“While many autistic people face great challenges as children, things become even harder once they reach adulthood. Suddenly, society expects you to be “an adult” and behave and function as such. It is such a shame that exactly at the point in their lives when they need it the most, the support they receive from organizations and resources often stops. Because I was diagnosed at 21, I never received any support as a child. After I received my diagnosis, my mother tried to find all kinds of resources, but she soon realized that I was too old for much of anything.”
Source: Connecting With The Autism Spectrum: How To Talk, How To Listen, And Why You Shouldn’t Call It High-Functioning
“Our brains are sending sparks in different directions and sometimes they end up in the wrong place, but sometimes they end up in incredible places.”
Source: How to Be Autistic
“Gender is probably just another thing I just don't get. Like what faces to make and when, or whether someone is really interested when I tell them about mantis shrimp and their smashers.”
Source: Ollie in Between
“Divergent Dynamite
(The Sonnet)
You only know my infinite radiance,
you got no clue to my innate hurricane.
Day in and day out I struggle autistic,
Genius is outcome of a mind broken.
There are cracks across my heart,
nothing can bar the pouring rays.
Light is but suffering harnessed,
Genius is brokenness harnessed.
There is no end to my exuberance,
limits of typicals don't apply to me.
I am but an enigma of unbending tenacity,
every breath is testament to impossibility.
Divergence is nature's way to expansion.
Divergent dynamite I, am living evolution.”
Source: The Divine Refugee
“We, on the spectrum, are often
misconstrued as rude or audacious.
Problem is not that we feel too little,
but that we feel too crippling much.”
Source: The Humanitarian Dictator
“The sad fact is that many autistic adults do not have a job or have never worked for pay. Many autistic people do volunteer work while living on disability payments because they encounter too many issues at a workplace. Even though volunteer work also comes with responsibilities, there's less pressure regarding expectations and deadlines.”
Source: Connecting With The Autism Spectrum: How To Talk, How To Listen, And Why You Shouldn’t Call It High-Functioning
“One of the most common issues autistic students have with homework is exhaustion. When I came home after a day of school, I was so tired.”
Source: Connecting With The Autism Spectrum: How To Talk, How To Listen, And Why You Shouldn’t Call It High-Functioning
“When feelings go on overload,
I pause and breathe
and all is . . . slowed.”
Source: Too Much!: An Overwhelming Day
“I was doing well in all my classes, and nothing seemed out of the ordinary. But I started to feel sick, every day.”
Source: How to Be Autistic
“I was too young to realize that my brain and thoughts could make me just as ill as an upset stomach could.”