40 Super Important Things People With Autism Wish You Realized 

10. Please understand that the spectrum is not linear, and that it is not as simple as high or low functioning in most cases. There are non-verbal autistics who greatly struggle and higher functioning ones who you wouldn’t even notice have it for sure, but for most of us it seems to be more complicated than that.

Some may struggle more with social issues, some more with motor and sensory issues, some may have more functioning issues generally.

On that note Autism is not only a social disorder, my sensory issues, motor issues and anxiety/executive functioning are all arguably worse than my social issues. I think the media forgets that sometimes, with how it portrays higher-functioning autistics as socially awkward nerds basically…

11. You don’t have to talk to me like I’m stupid. My brain works and I’m just like anyone else, and I wish you would treat me like that.