40 Super Important Things People With Autism Wish You Realized 

16. As a female with high functioning autism it’s easy for me to “hide” it so when I do something “too autistic” people forget I have it and they think I’m being “too weird”and stuff. I put a front on in public so it’s mentally taxing on me. I also have bad anxiety and depression from this as well. I just don’t know how to cope so I pretend in front of everyone most of the time.

17. Autism Speaks does not support autistic people. They consider autism to be a devastating embarrassment to parents and prioritize “curing” it over helping people.

18. I actually had to have the “because I say ‘my brain doesn’t work that way’, that doesn’t mean my brain doesn’t work” conversation with someone.