Using the word ‘trauma’ isn’t about people trying to be dramatic. Most autistic people (especially late diagnosed autistic folks who don’t understand why they feel so alienated), suffer from actual, clinical trauma. It stems from a lifetime of misunderstandings, cruel treatment from nuerotypicals, and societies built on ableist systems:
Using the word ‘trauma’ isn’t about people trying to be dramatic. Most autistic people (especially late diagnosed autistic folks who don’t understand why they feel so alienated), suffer from actual, clinical trauma. It stems from a lifetime of misunderstandings, cruel treatment from nuerotypicals, and societies built on ableist systems:
Living with PTSD on the Autism Spectrum