I haven't told many people at work about being autistic. I think my boss and only a few other people really know. Normally, as my work rarely includes human interactions, I don't have many problems; most of the human contact is with few people and they understood a while ago that I don't have so-called filters when it comes to certain things, so they learnt to accept my straightforward mind when I speak about anything without even considering that I'm ND.

However, today I'm about to make my autism an everyone's problem.

I've been invited to the typical "department christmas dinner" (mandatory fun! yay!). I tried to politely refuse saying that I don't like the proposed menu of the restaurant and that I don't feel like going because I don't like these events. They've been insisting in making me go because they can't accept a polite "no" as an answer. Well, I'm about to do a coming out and make everyone uncomfortable about why I'm not going explaining that my autism makes being among many people in a loud and flashy environment really difficult for me and the fixed menu they chose include things that would make me puke if I tried to eat them. Can't wait to make them feel embarrassed for not having accepted my answer when I politely declined to go.