Reminder to non-autistic people:

I literally didn't know what "tone of voice" meant until I was 17 years old. And I didn't truly understand it until I found out I was autistic.

I thought it meant "how loud you talk" and "how you structure sentences when you talk." That's it. 1/

We're not trying to sound X way or have Y intentions.

We just don't understand your NT tone of voice rules and literally do not know what we sound like to you.

We don't know.

Please sit with that. Think about not understanding tone of voice. Try to empathize with that. 2/2

And remember that neurotypical people make judgments and assumptions based on autistic people's tone of voice. So basically, we're constantly getting judged and told off for something we don't/didn't know about.

Imagine getting told off your whole life for doing nothing wrong.