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And I present: An autism PSA, but through Spinner. I hope you learn something. Yes this will become a series because it's very important to me.

Spinner: Alright. I have 4 minutes before I need to be somewhere, like, be there, not set off, so Imma try and make this quick and educational at the same time. So: the creator of this book, who we will be calling Akuma even tho you can find their name in their bio, and I are autistic and I know others who are as well. And, a thing that I hate about it is getting told off for saying 'I don't know' as a response to something. For me, Akuma and I'm sure a lot of others, have 'I don't know' as a default for answering questions, unless it's how hall pythons got their name, in which case it's cos they curl into a ball when scared, they have no right to be that cute, but that's a topic for another time. Back to the thing I was originally talking about. Yeah. 'I don't know' is a default for me and a lot of other autistic people, but that's not always what it means, here are some examples
I've gotten in trouble for saying the wrong thing before and I'm scared of getting in trouble for saying the wrong thing again.
• I can't take anymore nagging/questions
• I'm worried that my answer will be embarrassing or showcase failure
• I feel like my answer is not going to satisfy you
• I'm genuinely currently having trouble identifying and describing my own feelings
• my mind is ACTUALLY blank.
• please don't be mad
• you can keep asking but I won't have a different answer.
• I kinda feel like a loser and I'm trying to cover it up.
And the reason I said 'I don't know' all the time in school when called on/in trouble (I'm still pissed at being wrongly accused of staring at the girls in the locker room just cos I'm a lesbian, I almost got suspended for that and I never did it)
• I do not wanna be here so I will become completely useless to you so you leave me alone/let me leave.
Obviously all autistic people are different so it will not be the same for everyone but I'd like to spread as much awareness as possible. Anyways, I gotta get to that place cos I am...10 minutes late, oh boy, so yeah. Bye.

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