Can’t disagree, as someone who suffers in the US South.

Getting any sort of help is a pipedream. Once our support systems inevitably fail us, we are basically fucked.

Sorry it seems you’re just getting a lot of generic advice and the usual “bootstraps” bullshit.

Unfortunately, the reality is that for most people with autism and support needs, unless you can find a unicorn position, you’re kinda just fucked and have to settle for something that you’re not a good fit for and will be detrimental to you’re mental well-being in order to simply survive our sick society. There isn’t really any sugarcoating it.

Holy lack of media literacy, Batman!

Guess I’ll just die then. I’ve tried adapting to it and it is literally killing mentally to do so. I’m done adapting to a sick society.

There is vocational rehab which is supposed to help but good fucking luck being approved for access to the service.

Masking is the absolute bane of my existence. I can’t bring myself to do it anymore. Burned myself out so much doing it for decades I lost myself. Had to mask at work then had to mask at home around the family. Basically never had even a moment where I could safely be myself without being chastised for doing so.

So now I just don’t. If I’m gonna be uncomfortable either way then I’m not going to waste my fucking energy catering to the sensibilities of assholes who would never do the same for me.

Big screen. I want to actually be able to see the details in the media I’m watching.

Also, I want to be able to put my phone down and not have to hold it the entire time I’m trying to watch a show or something.

The inconveniences of watching things on a phone far outweigh the inconvenience of just getting up to watch on the PC or TV.