Autism is needing a visual schedule even at age 30.
Autism is the joy of flapping your hands when something makes your heart sing.
Autism is needing to allot hours to performing basic skills.
Autism is objects ceasing to exist if you can’t see them.
Autism is reveling in the good textures – running your fingers over every bump, curve and rivet.
Autism is finding a pair of headphones that makes going out in public bearable.
Autism is holding a bachelor’s degree but working in a drive thru.
Autism is echolalia.
Autism is seeing details that others miss.
Autism is being able to recite pages and pages of text that you learned when you were sixteen but unable to remember something you read an hour ago.
Autism is the fantastic feeling of not needing a weighted blanket because your (also autistic) seven year old is more than willing to press herself on top of your chest.
Autism is explaining to a new friend every last detail of your latest obsession and being overcome with relief when they don’t call you a freak.
Autism is joy and it is struggle.
Autism is not a tragedy or a health crisis.
The Caffeinated Autistic 
Rose, my dear, this makes me so happy and is about 95% of what I would say on the topic. <3333333333333333
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Yay! I’m glad you enjoyed it. I literally wrote 99% of it while at work. I didn’t have it in me to write as I usually do for flashblog type things, but this is the heart of the matter anyway.
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Many of these speak to me with great familiarity – as much as we’re all different, yet we have many things we share, as well. Thank you for sharing these!
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Alllllll of these! So very well put!
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I love your topic! My brother is also an autistic ❤ We should respect them and love them.
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I am not autistic, but I came to this blog because i wanted to learn more about the condition and the beautiful people who live their lives daily with it. I am all about learning new things and bettering myself as a human being. I thank you for writing this, I have a cousin who is autistic and i will ensure he finds this blog. Thank you again and again.
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