Don’t Be Ashamed Of Asking For The Accommodations You Need

Shame is a feeling that many autistics are all too familiar with. Throughout our lives, we are not only told we are different (which we are of course), but that this is something we should somehow be ashamed of. We are told that our stimming is weird, that our firm orientation towards linguistic precision is rude, that our sensory sensitivity is play-acting and that the routines that afford us a sense of psychological safety are far too bloody inconvenient. Effectively we are told that we are not only different, but this difference means we are lesser beings and that we therefore deserve to be treated as such. <a href="https://medium.com/artfullyautistic/dont-be-ashamed-of-asking-for-the-accommodations-you-need-f8ad590f6143">Read More</a>