6.
“Being a child diagnosed with autism in the ’90s, I was lumped in the special education classes despite not needing them, and it sucked. Back then, anyone who was autistic was typically thought of as ‘slow.'”
“My mum worked in special education, and she knew I had autism, but she adamantly refused to get me diagnosed because she understood the way the system worked and knew they would have just put me in the lower classes, and I didn’t need that.
I tell people today, ‘My mum knew I was autistic and didn’t do anything,’ and people see that as neglect or callousness, but honestly, it is hard to say she was…