4 Quotes by Cynthia Kim

In a way, I’ve been forced to relearn how to be me.

Many autistic people have dampened or muted interception. We don’t seem to notice what’s going on in our bodies until it reaches a level that other people would find intolerable.

Four decades later, my stimming is often discreet. You’d have to be watching closely to notice.

Or a child will be labeled a late bloomer, seeming practically “normal” in their teen years, then seem to backslide dramatically when they go off to college or enter the adult world of work and independent living.