Published: 2025年4月26日
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The penultimate 30 Days of Autism Acceptance post. (Days 1-5, Days 6-10, Days 11-15, Days 16-20)

April 21st: Do you feel like you are easier/more prone to being taken advantage of because of being autistic? Do you have trouble telling when people are being deceitful or have bad intentions towards you? Is there anything you do to combat this? Do you have people that help you with this?
I don't know.

April 22nd: Is there anything in life you want to do that you either can't or is very difficult for you to do because of being autistic?
Wasn't there another question that basically meant the same thing but worded differently on a previous day? Anyways my answer is the same: Driving. I simply do not have the spatial awareness needed to safely maneuver a several-ton metal death machine.

April 23rd: Is there anything in life that you feel being autistic makes easier? Give some examples.
When working in customer service, I've found that I'm much better at cutting through customers' bullshit than my coworkers were. It's much easier for me to just straight up say "no" to people without dressing it up in layers upon layers of polities.

April 24th: Have you experienced bullying? In a school or work environment for example. Talk about it if you are comfortable with it.
Yeah. I got the typical "undiagnosed low support needs autist" treatment: Getting asked out as a joke, random groups of girls coming up to me at lunch and treating me like their personal circus freak, stuff like that. I've also had people inform me that I'd get shittalked behind my back sometimes, too. Nothing too special beyond that, though.

April 25th: If you could give advice to a child/newly diagnosed person on living life as an autistic person, what advice would you give?
First and foremost: If you think accommodations would make your life easier in some way, don't be afraid to ask for them. Especially if you got diagnosed later in life, there's no need to keep forcing yourself like you aren't autistic just because that's what you're used to.

In a similar vein, just because you can manage just fine with minimal accommodations and don't find being autistic to be a particularly disabling experience for you doesn't mean that every autistic person feels the same way. Being autistic doesn't suddenly make you an expert on all autism-related topics, and you still need to listen to your fellow autistic people, especially those with higher support needs.