Comment by empressplay

I'm a 7 but I grew up in the 80s lol. Diagnosed HFA as a child multiple times, high-IQ, was in gifted / IB programs

Honestly most of the abuse I suffered happened at school, as the autistic "gay" kid I was constantly bullied and there was no interest on the part of school staff to do anything about it.

When I was 16 I fell into a nicer crowd but they drank and partied a lot and I ended up dropping out in grade 12. Got work as a computer technician, did that for a decade or so, moved on to other stuff.

The autism has been a real struggle that has become more challenging with age, and the memories of abuse do haunt me.