I feel like there is electricity on my skin. I have visuals of flashing in my mind’s eye like lots of christmas lights. My hearing “throbs”. My muscles tense and I clench my fists. Everything becomes super irritating. Sometimes I hit myself and other times I completely dissociate and can’t move, staring into nothing. I often have a hard time responding to people. If I am in public I need to escape immediately. Sometimes I run away. Sometimes I start walking until I am exhausted.

Autistic people tend to run counter to norms. Laws are basically just norms. This makes autistic people frequently both victims of discrimination and perpetrators of crimes. I also think autistic people tend to be deeply frustrated by society and this makes us lash out from time to time.

Now do how they split!