40 Super Important Things People With Autism Wish You Realized 

12. Please don’t make me try to do sports. Don’t try to force me to surf or play Frisbee or ice skate or paddle boat or whatever the hell John Kerry was doing in that ad.

It might end with me in the hospital or in the morgue and you in prison.

And please don’t even try that whole “Oh, you can totally do it! You just lack confidence in your abilities!” bullshit.

Trust me, I can’t and I do NOT.

13. Stop treating us differently the moment you hear the word autistic. We’re not children, and we aren’t fucking contagious.