Today, my wife, in all seriousness, told me she believed I am autistic. With all due respect to autistic people out there, WTF? FML
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Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
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 overheard my wife telling my mother-in-law I was diagnosed with a learning disability earlier this week. She replied, "I always knew he was a retard. Why did you ever marry that idiot?" All my wife did was mutter "I don't know." FML
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
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, during my first date with a girl I've liked for awhile, she tells me about some minor disabilities she was born with. Wanting to be honest with her too, I tell her I'm slightly autistic. Her response was, "I'm sorry this isn't going to work. I can't date a retard." I had to eat alone after that. FML
Today, I tried to give my mom a hug, but she pushed me away and yelled at me for trying to hug her while she’s angry. When I asked how I was supposed to know, she replied, “Read my fucking body language, idiot!” I’m diagnosed autistic and she knows it. FML
Today, I learned why my boyfriend always jokes that I'm 'autistic'. I thought it was just a strange inside joke. Turns out that he truly believes I'm a part of the 'special-education' community. Even worse, after a fair amount of research, I'm convinced he's right. 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 mom was diagnosed autistic, therefore thinks we aren’t allowed to be mad at her for anything she does from here on out or things she did before. Odd, I didn’t know that beating, neglecting and humiliating your children on a near daily basis was an autistic trait. FML
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Anderling 33
There are many, many different types and gradations of autism out there. Mine, for example, is vastly different from my sister’s, leading to me being diagnosed at age 6 while she slipped under the radar until age 24. Not every autistic person is necessarily obvious. If your wife brought it up, it seems to be something that she’s been thinking over tot a while. Consider seeking out a psychiatrist to help you work out if she is right. Getting a professional opinion and seeking out resources if you do end up being autistic can only help you. And if she’s wrong, well, it can’t hurt to check, right?
Blimix 9
The common societal "understanding" of autism is so far off the mark that people can get extremely wrong ideas from hearing that someone is Autistic, or that they might be. This could be you. Most of the "symptoms" listed in DSM-V are really just the symptoms of being traumatized by lack of accommodations. People who don't need those accommodations, or have found their own workarounds, don't present in those ways. The *experience* of being Autistic is nothing like the *appearance* of being Autistic.
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Anderling 33
There are many, many different types and gradations of autism out there. Mine, for example, is vastly different from my sister’s, leading to me being diagnosed at age 6 while she slipped under the radar until age 24. Not every autistic person is necessarily obvious. If your wife brought it up, it seems to be something that she’s been thinking over tot a while. Consider seeking out a psychiatrist to help you work out if she is right. Getting a professional opinion and seeking out resources if you do end up being autistic can only help you. And if she’s wrong, well, it can’t hurt to check, right?
RichardPencil 32
She's just trying to be nice to you. You're probably a narcissist or a sociopath and there are no charitable organizations trying to cure those motherfuckers.
Blobby McGee 5
I've come to the same conclusion about my wife. It's not necessarily a bad thing. Mild autism can actually really help your organizational skills 😄 I can make jokes, I have a wife and 2 kids with ASD 😄
Blimix 9
The common societal "understanding" of autism is so far off the mark that people can get extremely wrong ideas from hearing that someone is Autistic, or that they might be. This could be you. Most of the "symptoms" listed in DSM-V are really just the symptoms of being traumatized by lack of accommodations. People who don't need those accommodations, or have found their own workarounds, don't present in those ways. The *experience* of being Autistic is nothing like the *appearance* of being Autistic.
Blimix 9
You could do a quick check of the Autistic experiences listed here: blimix.com/autistic/
TwoBytesCarley 27
Thanks for saying this. I knew there was massive misunderstanding of autism, even in the medical field, but I didn’t realize the lack of proper clinical symptoms in the DSM.