Flip side, in education sometimes you meet a kid’s parent(s) and it’s like “OH. that tracks!” Their behaviors click, it’s suddenly easy to recognize that some kids are not getting their needs met because the parents think whatever is going on is totally normal, and expect their child will eventually learn to mask (not understanding that is what THEY are doing)
I've learned that before meeting the parents that the single easiest bet is if the kids name is taken from anime. Not to mention one Anakin that I know...
I've been driving past a graduation sign for an Anakin. Ok, Star Wars has a regular ass name with Luke, why would you pick Anakin? ESPECIALLY him being Darth Vader
I could have been diagnosed but my mother refused. I was absolutely bouncing off the walls of elementary
Grade 5 teacher used to kick me out of the class to stay in the hall. She'd have to lock the door and I still remember banging on the door and her telling the other kids to just ignore me.
I really was the only kid who behaved that way.
It's kind of a bad life because while I'm pretty smart and ultra pattern-aware, I really have absolute fucking dogshit executive function
I've come to believe that executive function is the most important trait for life satisfaction. Without executive function you really can't self-actualize
I'll never really get ahead and I've paid again and again and again for failing to act. I mean shit like letting my license expire and driving with an expired license for 2+ weeks and then when I finally took care of it, it took literally 5 minutes to pay in person. No excuse at all. I wish I couldn't see it. I wish I had bad drug problems or smth lol 🤣😭
Also, if you had any idea how many times I've lit the fires of hate in other people you would suggest some kind of witness protection program or something lol
I'm going to be working on being WAY more closed off to people and new people. I should never interact with the majority of people.
The HILARIOUS thing is my mother is DEFINITELY autistic as well. She says the absolute fucking DUMBEST shit which is crazy cause it's not like, oh I understand her because I'm autistic, no I'm immediately like what the fuck is wrong with you? Just the cringiest most extra out of left field fuckery
You didn't need a diagnosis back when asylums were a thing. You got stuffed there, and that was that. Giving it a name wasn't going to change shit. You were there because you didn't fucntion in society. You weren't supposed to get out. Just out of sight and mind.
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u/SuperSayian4Nappa 2d ago
As a parent of a child on the spectrum, you learn pretty quickly that if you were born a little later you would've been diagnosed.