Should I tell 72 of my peers on Instagram?

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Hear me out.

I've been excluded a lot by my peers, first for being weird, then because they had their own social groups. I'm graduating in 3 months, and they're accepting me more. I have a modest 72 of my peers following me on Instagram, (most have like 500), and LIUB is coming up. They chose blue for all the boys with it, which is just tasteless.

I want to take a pink selfie and tell everyone that I am an Autistic woman, and give support to other Autistic women. Autism is a part of me and if it was out there, and even a few peers accepted me, that would be enough.

But it's intuitively risky to tell 72 of your classmates that you're Autistic.

It is even more difficult to intuit the response of people we have never met and know little to nothing about.

I don't think it's a very good idea. Some people have the wrong idea about autism due to a certain organization.

People can't accept what they do not understand, historically society seeks to rid itself of that which it can't accept.

I know you would be better off through an example of leadership to help raise awareness for Autism, annonimously.

Help them understand without making it personal for you or for them.

I'll all for informing those close to me about me, I'm all for exposing others to things they might not have thought about.

Small networks of people are important, keep them near.

I know, but it will get better, I think, if people know more about us.

Also, if kids pick on me, then I know who the jerks are!

When posting that kind of thing on social media, think beyond your peers.

You said you are graduating soon. Do you have a job yet? Whatever you post on social media, future employers can potentially find the information when they look up your name. People can also find you through your peers on Instagram. I don't know whether or not you have it on private mode, or if you use a pseudonym. Even then, anything's possible. Like your peers can tell other people what your name is on Instagram.

In any case, just consider whether that would be a good, bad, or neutral thing. Would you feel comfortable if the information went beyond your peers? I don't know about your life, so I cannot tell you.

I like your attitude and i think it's brave. Give yourself 48 hours to think it over. Because of my autism I often say stupid s**t I regret. It might be nicer if you could tell people personally, but I feel ya.

Well, you'll be graduating soon. What do you have to lose? Except, I recommend using red instead. There's a movement called #redinstead. Not only do many autistic people dislike blue, the colour of Autism Speaks, but pink is associated with many things such as breast cancer.