Autism, From Someone Who Is On The Spectrum

Autism and A Pandemic (June 2020)

I thought about writing about this one aspect of the world being in pandemic. Most places nowadays have us wearing mask. At least in my state in the United States, we are require wear face cover or mask in public building. I understand why they require it, but as autistic I struggle to wear one of them. The first month of wearing a mask, I would literally have a meltdown from going grocery store and other errands. 

As autistic, it is sensory issues because I am not used to have something on my face especially in when I am doing normal errands( which can be stressful because of sensory issues). While, I am not used to it after months of doing it but I have gotten better about meltdown because of them. The reason I am writing about this because some people have a hard time and want to do what is right for everyone else. Some of us are struggle with doing what is right when you have issue with sensory. 

 I am talking about this because I need others understand that I am trying to best to for everybody else but it is not easy especially when you already dealing with a situation is we are not sure about how handle. That already adds to stress and anxiety during a situation like the pandemic. So please, use kindness especially right now because you never know what it other person is experience in this world. This time are not easy for anyone, those of us on the spectrum struggle more than more people realize especially right now.