Naoko’s Trans Log

My mom has been into pronunciation Shorts lately. I was studying Korean and she suddenly said, ”I have a challenge for you.” The challenge was to guess the country of the flag on the screen and pronounce it properly. I got them all. Panama. Qatar. Hungary. Cameroon. Then she found another one but for guessing the capital with the flag. Ottawa. Nairobi. Stockholm. When the creator said Stockholm exactly like I did my mom just said, “Oh my god, you’re—you’re amazing.” Even though I’ve told her about my autistic traits, she still maintains that there’s no way I’m autistic. My guess is that it is hard for a neurotypical person to understand the traits that are considered autistic, and that changing the weaknesses is not as easy as “learning to be social,” or just “stop moving my hands, head, and whole body.” I’ve been listening to the melody ”Overture” from the show Extraordinary Attorney Woo. With it as background, the show begins by showing many yellow rubber ducks and a blue duck betwee...

I have been planning on opening a public blog with this content. I think it would be nice to share my experience with others. I feel very lonely sometimes, and perhaps someone else is feeling the same way. And we’ve been fostering a dog! It’s cool to go outside to walk. I had never walked outside of my house just to walk and chill. I go from home to school to home. It’s terrifying, but it feels good. But I hate that she jumps on me. I don’t like being touched. I scream quite loud when she does it, it feels weird.