I don't really like telling people I have autism or OCD cus people are really weird about it sometimes. I swear like 90% of the good experiences I have had when I tell people are literally adults who's job it is to like do accessibility stuff. And I do want to get better at telling people, just so I can get more comfortable being myself.
Ok, maybe this is a little confusing, I don't like telling non-accessibilty people this stuff. Cus, like when I tell people, I sometimes get responses of, "oh yeah I think I might have Autism(example)" like great for you?? But why are you telling me this within 30 seconds of me telling you? Do you think I can diagnose you?? No, i can't and I have no desire to either. I mean like to be fair I kinda relized I had Autism and OCD before I got diagnosed but that was cus I did lots of research, and also literally went to therapy for my issues(relavent cus at that point literally everyone realized it was in fact an issue, even my then therapist agreed). I also went through a NOPE, i do not have either of those, nope. And then literally like three months later... Diagnosis...
Another response I sometimes get is, "Were all a little autistic". Like, no??? I don't like that one either.
Yet another response is being infantilized.
So in conclusion, me trying to overcome my slight internalized ablism, idk, maybe becoming more comfortable being myself, does not work well because even when I tell people close to me I get weird responses, which makes me not want to tell people. But lately i have gotten better at talking to people about my support needs which is nice and an improvement

















