My nephew got a card from his teacher and was stoked!! He read it, then instead of showing anybody, he sat pensively on the couch for a while. Finally a quiet voice asked, “Auntie....how long have I had autism?”

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image showing My nephew got a card from his teacher and was stoked!! He read it, then instead of showing anybody, he sat pensively on the couch for a while. Finally a quiet voice asked, “Auntie....how long have I had autism?”

queen_Pegasus on December 2nd, 2020 at 00:04 UTC »

Auntie: “2 years now. Why?”

SweetCakeShy on December 2nd, 2020 at 00:54 UTC »

I can tell from that text alone he sounded worried

goldilocks22 on December 2nd, 2020 at 00:59 UTC »

When my son was 16 and diagnosed as being on the spectrum, he said “you mean I’ve had autism all this time and I could’ve used it for jokes?!!? I missed out!”