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How You Experience Autism

Autism (ASD) | Last Active: Aug 22, 2020 | Replies (171)

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@lisalucier

@sirgalahad - just curious, and wanting you to feel at home. How do you feel you need to mask to fit in the group here just for auties and those who care about them?

@auntieoakley - will you share more about that, too?

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ok, there has been issues with the able body people whom run the clinic connect who are very unfamiliar with Auties, in particular, our variants on the spectrum , comorbidities and we are all not the same . Our executive function levels vary , our planning and timing and how our brains operate in a different way and our perceptions . We are different and we do react and respond to what we see in front of us and how we are spoken and talked too.for example i am an autie at the hiher end of functionality but still have melt downs and miss voice intonations and facial cues and langauge and how i rread things .Some see we auties are all the same and dont see empaths kindness humour variants in sexual idosynscriacies .i felt i had to hide my inteligence and humour and i am quite direct and blunt .i am also a teacher and a biomedical scientist childrens oncology at westmead childrens hospital .My medical skills have recently helped mamacitta keep a very dear couple of friends of hers alive .i feel i cant discuss my knowledge and training in regards the biomedical and genetics responsible for autism incase i scare people