What Many (NOT ALL) Autistic People Wish Others Understood About Us

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Being an autistic therapist means I have the privilege of learning from autistic people from all walks of life every day. I hear firsthand accounts of the struggles we experience in our relationships, jobs, and daily lives as autistic people.

There are definite themes that connect many of us. I see this especially in the Late-Discovered Autistic Support Group I facilitate, where we talk about unmasking (which is a very nuanced, complex concept) and reconciling with our identities after decades of living without the accommodations, language, or community we needed.

Many of us feel deeply misunderstood by those closest to us and wish the world would try to see things from our perspective. It can be incredibly lonely to experience the world with such depth, through our senses, emotions, thoughts, and nervous systems, yet feel that so few people truly try to understand our experience. #actuallyautistic#autistictherapist