Growing up as a semi-speaking, undiagnosed Autistic person in Singapore

Content Warning: lots of ableism (both systemic and internalised) These are just some snapshots of my life growing up in a society with a poor understanding of neurodivergence (particularly during the 90s), with no access to the support I truly needed . I didn’t see myself as “disabled” for a long time I was diagnosed with selective mutism at the age of four. It was a label that defined me and…