When we talk about acceptance, you might imagine a warm embrace saying you’re welcomed here, or we will include and support you.
However, the process of self-acceptance, for me at least, was not always warm and loving, but difficult and at times painful.
Going away to college, I was very much aware I was different, even though I only had a partial diagnosis. I was aware I would need housing, academic, and environmental accommodations and received them.
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