UNMASKED: Snippets & notes from a lifetime collection of journals (pre-diagnosis).
Advocating for autistic acceptance.
December 16, 1993
I guess I’m really confused about L. He appeared to be interested in what I have to say, then avoidance. WHY? So … I start to freak out & he continues to ignore me. A VISCIOUS cycle.
Kalpita Pathak
Age 18
COMMENTARY:
Why is it when he and his friends want to spend the entire weekend watching all three (back then there were only three) Star Wars films and one-upping each other’s trivia-knowledge, it’s totally acceptable but I talk about Terminator 2 and its utter awesomeness over drinks *one time* and poof! He’s gone. ? I happily did the former, he could have done the latter for ten, maybe twenty minutes. Right? Right?
I am still confused about this contrived #socialetiquette thing.