George Orwell worried that a shrinking vocabulary would eventually produce a shrinking range of thought.
It is difficult to think a nuanced thought with a blunt language.
AUTISM IS A LIFETIME OF TRYING TO FIGURE OUT IF OTHER PEOPLE ARE ALSO DEEPLY HOMESICK FOR SOMETHING / SOMEONE THAT DOESN’T EXIST ON THIS DIMENSION AND FIGURING OUT THAT THEY, IN FACT, ARE NOT. AND THEY THINK YOU’RE INSANE WHEN YOU TRY TO ARTICULATE IT.
“match my freak!” match my sweetness. match my benevolence. match my empathy. match my ability to feel emotions so deeply it tears me apart from the inside out