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So signing th autistic community pretending to be non-autistic is called masking and it is certainly possible for lots of autistic people. However, it is exhaus

by elil17 8y ago

So signing th autistic community pretending to be non-autistic is called masking and it is certainly possible for lots of autistic people. However, it is exhausting. It makes it hard to get work done and leaves you totally drained at the end of the day. It’s not a fun way to go about life.

mantas 8y ago
Meanwhile not participating in normal life and shutting off from the rest of the world is not fun way either. I'll take living at 80% any day over pretending to be a unicorn and shutting off from the world. It's sort of like some people pretending being blind or death is their "culture" and thus has to be cherished. No, it's not. It's a deficiency and learning to work around it is damn nice. Source: I'd probably be on the spectrum if I was a kid nowadays and have eye sight issues.