Today, while at my friend's house, I noticed her brother had a bit of an accent. I laughingly said "Is it me or does your little brother have an accent?" She stared and replied with "No, he has autism." FML
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Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Today, I was interviewing a woman for a job. She told me that she may need days off because of her artistic son. I jokingly replied, "Does he color on the walls or something?" She then stared at me with a weird look on her face. Autistic, her son is autistic. FML
Today, a girl I'd been crushing on for a little while and I were talking about autism. Some of the last words she said were "I try to not find autistic people so fucking annoying, but I can't help it. But can you blame me?” I'm autistic. FML
Today, my boyfriend came over to meet my family. When I told him I had an autistic brother before he came in, he immediately broke up with me because he claimed autism is another word for overprotective. I've been dating an idiot. FML
Today, I was trying to make a good impression with my fiancé's friends. After a few hours, I thought all was going well. As I walked to the washroom, I heard, "So what disability does she have? No one can be like that without something wrong in their brain." FML
Today, at work, I was helping someone who really sounded like she had a Boston accent. So, I asked her where she was from. She has never been out of state. Turns out she has a speech impediment. FML
Today, marks yet again another day that I've been asked if I'm autistic. No, that's just my Korean accent. Apparently I look "too white" to have one. FML
Today, a guy at work pulled me aside to tell me that I probably shouldn't be working a job where I have to interact with customers, because of my autism. I don't have autism. FML
Today, my therapist mentioned we should look into the possibility of me being autistic. When telling my boyfriend what she'd said, he replied, “I don’t think you’re autistic, just damaged.” FML
Today, I went to pick up my little brother from his friend's house. When I got there, he ran off screaming that he didn't know me. His friend's parents believed him. FML
Today, I asked a woman where her beautiful accent was from. The woman stared at me for a while. Then her daughter told me that the reason her mother talked like that was because she had a stroke a few months ago. FML
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Quest_ 13
Everyone has an accent.
callmecourtney 3
Alright, op, let me be the sympathetic one: if an "accent" is all you noticed, chances are that her brother is a high-functioning autistic. Autism varies from person to person. My step-mother works in SPED and gets a lot of autistic students in her classes. Some are high-functioning - I wouldn't have known there was anything different about them right away. Others have autism so severe that they can't make eye-contact or speak. My own step-brother is autistic and falls somewhere between the two. You did nothing offensive, you just felt a little humble afterward. That being said; My little brother and I were born and raised in Texas and he has a Boston accent.
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quiXotic11 3
Good job.
PimpdaddyCJT 13
that's just horrible
rockediny 0
haha u fail op, fyl tho
TheOriginalKyrs 0
people with autism don't have "accents." You failure. There's an obvious difference in the two speech impediments.
Tweak24 0
FFS I lol'd
yake12 0
I moderated this one :) and 14 op could have easily mistaken the speech impetiment for an accent... although I don't see the fml because it is an honest mistake
syddyb 0
#8- is that you in your picture? and it really is an honest mistake, not a YDI. FYL.
Melaniee_fml 0
woww that's really a fail op. just apologize I'm sure it will be ok, it's not like you were commenting on his actions or intelligence.
mattman1994 0
it sounds really bad but it was just an honest mistake
KiddNYC1O 22
I agree 24. don't trip people
ProBakes 0
how do you feel now OP? idiot...
Blink182ftw 0
its funny because you put yourself in an awkward position
tiffyc011 0
ignorance ftw
Massdebater 1
give her surprise butt secks- that'll shut her up.
hellokittywhore 0
ohemmgee!!! that's not good D: fyl it's an honest mistake. people always think I'm from Brooklyn or jersey cuz of the way I talk but i just can't pronounce the tur sounds like in yesterday or gesture, I say yestaday and gussure. = my boyfriends loves it but I don't.
omgimdabest 0
you guys are idiots, some conditions are harder to notice than other...OP made an honest mistake, give him a break!
noscope_ftw 0
14 fails because an accent isn't a speech impediment
samantha987 0
awww you couldn't have known, OP
JohnnySack 0
Who's to say he couldn't have autism and a foreign accent?
