I am tired of people acting like level 1/low support needs autism just means you're a little quirky

Social media and movies has made people believe that level 1 autism just means you're a little shy and quirky. Guess what even "mild" autism is disabling.

A real level 1 autistic person who is actually diagnosed is going to be closer to someone like Chris Chan than to someone who makes fake stimming TikToks and has a normal social life and a career. Obviously I am not saying here that all autistic people have it as bad as Chris Chan, just that it's closer to what real level 1 autism looks like than the pretenders you see on TikTok.

Is it impossible to be autistic and have a normal and rich social life and a career. I guess not, but it's highly unlikely. If you're 25 and nobody has caught that you're autistic the whole time, you don't have it.