You grow up thinking that you are an able-bodied and or neurotypical person with prejudices/narrow understanding of disabled/neurodivergent people. Then you educate yourself about the matter,you learn the struggles of disabled/neurodivergent people,the different types and presentations of disabilities, overcome your prejudices and foster empathy towards them. Suddendly,you find yourself identifying with their struggles and feeling that you have a special connection with them but you attribute it to your empathy and your new knowledge regarding disability... Only to find out that you are disabled/neurodivergent yourself!