Autistic Lived Experience — A Parking Spot, Humiliation, an Emotional Scar, and Eventual Forgiveness

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Jake’s parking spot was known to all who parked by the athletic fields, except me. My challenges around awareness of others and of my surroundings made sure of that.

During my senior year of high school in 1987, I made an honest mistake that would end up costing me dearly. The incident was less…