People today.....

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OH MY GOD, I AM FED UP WITH THE PEOPLE I MEET NOWADAYS. Okay, so I am talking to this guy, right? I bring up my aspergers and he says "Gee, isn't that a form of autism? Funny, you don't seem stupid!" I explain to him the basics of the autism spectrum and he says "I thought everyone with autism had a mental retardation, because I met this one 12-year-old-kid who enjoyed stupid kid shows and had ADHD and was academically behind." *FACEPALM X2 C-C-C-COMBO BREAKER!* I JUST WANTED TO SHARE THIS WITH ALL OF YOU, OH MY GOD I AM MAD.

The ignorant ones look at the high functioning autistic as being non-existent. It's not their fault. They've been inundated with stories of Rain Man and Forrest Gump and Adam and Dr. Sheldon Cooper so much that they don't realize there's a more subtle version, or invisible version, of autism.

hell is other people, at times.

Some people seem to think it's invisible Autism, to the point they believe that there are no outside indicators.

My mother and I argued today when I started flapping my hands subtly, and she told me to stop and I looked like a ret*d