autism info from actually autistic people

More info

https://autistictic.com/2020/08/10/autism-self-diagnosis-yay-or-nay/

https://www.google.ca/amp/s/www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2020/03/03/you-dont-look-autistic-reality-high-functioning-autism/%3foutputType=amp

https://www.google.ca/amp/s/childmind.org/article/autistic-girls-overlooked-undiagnosed-autism/amp/

https://www.webmd.com/brain/autism/features/autism-in-the-classroom

https://www.autism.org/sensory-integration/

https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2017.00438/full

https://fa-ct.org/autism-spectrum-disorder-level-1/?_vsrefdom=p.8697&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI_sS178T57AIVCYbICh1j4QEIEAAYASAAEgIBlvD_BwE

One of the reasons that it's heavily under diagnosed is because it only is when it becomes a disorder, which it isn't inherently. It, autism, is just something that makes us see the world differently, and Disorder – An illness that disrupts normal physical or mental functions; if autistic people are doing what they usually do and it doesn't heavily disrupt other important things than it shouldn't be interfered with. (ie- coax them to eat after a while of doing schoolwork or electronics)
Autism isn't the horrible thing people think it is. People put autistic people having violent meltdowns on the internet but the ones I mostly have are just me spacing out, trying to recover any mental energy I can in the small amount I can. The only reason I had a bad meltdown, like when I got kicked out of normal school, is because it was built up for so long and I wasn't able to recover anything because of students and teachers always interacting with me.

And people mask without much problems other than being mentally uncomfortable and drained until they get to a point it's built up because they have no escape from "normal living" if I was able to stim when I wanted and needed to I probably wouldn't even be at the school or I'd at least be having a better time at home. I've said it before and I'll say it again: even professionals, doctors, have confirmed that they don't have much about autism and that autistic people, of any age, have a much better grasp on how it works.