Autism” which isn’t a real diagnosis. I asked her if she was diagnosed with Asperger’s, and she doubled down on the high functioning diagnosis. I honestly don’t care if she’s autistic or not, but my autistic identity is very dear and personal to me, and the way she talks about autism irks me (she treats it like a taboo and whispers when she mentions it). For her to treat it like a bad thing but then parade it around like a sticker she can take off hurts so much. I would give anything to not (2)
Omg my coworkers and I make bets on if one of my coworkers would show up and if she called out what the excuse would be. So far its been "mom having surgery on Saturday, mom having surgery on sunday, dad is disabled so she has to care for him, important meeting, mom having surgery on Friday (she used this one twice in one week and she forgot she already whipped out this card), volunteer event two saturdays in a row..