Finding Out I’m on the Autism Spectrum Has Been Rough on My End
But, for some eerie reason, not everyone else’s.
5 min readDec 31, 2023
As a kid, I had a few peculiar “favorites.” I loved Oscar the Grouch from Sesame Street because I appreciated the sentiment of wanting to be left alone, as a natural loner child. I loved Helga Pataki from Hey Arnold because I found her backstory fascinating. I loved Lisa…