Would you ever wear a t shirt with the word 'autism' on it?

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Might the answer be different depending upon the individual's severity level?

You must really stand out as being odd every minute of the day...to feel the need to do that.

"Please dont beat the crap out of me. I am autistic and dont know any better."

For 10,000 Pounds-----heck yeah!

No, probably not. At a specific autism event, maybe. But not in general. I've got no desire for the kind of trouble that would bring - not only people who'd think the word makes me a target, but also those hidden lay diagnosticians who can tell if someone has autism just by looking at them, the "you don't look autistic" crowd.

I would wear the shirt.

However, I find it hard to imagine that the shirt would get you better treatment

Plenty of precious lil "people" know next to nothing about autism. However many of them act like they know everything

And the ones that do know about autism, do not insist on knowing which specific people are autistic.

Not everyone reads your clothes

Not everyone puts that much energy into thinking about your clothes

I wear this one. ^ Sometimes on its own, sometimes with a cardigan or blazer.

I'm looking for another. Maybe this?



I have nothing to hide from people. If we aren't comfortable identifying, people will never understand.

For 10k i would wear it 24/7 and walk around with a megaphone tellin everybody "ive got ass burgers!"

Maybe this one?:

Yeah I'd wear it to go and see my work coach at the job centre.

I'd love to see the look on his face.

I would not wear one unless it was to some sort of planned event that was designed to bring awareness of autism, and then I would want it to be semi descreet.

I would not want to display it normally (I am assuming I am on the spectrum as I write this) as I would want it on a need to know basis.
I do face a dilemma with shutdowns. A few days ago I had one outside the dentist. It was about 85 to 90% deep in that it nearly was a full shutdown except that I was able to retain my sight, though I was on the floor managing to half prop myself up on my remaining strength with one arm so I could partly lean on the side of the building. I try to do this because if I am totally lying down people who see me panic so I try to look less shutdown but like my Mum says, "It is not normal to be slouching down on the floor" which is why when the dentist reception lady was concerned.
The problem is that I am kinda forced to need to speak when I don't want to as I need to stay quiet and wait for me to recover. When the lady says "Do you feel unwell? Do you want me to call an ambulance?" I have to talk because for me an ambulance would be bad due to the smells of hospital being a very powerful shutdown trigger, and the first thing hospital staff do is to try to force me to talk which will cause me to go into a shutdown, and each time I pull out of a shutdown they try to follow the same proceedure again and again by trying to get me to talk, so I end up in shutdown after shutdown after shutdown which is absolutely exhausting and energy robbing, and not a very pleasant experience.

I do carry a thing in my wallet to tell people what to do but I am not in a state to think to bring it out, but at the same time, a lanyard around my neck is too invasive, and I am not so keen on the idea unless it is more descreet, but as I am not assessed yet, I am in a predicament in a way because I am making my own things which are not really ideal. (Condensing information down to bullet point form is not my strong point. I can do it but I tend to write round the world and back).

Wearing a t-shirt that says “I’m a ret*d” is much different than wearing a t-shirt that says “I’m autistic.”