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hoppp 87 days ago | parent | context | favorite | on: How to be anti-social – a guide to incoherent and ...

I am semi-verbal.

I can't talk most of the time, that does stop me from having a conversation yes.

Processing Sensory information takes priority over social circuits in my brain, physically.

So I am unapologetically autistic and no I don't have to break my brain to try to fit in.

If people find my disabilities upsetting thats stereotype ableism and yes it happens often

justonceokay 87 days ago [–]

I never said you had to be good at talking. But you can be bad at talking and also not anxious, which it sounds like you are.

hoppp 86 days ago | [–]

Humans associate "bad at talking" with low intelligence so getting called a "retard" when my IQ is high average does cause anxiety, yup.

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