Letter to the editor: I want to share experiences of being both autistic and gay
Dear Readers
My name is Alan Richardson 'my full name is Alan John Charles Andrew Richardson. I'm a huge supporter of animal welfare and animal rights, I also support Autism Pride and Gay Pride refugee rights and Socialism. In this article I wish to introduce myself and share my experiences of me being both autistic and gay. The reason I have changed my surname is because of love for my aunt and uncle who live in the north east and were originally from London.
During my school and college years I was bullied for having development delay and during the 1990's I was diagnosed with a mild learning disability after many years hiding my sexuailty.
I came out to my family as gay in 2003 and in 2013 I was officially diagnosed with Autism.
I have a faulty fourth chromosome gene which is the cause of my Autism, so ever since I can be easily misunderstood and misinterpreted very easily.
People do disrespect me and take advantage of me very easily.
I have got a lot better with my development delay through childhood and adulthood.
I'm writing this article to share my experiences of autism and I hope to meet people with similar experiences as me who have a lot in common with me.