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5 Lessons I have Learned Since My Autism Diagnosis••• EDIT***for some reason the audio was deleted from this video about 9 hours after posting (wtf @instagram ??) but hopefully reading the subtitles is still useful! These are mostly things that I have fought, disliked, and not accepted about myself before. These are things I wanted to change—I wanted to be more empathetic in certain ways and less in others, I wanted to be more flexible and able to relinquish control in certain contexts, I wanted to need less support, and I wanted to be part of a big friend group. Being diagnosed has helped me to not only come to terms with not being/having those things, but it also allowed me to accept that it is OKAY for me not to ever be or have those things. It is okay for me to be me, to be autistic, to have lots of empathy in some ways and less in others, to need support, to be inflexible and to need things a certain way, and to not be able to juggle lots of friends or a big group at once. And please keep in mind, not every autistic people will experience this the same way as me! Some autistic people may love having a big friend group and may be popular in that group and may not struggle with the parts of empathy I struggle with, etc. This is my autistic experience and being diagnosed has helped me tremendously to except and embrace it. Also allistic refers to someone who is not on the autism spectrum, so when I refer to “allistic society” I mean a society that is built without consideration of autistic people. #autism #autismawareness #autismacceptance #autismo #autismlove #autistic #actuallyautistic #fyp #autisticadults #autisticwomen #autisticpride #neurodivergent #neurodiversitycelebrationweek #neurodiverse #neurodiversity