My parents canceled my graduation party for my sis…

exhaustion, check. Need for routine, check. Hyperfocus, check. Executive dysfunction despite high achievement, check. masking. Check check check. On July 11th at 2 am, I was reading an article titled The Cost of Masking when I closed my laptop and sat in the dark crying. I’d been autistic my whole life and nobody saw it, not even me.

The next morning,continue reading …