messages of despair are about me and people like me. I hear the terrible things that are said about autism and those of us who are Autistic and I have to wonder if the people saying those things believe we don’t have feelings. Or maybe they think we’re too far gone to ever hear what they’re saying about us. But they are wrong. We hear and understand and hurt. And not just Autistic adults, but children too. We hear what is said about us, and it is devastating. So I wanted to