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You missed the stage where you don’t want to openly identify as autistic because of the stigma surrounding both autism itself as well as self-diagnosis
Hahah I recognize every one of these spaces I’m another late-diagnosed adult, and the weird thing about it is that I didn’t start having these conversations with myself until after being diagnosed
Masking is a hell of a drug
“Wait, there’s a term for that thing I do with my hands?”
You’re forgetting the future stages:
- holy crap! im autistic
- hey everyone, im autistic
- okay, i guess it just explains everything
- nobody seems to care that much
- alright, i’ll go find a good-paying tech/accounting/science job now
- proud to be ASD, if anyone cares