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Neurodivergent 12w
Thinking abt my childhood and all the obvious autistic symptoms I displayed and idk how my parents didn’t notice bc my cousin is medium support needs autistic & my symptoms presented very similarly to his like how did they not connect the dots
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Anonymous 12w

Idk about you but in my case I was adopted and my parents had preconceptions of adopted kids being horrible hateful demon spawn who took out their trauma on their poor, sweet, loving parents so any autistic behaviors of mine were interpreted and made to fit within that lens.

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 12w

For example me not liking hugs was I didn’t want to get close to ppl bc ✨trauma✨, not bc I am hypersensitive to sensory experiences. Me not doing things my mom asked me to was because I hated her because I have mommy issues trauma, not because I have a disorder that makes switching tasks very difficult. Me struggling in school was because I was lazy and lacked work ethic, not because I didn’t have proper support for my needs. So on and so forth.

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 12w

Sorry that happened to you, really shitty of them to adopt with those preconceptions. I wasn’t adopted but similarly, my autism symptoms were blamed on me being “too emotional and stubborn” when I displayed symptoms like having a meltdown over spontaneous changes in plans or hated hugs

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