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I was diagnosed with Asperger's when I was little and had to carry the knowledge that I was "different" with me all throughout my school years. Peers in my circles would constantly mock autism despite my protest, and I often got ridiculed for it.
Nowadays, having autism is considered trendy by zoomers with basic ass white bitches pretending to be aspy on TikTok and shit for clout. Hell, I matched with some chick on Tinder and apparently it was because I had something Autism-related in one of my pics and they claim to have autism (but were never diagnosed).
Society is beginning to normalize autism, which I wouldn't exactly call a good thing, but if anything I hope that can give you the confidence to live your life a little more free from the idea that you don't fit in. You and I are literally the new trendy thing for some freaking reason. Just be you and tell those who judge you for it to eat a bag of dicks because hiding it won't do you any good, take my word on that.
edit: also if it helps put your mind at ease, the only people who will be able to identify your autism without you self reporting on it are behavior analysts and those also afflicted with autism or have lived with an afflicted individual for long enough. Normies can hardly even identify a Kanner's when they are having a meltdown, which is why they stare like clueless bastards
That trend doesn't extend to being supportive of actual ND behaviours though. Like if you act weird around people they will still stigmatize your weird behaviour. They only want the word "Autism", not the symptoms of it
It's still a tend ugh
I hoped we had moved past the collecting conditions like they are pokemon cards trend.