
The Glass Room: Being autistic in a neurotypical world
Christine Condo on how the experience of being autistic is like being locked out of a glass room that she can see inside but can never enter.

Christine Condo on how the experience of being autistic is like being locked out of a glass room that she can see inside but can never enter.

Autistic women often dart in and out of social situations like a butterfly going from one flower to the next. We look like we fit in, but we don’t; we look like we connect, but are left feeling alone.

Particularly autistic females learn how to camouflage/mask in order to fit in. One of the things we often use is movie talk. What is that?