David Fusilier

“Rather than forcing Autistic people (and others) to prove and re-prove that we truly are disabled, and truly cannot work, universal basic income would be doled out to everyone, symbolically and practically asserting that all humans deserve to have enough money to live, no matter what.”
― Devon Price, Unmasking Autism: Discovering the New Faces of Neurodiversity

“But for most masked Autistic people, it’s downright terrifying to stand up for yourself. We tend to default to people pleasing, smiling, and laughing uncomfortably through social difficulty, and to do so in such a reflexive way that it’s as if our true feelings and preferences disappear when other people are around.”
― Devon Price, Unmasking Autism: Discovering the New Faces of Neurodiversity

“On the way home from school, Mom asks me how I’m doing. I say fine, then realize I’m saying fine because that’s what the rules always said: You have to say you’re fine no matter how you’re feeling because people only want to hear “I’m fine.”
― Meg Eden Kuyatt, Good Different

“I used to like the rules—sharp and exact as if drawn with a ruler— but they’re exhausting too. I used to think my rules could save me, make me happy, but all I see now are the ways they make me feel like I’m not enough.”
― Meg Eden Kuyatt, Good Different