MADELINE GRIFFITH
Autism Spectrum Disorder
model: Madeline Griffith @reeeses
photographer: Summer Strickland @spookysummer
"You're trying to blend in, you're trying to not look like you're different."
"We've been researching Autism in boys for like a century now. But we've never done research on girls up until the beginning of the 21st century - so everyday we're always learning something new."
"It's a lot more challenging as a woman with autism."
"The makeup look I'm doing represents a tic disorder called dermatillomania, which is the constant, repetitive, picking of your skin."
"It's really odd, like rambunctious things, you know, that people don't really consider autism when you're young."
"You can't pick up on that sarcasm, you can't pick up on those innuendos."
"People with autism really never forget the things that happen to them, so it's like, um, really hard to move on from the past."
"They're like: you don't look autistic."