really care when I got my diagnosis. It was what it was, and I lived with it. I did a huge autism workbook with a family friend. It didn’t really matter. But recently I’ve become aware of how ashamed I am. I always feel like the child nobody ever wanted to have. The sob story on Britain’s got talent. The problem child.
And I don’t know how to accept it when it’s all in media. I don’t know how to accept it while people still say I’m sorry to my mum if she says something.
Has anyone else experienced this?
I don’t feel ashamed about who I am. I think there’s no more shame in being autistic than being tall or left handed, for example. I sometimes feel ashamed at how I have acted but I think everyone should reflect on their behaviour every once in a while, and try to improve. All part of the human condition.