A relative has mistaken your recent adult autism diagnosis for you still being at nursery school, according to reports.
Despite you having completed a PhD in Environmental Policy, winning a prestigious award for global activism and having completed the first draft of your autism memoir, Deborah Whitehead, 61, still feels the need to incessantly infantilise you at every opportunity.
Whitehead commented: “It’s lovely to hear how your little book is coming along. Does it have a lot of pictures in it? Did you draw them yourself or did somebody help you?”
You said: “There’s a really scathing paragraph about you buying me a Bratz doll for my 38th birthday last year. So watch out, Aunt Deborah. You might want to consider treating me like an adult.”
Whitehead responded by bringing you some Mini Cheddar biscuits and apple juice in a Paw Patrol sippy cup.
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