This is masking to a tee.
If you are a teacher or an educator, and an Autistic student says something like this to you, please give the student a break away from whatever they are doing.
Masking is incredibly detrimental to an Autistic individual.
Thankfully L has a few amazing knowledgeable teacher aides who recognised that L was not okay. And when he said this to them, he was a given a break and we received a phone call.
