Square Peg, Meet Round Hole: Navigating Playground Politics With Autism

Suddenly the boy who talks too loud, or too closely, or too off-topic—he’s considered strange instead of interesting. The little girl with messy hair and mismatched clothes starts to get eye rolls instead of smiles when she approaches her classmates. I wish we could bottle up the general sentiment of acceptance that is so pervasive in preschool and kindergarten to help get us through the rest of school, once the judgment kicks in.

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