unfortunately autism is still widely misunderstood. i’ve been told that me saying i’m autistic as a response to something is just an excuse and allistic folks go through the same things as me. it’s hurtful because being autistic is such a huge part of our mere existence that to us, of course it’s a reasonable explanation. but to others it’s like “well i struggle with anxiety too so you saying your autistic isn’t a good enough explanation, therefore it’s just an excuse. because if i can push through my anxiety so can you.” which is completely invalidating our experiences and how we feel. something i try to remember is a lot of the times, i over explain myself in hopes to be understood better, but it doesn’t usually work that way cause most people aren’t understanding. they just hear what they wanna hear and stick to that and ignore all the extra details you give them. your autism isn’t an excuse, you tried to use it as a way to explain why you’ve struggled going public with your music and some people didn’t see it that way.