I was so tempted to disclose ASD today.
I've been dealing with the managers/paperwork for an incident where one of my colleagues, a 19yo with autism, kicked another member of staff in frustration. I have spoken to him a few times before, he quite frequently comes to talk to me actually, but I didn't know he was autistic. It was just weird being in an environment where people were talking matter-of-factly about autism all day, with no judgement. I was incredibly tempted to disclose, the environment was very accepting, but I didn't. Initially I was waiting for someone to say something negative about autism, and I was preparing to get angry, but in the end it wasn't necessary
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Funny how I didn't pick up on his ASD. I knew there was something a little different about him but I thought maybe ADHD or something. So now I'm wondering if he knows that I'm an aspie, or if he just likes me by chance.
The person he kicked is fine btw, she wasn't going to report him either but one of the witnesses did, so now she and he and his parents and our managers etc. have to do a formal investigation.