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Just because somebody’s autism presents differently to yours does not make their struggle less important than your own.

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Shout out to the all the neurotypical people who are supportive, don’t judge those of us who are neurodivergent and love us for who we are. I love you!

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“If autism isn’t caused by environmental factors and is natural why didn’t we ever see it in the past?”

We did, except it wasn’t called autism it was called “Little Jonathan is a r*tarded halfwit who bangs his head on things and can’t speak so we’re taking him into the middle of the cold dark forest and leaving him there to die.”

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Genuinely curious- has anybody with autism been bullied by another person with autism? And was a reason ever given?

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1) Don’t use your mental health issues as an excuse to be a shitty person.

2) Don’t use other people’s mental health as a weapon against them.

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Something Autistic People Need You To Know:

There's tired and then there's Autistic Tired™

Imagine the loudest, brightest thing you've ever endured. Maybe a concert with strobe lighting. After a night of partying the night before, so you're already tired and you have work tomorrow so you're tired for tomorrow too.

Now make that because you're awake and the world exists. That's autism tired. Please understand when we have had enough and meltdown, it's not because we're sensitive. It's because we've already put up with so much today. And yesterday. And we know tomorrow will be the same.

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Just a friendly reminder that just because I am on the autism spectrum, it does NOT mean that I am “ill”.

It simply means my brain is wired a little differently and I might not understand things as readily as some people who are not on the spectrum.

This has been a PSA from your friendly (and fabulous) queen with autism.

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Just a casual reminder that this woman- Coleen Nolan- is actual trash. She’s a homophobe who uses her platform to espouse her anti-gay views, offered to pay a prostitute to take her son’s virginity in Amsterdam, bullied a mentally ill woman on two different television shows and worst of all is she is an expert at playing the victim over situations of her own making.

She is utter garbage and is best avoided whenever one sees her on the TV.

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Reminder:

Melbourne Herald Sun “journalist” Andrew Bolt is a hateful ableist who used his platform and his privilege to mock an autistic teenager and painted her as mentally unstable.

He is a despicable and vile piece of filth. To denigrate a teenager as a grown ass man is bad enough but to directly attack a teenager on account of her autism is unforgivable. He needs to rot in the fucking depths of hell.

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Reposting because I look cute as hell.

Cinema date! 😍

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something people don’t talk about enough: both extremes in autism

almost every autistic trait has something to do with extremes, and for most of them, autistic people can be on either end of the scale. sometimes this is for hyper/hypo sensitivity reasons, and sometimes it’s due to overcompensation.

examples of some typical autistic traits and their equally austistic counterparts:

no empathy? how about having such extreme empathy that you cry when your stuffed animals are ignored?

no/wrong facial expressions? how about exaggerated facial expressions because you learned early on you were doing it wrong?

nonverbal? how about being hyperverbal and not knowing when to stop talking?

highly advanced vocabulary? how about when you can’t remember common everyday words in conversation?

can’t tell when things are awkward? how about having such an sensitivity to awkwardness that you can barely stand being in the room when an awkward moment happens on tv?

has a meltdown over a small tag on their shirt? how about being so oblivious to physical sensations that you don’t know you broke a bone?

doesn’t follow social norms? how about a strict adherence to social norms, often accompanied by severe anxiety that you’re not doing it right?

can’t stand bright lights and loud noises? how about pressing lights so close to your eyes that you’re temporary blinded and constantly making noises when it gets too quiet?

no eye contact? how about intense, sustained eye contact that you don’t know when to break?

constantly rocking back and forth? how about being unable to walk without getting disoriented?

remember this when people say “you don’t seem autistic” - there is no quintessential autistic representation. this is what we mean when we say it’s a spectrum.

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Straight man: “how do you know you’re gay if you’ve never had sex with a woman?”

Me: “Well how do you know you’re straight if you’ve never had sex with a guy?”

Straight man: “Dude/Bro- I cant believe you’d ask me that. Like how could you? That’s not right. Jeez, have some respect for my sexuality will ya? What an asshole! How could you ask me that?! I’m literally so triggered by that question. Stay away from me you *insert homophobic slur here*”

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Reminder:

Melbourne Herald Sun “journalist” Andrew Bolt is a hateful ableist who used his platform and his privilege to mock an autistic teenager and painted her as mentally unstable.

He is a despicable and vile piece of filth. To denigrate a teenager as a grown ass man is bad enough but to directly attack a teenager on account of her autism is unforgivable. He needs to rot in the fucking depths of hell.

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The effect that being bullied for having autism had on me.

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I feel a buzzing, tingling sensation at the back of my skull which eventually spreads to the entire of my body. I usually freeze in whatever I am doing and stare at whatever it is I’m looking at. I’m aware of people and things around me but i cannot respond to them. It can last anywhere from 5 minutes to almost half an hour.

To other autistic people, how would you describe a shutdown?

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The effect that being bullied for having autism had on me.

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“We believe the most effective interventions will involve teaching both autistic and non-autistic people to recognize each other’s social signals, rather than insisting that autistics behave like non-autistics do"