They Cut Me Off Without Warning: I’m Autistic, Not Broken 🎥 Let’s get one thing straight: I didn’t quit. I didn’t flake. I didn’t miss deadlines or act unprofessional. I was just... cut off. No warning. No explanation. One day I had a job. The next? Silence. Not even a heads-up or a “thanks for your time.” For someone like me, who’s autistic and dealing with mental health issues, that kind of sudden shutdown isn’t just inconvenient. It’s devastating.
See, structure keeps me functioning. Familiarity, routine, predictable systems. Those are lifelines. That job wasn’t just income. It was my anchor. And they yanked it without a second thought. No exit meeting. No explanation. Just the same eerie quiet you get when someone ghosts you after pretending to care. It stings. It always stings worse when you thought you were safe.
Finding a new job? That’s a whole new battlefield. Office environments are sensory nightmares. Fluorescent lights, social noise, forced chit-chat, people judging you if you stim or shut down. Interviews feel like live theater where you’re expected to act “normal” without knowing the script. And even online work? That’s tough too. You try explaining your value in a resume when your brain doesn’t do bullet points. You get ghosted. Rejected. Ignored. Every form you fill out feels like it was built for someone else.
And yet, here I am. Still showing up. Still trying. Because I’m not lazy. I’m not unqualified. I’m not broken. I’m just trying to navigate a world that wasn’t designed for people like me. And that’s a full-time job in itself. If this hit you in the gut, you're not alone. Speak up. Share your story. Because someone out there needs to hear it.
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