Johanna Haas
Apr 14, 2021

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Thank you. We need a world where we can take the time and space we need to be ourselves. I have wanted that quiet room - or even a quiet chair in a corner so many times when I overstimulate.

I so hate the term "high functioning" or "passing." I'm a human on a spectrum. I earned my Ph.D. and tried to work in their world. It didn't work, but if society would just bend a little bit, I could have a place in it.

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Johanna Haas

Freelance writer. Reader, learner, living with a disability, occasional surrealist, Ph.D., J.D. (Ohio State).