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Telling Your Family You’re Autistic
And so are they.
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I still haven’t told some of my family I’m Autistic and I’m coming up on the 3 year anniversary of my diagnosis.
So, of course, there are two sides to my family: my mom’s and my dad’s.
My Dad’s Family
I told my dad’s family right away. I, at the time, considered us to be closer. I wasn’t sure what to expect, but I shouldn’t have been surprised when no one said anything about it. It took two years before I could actually talk about anything Autism related with them and they still wouldn’t say the word out loud.
My Mom’s Family
I haven’t told my mom’s side of the family. I thought we weren’t that close and there’s been some ups and downs in the overall relationship over the years. However, Autism is hereditary and I get it from my mom.
The more I learned about Autism, the more I knew the majority of my family were also Autistic. Unfortunately, this has made me even more hesitant to tell any of them.
As far as I know, one person knows. We haven’t talked about it yet. There are also a few others that likely know because I post about Autism all the time on my social media.
