20 More “It was the Autism All Along” Realizations

Brittany Luckham
7 min readMar 21, 2024

I realized there were a lot more than 20 “Autistic Realizations,” I had after my recent post. So, here are 20 more.

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1 | Random Joint Pain

It’s not uncommon for Autistic individuals to have hypermobility issues, which causes joint pain. I’m not super hypermobile, but I do get the random aches and pains because some of my muscles hyperextend.

2 | Endless Sleep Problems

I always wondered why it took me upwards of two hours to fall asleep at night. And then stay asleep the entire night. I remember being up for hours in the middle of the night, my brain unable to settle down long enough to let me sleep. During high school, this particularly sucked. Now I know it was Autism all along.

3 | Black and White Thinking

I didn’t believe I had black and white thinking, until I started to look at some real life examples. I was always a stickler for rules and following them–unless they didn’t make sense to me, then I questioned them and didn’t want to follow them at all.

4 | Masking and Facial Expressions

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