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Hey #ActuallyAutistic Twitter, has anyone else like completely lost the ability to mask during 2020?
No one knows what my face looks like. I haven't seen my friends in person. I don't remember how to make small talk about the weather.
Just me?
No one knows what my face looks like. I haven't seen my friends in person. I don't remember how to make small talk about the weather.
Just me?
* I recognize there are definitely Autistic people who have had to like, work retail or other not-remote jobs. But I feel like service industry jobs require a very specific set of masking skills that's different from like, a lot of other types of social interactions
Anyway today I had a very short medical appointment, and the doctor offered me hand sanitizer that I'm definitely allergic to
But I didn't know how to explain like, weird fragrance allergies and I had no social script handy, so I just. Rubbed my hands with an allergen?
But I didn't know how to explain like, weird fragrance allergies and I had no social script handy, so I just. Rubbed my hands with an allergen?
[no advice right now, I know it's ridiculous and I'm working on a social script.]
Also lately I have found myself being like...I forgot all of the neurotypical word games for being polite and so I'm uh. Devastatingly honest? Is I think maybe an apt description
A couple weeks ago my mom was like "do you want to decorate for Christmas?" And I just. Told her that the decorations are pretty but I also hate how much it disrupts my routine and maybe we could just not unless she really wants to put up decorations?
Fortunately this was fine because my mom and I communicate pretty well, but like. Just Saying What I Think could definitely cause serious problems at like, a medical appointment. 
