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I can’t speak for everyone on the spectrum, because, we’re all different in many ways. Some of us in not so many ways, but we can be very different.. We’re not all, or mostly, Sheldon Cooper from The Big Bang Theory, but some of us, myself included, wish we had the courage to be more like him at times.
Unlike the rest of you, those we call neurotypical because you have what science calls a neurologically typical brain. We’re unique individuals with different interests, opinions, political views as well as likes and dislikes. Grey? What’s that? It’s Black & White. Not a better way of using our brains, just a different way.
As was suggested above, our brains are considered neurologically a-typical and thus we’re dubbed the “Logical-yet-Out-of-the-Box” thinking person that hangs out on the fringe of society.
We’re more than the hangers on to the fringe. We are the proud people on the spectrum! Those with varying levels of autism. Some higher, others not as much. Each autistic in our own right. Each different than the person both before us and after us. But do you know what we really need to be?
Each autistic in our own unique, comfortable way.
That’s the important part. The comfort.
Each in our own unique, comfortable way. Let’s be honest, no one is going to always be comfortable. It’s just a fact we have to live with. But to be as comfortable as we can be is our ultimate goal.
Don’t be ashamed! Own that sh!%! Own your own quirkiness, unless it falls into the Creeper Zone. Then hide that. No one digs a Creeper. Not even an autistic one.
Though I’m out advocating for those age high school and above, I have moments where I, as someone on the spectrum, doubt that I’m worth fighting for others. But I know I’m worth it. I just have to re-convince myself of that from time to time. And I do.
Get comfortable being you because that’s just who you’re going to be, so accept it, own it, take pride in it and find happiness in your unique comfortable you. Don’t pretend to be someone you’re not just so you can fit in with the crowd. Be proud that you’re autistic. Own who you are. Never let anyone put you down for being you.
Finally, one last question to ask. And a big one.
Can you finally realize autistic doesn’t equal broken?
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