sarahhascooties:

To my fellow autistic working class people:

You have such great inner strength. I know most days it feels almost impossible to keep going after working shifts anywhere from 4 to 16 hours long full of social pitfalls, sensory issues, meltdowns, and ignorant coworkers just to live paycheck to paycheck; but some how you find the strength to keep going and I am so very proud of you. We work everything from dirty jobs with uncomfortable and unbearable physical sensations to punishing customer service jobs where we are constantly played against our strengths and expected to act as neurotypical as possible. I want you to know there is no shame in needing special accommodation, no shame in doing your work the way you feel comfortable doing it, and no shame in not being able to work jobs or perform tasks that neurotypical people don’t struggle with. There is nothing wrong with you, and you deserve far better than you get.