I am autistic, and this is a disability. But what is a disability? If impaired vision is a disability that can be corrected with glasses and the inability to walk can be corrected with wheelchairs, autism is a disability that can be corrected by modifying social expectations. But as a society we don’t do that.…

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Sensory over-responsivity, a form of sensory processing disorder, makes me overly sensitive to sensory input. Where most people are able to filter it and acclimate to it, it builds up in me to where there is layer upon layer upon layer of irritant. I don’t get used to it. It makes me raw, irritable, anxious,…

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