Your neurotypical friend who was seething at you for days for prematurely leaving her social gathering has just reposted a touching Instagram story honouring autism awareness, according to reports.

Lottie Fitzgerald, 26, shared the infographic of a lone puzzle piece captioned, “really important to be mindful ❤️️”. Sources say this was moments after sending you a passive-aggressive “okay then!” when you apologised for having to duck out of her celebrations early.

“Everybody’s fighting a different battle you know nothing about,” Fitzgerald said. “For instance, I had to deal with being left with just seven other friends for company because one of them struggled to sit in a noisy bar they didn’t want to come to in the first place. What was that about your meltdown, babe?”

You explained: “I was just trying to keep it together whilst a million conversations were stacking up around me like plates, along with the clinking of every cocktail glass in the room. Oh, and that woman in a pink cowboy hat who wouldn’t stop rocking on her barstool.”

Fitzgerald responded to your message with a terse “sure”, before sharing a Charlie Mackesy illustration with the hashtag #BeKind.

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