I found out I was autistic — at age 35: Inside the world of ‘masking’
NY Post
Growing up in West Caldwell, NJ, Jennifer Cook wouldn’t play pretend with her Barbies. Instead of making up social scenarios for her dolls, she’d use her toys to recite grim stories she’d heard on the news.
Though Cook, 45, would go on to be the social chair of her sorority and a cheerleader in college, interacting with others didn’t come naturally to her. In elementary school, “I distinctly remember asking my mom how to make a friend,” Cook told The Post. “She just kind of looked at me.” Decades later, she’d learn the source of her struggles. At age 35, Cook was diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder.
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The killing of Iran’s tyrannical Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei on Saturday in an unprecedented joint military attack by the US and Israel called Operation Epic Fury set off widespread celebrations from Iranians around the world — as President Trump said it would give them their “greatest chance” to “take back the country.” Meanwhile, in Iran, a lack of internet has made it impossible for Iranians to easily communicate daily conditions. Over a period of three days, with limited VPN connection, an eyewitness currently in Tehran — who, for her safety, is concealing her identity — shared her account of life under a country in the midst of battle with The Post’s Natasha Pearlman.
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