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i was in class today (i am a highschler and i work alot as well), and since everybody was talking too loud, i carried a pair of ear things for my sensory to carry with me because i was getting a bit stimulated meanwhile masking my neurodivergency (my adhd, autism, everything even my dyscalculia bc i cant do math), and i got irritated and i finished my juice box and put it in the bin while having them on.
NOW TELL ME, why is the WHOLE class staring at me?? and some girl shouted out, “GUYS SHES AUTISTIC?? LOOK AT HOW SHE WEARS THAT” and the “look what shes wearing. are you autistic?” literally the whole fucking class looked at me and called me retarded and the teachers did NOTHING TO HELP ME.
then the fact that she has neurodivergent issues of her own too and she fucking said that.
now how is this fair. theres ppl in my schl, same year, who had adhd + autism + sensories + stim toys + dyslexic ppl, etc and they’re praised (most of them are white and some are black) but me, as a child (whos mainly mix but shows black to others), im the one targeted???
but if i was the one to scream due to overwhelming feelings and had everyone laugh at me, I’d get into trouble.
never bringing my stim toys + earphones + etc AGAIN. idgaf ill suffer.
nice to know that everybody suddenly knows you’re “autistic” over some “headphones” 😹
now i have to mask my neurodivergency the whole day tomorrow.