CloudN9N3 0
34 - you look like your ready to take a cumshot to the face to the face, to the face
Hamsterzilla 0
8 is so hot:D if that's him in his pic. but anyway, op... ur a prick.
Lingonberry668 0
op means her friend meant he has autism so he's doing that accent for his own entertainment on purpose and dusnt actually have a natural accent, ya ding!!
zach55 0
that's a hell of an accent :D
soccerdilan 0
25 lol that's so messed up dude
MattyOJ 0
dry
2bobbybowdens 0
Neither an accent or autism is a speech impediment. People may have speech impediments inherantly due to autism.
Norrisv5 8
first I don't see why u would say it laughingly cuz thts not funny and second either u have autism as well not to notice or it's really mild I bet when u found out he had autism your pants were dry and crispy..(I don't know)
drcnes 4
so says the one wearing a bucket on there head that says John.
Emily9352 13
#8, you're hot >.>
zanguard 0
142 her name says it all ;)
xtrawesome 0
an accent isn't a speech impedament
hellokittywhore 0
opps I ment boyfriend jezze >_>
pureecstasy 5
86 those snake bites? can't tell on my ipod
minniemai 0
Why haven't ur friend told you?
Quest_ 13
Everyone has an accent.
JohnGraveline 0
Hwwat har hou halkeng habout?
Fiskerz 0
what happun to yo teef dawg
xtfauthorx 0
... I don't have one... but I'm a mute so that's prolly why :/
Quest_ 13
89 if I can ask without sounding rude or stupid, if you are mute, what sort of voice do you hear in your head when you read? I mean, because, I hear my own voice. :P
Cupcakeshizz 0
vat are you sayin? ;)
hahafylop 4
Hi had ha H hat hthe hend hof hevery hword
null_fml 11
Quest_ - I can't really speak for #89, but if I were mute, I would read everything in Morgan Freeman's voice. Actually, sometimes I do that anyway.
omgmorganomg 0
I agree, 110.
RachaelQ 0
#89 is your name Sara by any chance?
Fresh4416 0
Omg, thankyou!! You just made reading fun!!
MattC13 0
This isn't a FML or a YDI. It's a question. If she got offended she's retarded. :U
sarah48_fml 0
agreed
TaylorTotsYumm 10
^ Wardrobe malfunction in 5..4..3..2....
fearlesstiger98 0
#3 ftw just because he has Muse <3
wartis4u 11
what did he say?
lamargus 0
that's not that bad isn't that
icygubler 0
I'm autistic. if you think that's funny, you've got problems.
pokri 0
how would she know that op! what's up will all the aggression. op, calm down bitch.
Xmarshall16X 5
OP is the one who asked the question..
justsayfuck 5
How come you didn't know that? Must have been BFF'S FOREVAAAH.
zbennett 0
I like your smile ;)
YouRuckingFetard 0
And your Screen name lol.
machiko_fml 0
Wtf, this isn't an FML.
time4coffee 3
It's a big foot in your mouth but still just an honest mistake. Least you didn't call him a retard or something really obnoxious
lostfaithinpppl 19
Comment moderated for rule-breaking.
YDI, stupid, for not being able to tell autism from an accent.
kitt_en 0
Maybe OP had never heard an autistic person before. It can sound like someone with autism has an accent at times.
Dayuummm_itsLIA 0
D: ydi for not knowing D: how could you not know between an accentt
rlerke 0
ydi for being a tranny.
honestlove11 0
ydi for looking like Edward Cullen.
Raleigh_bruh 7
Ydi for not having eyes.
littlexlion 4
C-C-C-COMBO BREAKER!! But she does have eyes if you click the larger version of her picture...
Raleigh_bruh 7
Uh, yeh. I know this.. But I was mostly going along with the combo, which you just ruined. Thanks. :|
Brave_Sir_Robin 4
Comment moderated for rule-breaking.
An autistic accent? Aussie, Aussie, Aussie! Derp, Derp, Derp!