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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Fall
Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
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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Comments (205)
azn_boi 0
you retard.
greekamira 0
how the hell do u post a pic on this thru your iPhone?
Raleigh_bruh 7
You cannot.
CloudEnvy 17
You select the picture you want then post it through the letter box. Simples.
roflinyourwaffle 0
you have to wait until the next solar eclipse. remember to upload it when the sun, the moon, and the earth are perfectly aligned.
roflinyourwaffle 0
pendatik, i'm pretty sure that means you'll probably have to fly back to pallet town and ask professor oak for a bulbasaur.
meglovesjoe 0
that's why you shouldn't make fun of anyone period.
kitt_en 0
OP wasn't making fun. They really just pointed it out.
meglovesjoe 0
38 I tired but I couldn't figure it out either so I just did it through my computer :/
nherbert92 0
that should be a compliment cos i know if i had autism i would rather people think that i hve an accent rather than autism. just sayin
AutumnGirlSoup 0
WTF there's nothing wrong with being autistic.
SenoraC 0
Except that it is a mental illness?
golfer420 0
let me get this straight. you thought her brother had an accent when your friend didn't? GJ
kitt_en 0
He could have been adopted from another country. Or even from another part of the US, seeing as different parts of it have different accents.
leggichick 0
for people who are saying it was an honest mistake the OP shouldn't had asked about that anyway even if he wasn't autistic ...
Sexymuah 0
YD a slap!
lillylove8180 0
This is an honest mistake, the kid could have been a higher level of autism. Appologize and your friend should forgive you. Easy as that.
artisticninja713 13
Dude it's not that big of a deal. Apologize, say you didn't know (If you did know then YDI and you're a dick). if they're still pissed then they need to get over it and learn to deal because people are either going to ask or make comments.
yolie_fml 0
Agreed. It's not like OP said anything offensive.