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Kala Allen Omeiza: I Got Bullied In An Autism Lab
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Watching someone succeed can fool us into thinking they’re fine. Then Kala Allen Omeiza says something that stops us cold: she worked in top autism research spaces and still didn’t learn she was autistic until 24, after a painful rupture, a mental health crisis, and therapy that finally connected the dots.
We talk about what late autism diagnosis can look like when you’re a high achiever: sensory overload that gets dismissed, social communication gaps that get mislabeled, and the quiet burnout that builds when you’re always “passing.” Kala shares the irony of being bullied…
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