The Price Of Autistic Invisibility

Why I’m over trying to blend into the crowd

Jae L
7 min readMay 12, 2022

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Photo by Joseph Frank on Unsplash

The invisibility of Autism in adults is such that many don’t even recognise it in themselves until their 30s, 40s and beyond. It took me until I was 48. Until then, it simply didn’t occur to me that being Autistic could be the explanation for the vast and disparate collection of challenges I faced in my life. Learning about the…

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Jae L

Queer, neurodivergent and in the business of defying expectations. Doing my best to answer the questions I keep asking myself. diverge999@gmail.com