I made a flow chart that shows all of the things that I have to think about in order to "hide" my autism and appear "normal"

Our understanding of Autism has grown a lot in the last few years. There are a lot more people who fall under the umbrella of autism but who have been missed because they have learned how to camouflage or "mask" some of its traits. 

In this video I share some of my own personal experiences in masking my own autism (even from myself)

Autistics and neurotypicals often don't understand one another but that's not because autistic style is awkward, it's just a different culture

Autistics and ADHDers often seem to have certain areas that they really enjoy and that light them up. Sometimes these things can be seen as obsessions from others but they are really ways to help the brain stay stimulated.

After Years of studying people and their communication patterns I have come to realize there is a deeper reason for this.

and my own experiences

I wrote this to people after I had told them about my AuDHD. Some had a hard time understand why I wanted to label myself as such or why I even qualified so I wrote this to explain. I also wrote this to explain why I needed to tell them.

People say they want you to be yourself but sometimes they don't really mean that