Tag Archives: masking

I’m tired of being autistic

Posted on December 18, 2025 by C. M. Condo

I know this won’t increase my popularity in the autism community, but I’ve been thinking it for a while now, so I might as well come out and say it: I am tired of being autistic. Being autistic in our painfully neurotypical world is exhausting. Continue reading →

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the trouble with [autistic] tone

Posted on November 10, 2025 by C. M. Condo

Tone of voice is the one piece of neurotypical communication that autistics can’t duplicate. We overact trying to mimic it, but we only know if it worked based on someone’s reaction. We can barely hear it in others, and never in ourselves. For me, an autistic woman, it is the most difficult apart of my disguise. Continue reading →

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laziness, autism version

Posted on February 12, 2025 by C. M. Condo

A popular news magazine just published an article on child psychopathy and what is being done to treat it. Studies had revealed differences in these children’s brain development as young as three or four years old. As I was a … Continue reading →

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the real thing

Posted on November 12, 2021 by C. M. Condo

“It doesn’t matter that they aren’t real; I don’t have a built-in remove that kicks in automatically in non-literal situations. It’s all real. All of it.” Continue reading →

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The Last 5 Days, or How Not Treat an Autistic

Posted on November 13, 2020 by C. M. Condo

For the last two months, my search for a pain professional who accepted Medicaid and was willing to work with my autism medication regimen had resulted in my being disbelieved, belittled, insulted, and dismissed by uncaring and uninterested neurotypicals at every turn. Continue reading →

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what happened

Posted on August 26, 2020 by C. M. Condo

I swear I used to have more energy. I know I did. I never had as much as other people, but I definitely had more than I have had over the last decade or so (I’m in my late forties). … Continue reading →

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Interview on LearnFromAutistics.com

Posted on April 14, 2020 by C. M. Condo

Click the above to read Christine’s interview on the Learn From Autistics website about accommodations , autism coping strategies, and self-care.  

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unrelated

Posted on March 15, 2020 by C. M. Condo

How do we autistics describe to neurotypicals the physically painful responses we have to certain stimuli? How do we effectively convey how we shut down when depleted? How do we talk about how painful it is to feel like aliens in our own cultures, unable to engage with our fellow beings the way they engage with each other? Continue reading →

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actress

Posted on July 1, 2017 by C. M. Condo

No-one has any idea whatsoever that I am a faker, a sham, a walking performance piece entitled “Socially Habituated Human.” Continue reading →

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