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diff --git a/content/entry/coming-out-as-autistic.md b/content/entry/coming-out-as-autistic.md index cd10c19..18ca42c 100644 --- a/content/entry/coming-out-as-autistic.md +++ b/content/entry/coming-out-as-autistic.md @@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ I coped with this by making simple things other children enjoyed more complex. I By the time I was an adolescent, I spoke on some topics like a professor. I had an age inappropriate level of knowledge about philosophy given my socioeconomic background. I liked to sit at home studying for fun. In my advanced classes, I purposely stumped teachers for amusement. I preferred to teach myself and I noticed when teachers explained things poorly. Sometimes my math homework wasn't challenging enough, so I wrote computer programs to do it for an added challenge. -I remember two instances in my high school career where the flow of conversation naturally landed on my special interests. Both times, I dominated the conversation. In precalculus, my extensive knowledge of philosophy left my peers dumbstruck. After a few moments, only one of them understood what I was saying even though I thought I was speaking plainly. +I remember two instances in my high school career where the flow of conversation naturally landed on my special interests. Both times, I dominated the conversation. In Precalculus, my extensive knowledge of philosophy left my peers dumbstruck. After a few moments, only one of them understood what I was saying even though I thought I was speaking plainly. At bowling, me and my then-girlfriend's friend were debating about religion. She was very religious. I was and still am an atheist. I'd memorized every argument and refutation. For every incorrect statement she made, I could've launched into a half an hour lecture detailing every level of her fractal wrongness. I could've made her points better than she did in my sleep. I didn't understand why my peers were so bad at basic reasoning skills and understanding certain concepts when I understood them so easily the first time. @@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ The way I was standing probably threw her off as well. Unless I make a special e I once had a neurotypical person try to explain to me how to stand normally. They explained I should cross my arms or put my weight on one foot, anything to make my stance less static. -One time I went to see a jazz band with this girl I was into. I had to wear noise cancelling headphones as I often do when I go places where there might be loud sounds. Her friends were there. One of them asked why I was wearing headphones. Instead of just telling her friends that I'm sensitive to loud noise or that I'm autistic, she lied and told them "it makes the music sound better". That relationship didn't work out. +One time I went to see a jazz band with this girl I was into. I had to wear noise canceling headphones as I often do when I go places where there might be loud sounds. Her friends were there. One of them asked why I was wearing headphones. Instead of just telling her friends that I'm sensitive to loud noise or that I'm autistic, she lied and told them "it makes the music sound better". That relationship didn't work out. ## Employment Struggles Now I'd like to talk about my employment struggles. |