How do I explain me to my parents?

Sounds like your parents still haven’t grasped exactly what autism is, it’s not their fault, there’s a spectrum and they perhaps don’t see your difficulties in the same way you do. I’m assuming they think you can just push through your sensory issues? It may just be the case that you say directly to them “Hey parents, I need you to understand me better, I don’t think you take on board the seriousness of how autism effects me and I wish you would”. 

I think the spectrum needs to be explained better on tv like ai it gets across yes we all have diffenet needs but someone who’s non verbal may find it easier to wash and someone who has noises issues may have executive dysfunction … like me:( 

It’s extremely varied yes, no two people will be the same. It was very confusing for me before I took the time to look at the spectrum in visual form which helped it make much more sense. 

I would like to think most venues would be understanding of this type of request. I’m not sure if you have noticed this where you are but I have seen a lot more people wearing ear defenders recently, perhaps autism awareness has helped people become more relaxed and able to be themselves a little more. 

I do think I need soemthing to say yes this explains this eps isnt if im going to possibly need to say to both tradinal work places and music venue listen i need this reaibsobsle thing like I might need to wear my ear defenders whilst I set up snd pack down 

A diagnosis would be ideal if you felt you needed that certainty on paper. It’s not for everyone, some are happy to self diagnose and that’s all they need but if you feel you need personal validation to support your own theory of being autistic then professional diagnosis may be the way forward. It made a huge psychological impact on me, good and bad, but the good far out-weighs the bad for me now. 

Autism being a thing and being broad helped me realise why some of my interests are life long and beyond the intency others expect and with masking I now realise why for years Ihave said I hate x thing but I still look it up becuase im masking it and trying to fit in by saying ih no call of duty is bad or I hate ALL pop music(im sorry Tay Tay I never mentioned all the times i dissed you masking makes me say things I don’t mean) when infact i like all genres apart for  (most) gangster rap and grime 

Autism being a thing and being broad helped me realise why some of my interests are life long and beyond the intency others expect and with masking I now realise why for years Ihave said I hate x thing but I still look it up becuase im masking it and trying to fit in by saying ih no call of duty is bad or I hate ALL pop music(im sorry Tay Tay I never mentioned all the times i dissed you masking makes me say things I don’t mean) when infact i like all genres apart for  (most) gangster rap and grime 

I would like to think most venues would be understanding of this type of request. I’m not sure if you have noticed this where you are but I have seen a lot more people wearing ear defenders recently, perhaps autism awareness has helped people become more relaxed and able to be themselves a little more. 

I do think I need soemthing to say yes this explains this eps isnt if im going to possibly need to say to both tradinal work places and music venue listen i need this reaibsobsle thing like I might need to wear my ear defenders whilst I set up snd pack down 

A diagnosis would be ideal if you felt you needed that certainty on paper. It’s not for everyone, some are happy to self diagnose and that’s all they need but if you feel you need personal validation to support your own theory of being autistic then professional diagnosis may be the way forward. It made a huge psychological impact on me, good and bad, but the good far out-weighs the bad for me now.