For every autistic person who has catalogued 4k species of fungi, replicated a 16th c. manuscript, or constructed a language, there is another who has watched the same movie 500 times, has had 12 different hobbies and kept up with none of them, or has forgotten to shower... again
As a member of the latter group I posted this for a laugh, but just in case you need to hear it: you don't have to be exceptional. You don't need to justify your existence or your neurotype with a skill or with specialized knowledge
It's okay to just be, and you are enough
It's okay to just be, and you are enough
and of course, as noted by so many, you can be both! And that's so valid
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