Tarren (They/Them)<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://infosec.exchange/@hzulla" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>hzulla</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.art/@Fuchskind" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Fuchskind</span></a></span> And that <a href="https://dragonscave.space/tags/blind" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>blind</span></a> kid who got told "don't do X thing, people will think you're autistic" may have *actuallyautistic@a.gup.pe* been autistic. Not all <a href="https://dragonscave.space/tags/blindAutistics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>blindAutistics</span></a> necessarily look like the classic autistic look either. Some of us look perfectly normal, and believe me when I say that some of us normal-looking <a href="https://dragonscave.space/tags/blind" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>blind</span></a> <a href="https://dragonscave.space/tags/autistics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>autistics</span></a> have spent a *bunch* of energy maintaining that normal appearance because it was expected, but are paying for it now.<br>***Hashtags and Mentions***<br><a href="https://dragonscave.space/tags/ActuallyAutistic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ActuallyAutistic</span></a> <a href="https://dragonscave.space/tags/NeurodivergentBlind" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NeurodivergentBlind</span></a> <a href="https://dragonscave.space/tags/Autistic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Autistic</span></a> <a href="https://dragonscave.space/tags/Neurodivergent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Neurodivergent</span></a> <a href="https://dragonscave.space/tags/Neurodivergence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Neurodivergence</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/actuallyautistic" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>actuallyautistic</span></a></span></p>