@actuallyautistic
So, there is a support group for ND folks at my current workplace. Something I've been hearing again and again from fellow Autistic employees is how when we drop our masks (for whatever reason -- though a lot of the time it might be after we receive our official diagnoses), that all of a sudden we're considered "difficult" and "too rigid". In my case, I didn't have much of a mask to begin with (and even was described with those terms in a previous position, which I resigned from). I'm curious as to how many other Autists have had that happen to them -- especially after dropping their masks? #ActuallyAutistic#ND
The changes from the pandemic were the final straw. The masking that had been killing me the whole time finally fell apart. I was fired after a big ugly meltdown. I just can't handle it anymore, and I can't mask much anymore even if I wanted to. I got approved for SSDI, thank the gods.