I know, right? I was born in the early 1980’s for reference.
Earlier this year, a girl in her early teens visited our company to learn about us. After about ten minutes, she casually dropped a ‘my girlfriend’. And we chatted about how our company had a few people with autism working there, and their experiences. Because she had autism as well.
I was blown away that kids that age are that open about things like that; I love it! Back when I grew up, there ‘were no gay kids’, you know what I mean? Gay was something you saw in movies or on TV. And autism or ANY psychological issues did not exist. That wasn’t a thing people ever talked about, much less with people they’d just met.
It really was nice to see how far we’ve come that at least some kids are comfortable talking about who they really are without fear.
I know, right? I was born in the early 1980’s for reference.
Earlier this year, a girl in her early teens visited our company to learn about us. After about ten minutes, she casually dropped a ‘my girlfriend’. And we chatted about how our company had a few people with autism working there, and their experiences. Because she had autism as well.
I was blown away that kids that age are that open about things like that; I love it! Back when I grew up, there ‘were no gay kids’, you know what I mean? Gay was something you saw in movies or on TV. And autism or ANY psychological issues did not exist. That wasn’t a thing people ever talked about, much less with people they’d just met.
It really was nice to see how far we’ve come that at least some kids are comfortable talking about who they really are without fear.