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If I'm talking to someone I just met, I have a "15 minute rule". I can pass for "normal" for about 15 minutes. Then I get "the look" and know they'll either suddenly remember something they have to do, or they'll think I'm weirdly interesting and want to hang out. It's usually the former.

Yeah, it's mainly just so other people can get off our asses. Since they always have a violent reaction, when you just try to be yourself... Just like I had the other day, with an ableist neighbor, who literally got into my face screaming and threatening violence... Yeah, masking is exhausting

An autistic person will always learn and work drastically better in environments tailored to them.   Hence, autism is autism, plain and simple.

The diagnostic criteria for autism are mostly made up of common manifestations of C-PTSD as they appear in Autistic boys.