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I wish more people understood how much we autistic folks struggle with summer (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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There's all the bright lights and noise of Fourth of July, Memorial Day, and Labor Day, or even the beach. There are so many social expectations we struggle with. And the heat itself can be overwhelming. Does anyone else find summer heat to be completely draining? It's so much mental and emotional labor...

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (7 children)

I'm not autistic and I absolutely hate the heat. I hate to sweat doing barely anything, sleeping naked and still feeling overheated, and not having an aircondition at home. (Europe). Meanwhile every summer is getting hotter and hotter.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (6 children)

Seriously privileged people in the US can be so entitled, they seem to not know life outside of their own little air-conditioned bubble. They take everything for granted and it's so ridiculous.

It's almost like there are more countries in the world than the US. And more cultures in the world than white America.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago

no one brought up the US. Plenty of old homes and apartments don't have AC. You can buy them yourself and stick it in the window. Plenty of non white folk in the US have AC. hth

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