It definitely makes me more likely to drop my mask and act more autistic. But, then I do stuff like stim--i suppress most movement when sober--and then I feel better. It also helps dull some of the sensory stimuli I have difficulty with.

Oooh, Zydrate Anatomy is so good.

Wooo! That's awesome!

Woo! Go you! You got this.

Holy Hot Wheels, Batman! That is so good! Like, good for an adult, with training and a reference...wow.

If you feel any guilt about ABA, please remember you did the best you could with the knowledge you had. And thank you for speaking out.

Socks are the worst. Except those soft fuzzy ones with moisturizer in them the pharmacy used to sell. I LOVED them. Can't find them anymore.

Oh, yes, I see how you got that--sorry.

No. The police were 100% designed to keep you down. When I was a kid, they had all those programs where cops would come to our school to talk to us about how we could trust them, and get help from them. I guess I believed them. Privilege meant believing them didn't affect me much.

I get that--and I'm not trying to suggest anyone else adopt bandwidth. I'm just saying it works better for me, when describing myself.