Level 1 Autism means you don’t get accommodations because you don’t look like you need them and you spend the rest of your energy proving everyone right at your own expense
A lot of neurodivergent people are deeply kind because they know what it feels like to be misunderstood, overlooked, or uncared for, and they never want someone else to carry that same loneliness.
Autistic person: “I genuinely thought I was failing at being human.”
Friend: “…why?”
Autistic person: “Because no matter how hard I tried, existing always seemed harder for me than everyone else.”