A list of traits that people don’t realise are #ActuallyAutistic

<p>I wasn&rsquo;t diagnosed as autistic until age 41 in 2021. What I thought was autism was the stereotype you see in the media of the non-speaking rocking and hand-flapping white boy, or the incorrect stereotypes such as Rainman (actually a savant), and the stereotypes I didn&rsquo;t relate to such as the unempathetic and emotionless Dr Shaun Murphy in The Good Doctor.</p> <p>I just didn&rsquo;t see myself in any of these portrayals. I am a woman, I had friends, I had an excess of empathy, and I had a successful career as a people manager. I didn&rsquo;t see myself in the media&rsquo;s representations of autistic people, so it never crossed my mind that I might have been autistic. It also doesn&rsquo;t help that many of the portrayals of autism in the media is how it&nbsp;<em>looks to neurotypical people</em>, not how it&nbsp;<em>feels to experience it as an autistic person</em>.</p> <p><a href="https://medium.com/@professionalaudie/a-list-of-traits-that-people-dont-realise-are-actuallyautistic-6dd7795e570a"><strong>Click Here</strong></a></p>