And don't even get me started with people taking it personally because you're not in condition of joining their social gatherings. True friends and people who truly love you will not give you guilt trips or play victim because the autistic won't join their Thanksgiving or Christmas dinners. SMH

It's like anytjong else concerning autism. The problem is that other people are "uncomfortable" with autism and don't want to adapt, expecting the autistic to do all the work. Best example, stimming and many NTs trying to force the autistic to stop stimming or making fun of it.

I don't force my kid to join any social gathering or so-called tradition (think Halloween for example) if they don't want to. If they do want to join, we leave whenever they need to leave or ask to leave. If the other people don't like it, their problem, not ours.

Huskies are one of the things that causes my autism. The other ones are photography and outdoors (camping, hiking, and sleeping in tents.) Oh, and driving and cars in general. I'm a hopeless case. 😉

off my credit cards months ago and started to out food on them, too. I pray that nobody gets sick or needs to go to the dentist or needs new prescription glasses because it's impossible for me to pay for any of that anymore. Priority is food, the car, and mortgage while I can.

It feels like 3°F here right now. I rather go cold myself than let my kid freeze going to school. And im terrified of losing power, since it's becoming more and more difficult to keep up with bills. And I'm fully employed. But not even my paycheck is enough anymore. I stopped paying

I should have also mentioned that since my kid is almost as big as me even when they are still vet young, and since I couldn't afford buying them winter clothes their size, I've given them my winter clothes. I just put my hands inside my sleeves if I have to go out, or wear thinner gloves.