I know autistics sometimes come across as terrible whiners. Drama queens. Crybabies. Even I think that sometimes, when another autistic complains about something that doesn’t happen to affect me personally. But autistics aren’t crybabies. They are people trapped in a world at volume 10. So close that window, turn down that music, and please don’t force your child to wear itchy or polyester clothes. Give up that battle. Autistics will never ‘learn to cope with it’. The only thing they will learn is to ignore their own body’s signals. And that can be incredibly harmful.
