For us, autism doesn't feel like some detachable defect.
Take it away – and you don’t leave me, just improved. You change who I am.
This feeling isn’t limited to one ‘type’ of autistic person. Across support needs, most autistic people say the same (refs at the end).
2/11
K.J. Elphinstone
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2026-03-28 19:11:40 UTC
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