Health, Weird, Students and Autism: You what now?

You what now?

By Acesup111 - 02/03/2011 05:24 - United States

Today, I informed my grandparents of my upcoming graduation from college. My grandma looked at me with tears in her eyes, and told me how proud she was that I was able to make it so far in spite of being autistic. I am not, nor have I ever been autistic. FML

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By ChessNut - 27/11/2018 12:00

Today, a girl I'd been crushing on for a little while and I were talking about autism. Some of the last words she said were "I try to not find autistic people so fucking annoying, but I can't help it. But can you blame me?” I'm autistic. FML

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By Anonymous - 02/09/2015 15:41 - Australia

Today, I finally got the results of months of extensive psychological testing to determine why I did so well in my course but performed so terribly on the job. Turns out I'm autistic. FML

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Stigma

By Anonymous - 28/01/2022 10:59

Today, my girlfriend revealed she'd had an abortion. I wasn’t even aware she’d been pregnant, and she admitted it’s because my grandad and two of my siblings have autism, and she didn’t want to risk having an autistic child and dealing with the shame. FML

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Sorry Nana

By Anonymous - 14/09/2021 19:01 - United States - Steele

Today, I skipped out on my grandmother's 70th birthday party. I'm autistic, and I have a hearing disorder that significantly enhances my hearing to a painful extent, so I couldn't tolerate how noisy it was. Now, my grandmother thinks I hate her because I put my mental health first. FML

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By AnnaMarie. - 28/02/2009 20:41 - United States

Today, I was standing in the parking lot with my sister, after my aunt's funeral, when my grandma walks up and says to my sister, "You're the one going places in life, I'm proud to have you as a grand daughter." She then looked at me, and walked away. FML

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Empathic siblings

By Anonymous - 15/05/2023 18:00

Today, our son finally received his autism diagnosis. We sat our daughters down to explain and they both started celebrating, because they thought he was going to a facility and never come back. When I told them he was staying with us, our youngest actually started crying. FML

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By Congrats to me - 24/05/2014 23:57 - United States - Canton

Today, the only person in my entire family to show up sober and on time to my graduation was my grandma. FML

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Not worth our time

By Anonymous - 10/01/2023 16:00

Today, my grandparents told me they couldn't make it to my college graduation, even with months in advance to plan, because they had their annual Mother's Day plans with friends. Plans they've had every year, and are further away. This was the only time I'll ever have a graduation ceremony. My grandpa is my last biological grandparent. FML

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Know it all

By Ishikur - 03/02/2016 13:33 - Canada - Airdrie

Today, I tried to explain autism to my classmates. One of them, a professional cunt who's always looking for an excuse to lecture people, accused me of being "ableist" because my explanations weren't accurate, and said I shouldn't explain things I don't understand. I'm actually autistic. FML

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Simple solution

By lacieQ - 01/08/2014 20:09 - Canada

Today, I confided to my grandma that I'm suffering from depression and I feel like a burden to everyone. She replied that her grandpa used to suffer from depression too, but that he'd cured himself in the end, namely by committing suicide. Thanks, grandma, thanks. FML

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Ariasmake_1 0

Wednesday 2 March 2011 11:59

your grandma rules! how awkward are you that your grandma thinks you're autistic ?

jhjbnnj 0

Wednesday 2 March 2011 12:04

maybe that's just her way of telling you you're her special little boy ;)

Comments

seahorses4eva 4

Wednesday 2 March 2011 16:06

Your family must be super close to know such important information about one another.

happyFace12 0

Wednesday 2 March 2011 16:40

well you must be pretty screwed up if se thought you wer autistic. get some help ydi op

mollyjynxjax 28

Sunday 9 June 2013 23:21

**** you! Being autistic or mistaken for autistic does NOT mean you are screwed up! There is nothing wrong with being autistic!

Doortje 29

Wednesday 2 March 2011 16:46

Just because your parents preferred the word special doesn't mean you're not autistic.

QWERTYCommander 5

Wednesday 2 March 2011 18:01

You probably am autistic, you just didn't know. I didn't know I had Asperger's until I was 14.

mollyjynxjax 28

Sunday 9 June 2013 23:22

You don't grow out of autism, smart one!

briidontgive_ 0

Wednesday 2 March 2011 18:15

This sounds like bullshit

kmorasgirl 2

Wednesday 2 March 2011 19:07

that's okay, Chris chan graduated too :)

thisgirl2u 9

Wednesday 2 March 2011 19:28

Wait, aren't most children with Autism unaware that they have it? And also Autism can be ranged from very severe to very mild. Maybe you're high functioning and you just never knew until your dear grandmother got all emotional on you.

SpazzyJazzy325 0

Wednesday 8 June 2011 14:12

Incorrect. Kids with mild or high functioning autism can know that they have it. For instance lots of people with Aspergers (a high functioning form of autism) know that they have it.

JamzyyFizzlee 0

Tuesday 13 September 2011 15:56

Not always. I work at a specialist school, and the age ranges from 5-15.. Most the kids who are above 8 (the ones who are some-what verbal, mind you) are unaware of it, let alone know that they're in a 'specialist' school.

lightblueduk 0

Wednesday 2 March 2011 20:14

lmao!

skejet 0

Wednesday 2 March 2011 20:55

have been autistic? It's not curable... •_•

Mokiikom_fml 8

Thursday 3 March 2011 4:52

It's often misdiagnosed, especially these days were people are so quick to slap a label on everybody and diagnose tons of people with stuff they never had. Then, later on, they discover the kid isn't actually autistic, and voila! They "used to be autistic but no longer are" (even if in truth, they never really were.) As far as I know, that's the main reason why people sometimes word it like that. I don't think there are actual cases where someone was autistic and then ceased to be so, but then again, I'm not a specialist, so I can only comment on what I know and what I've seen.