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In India’s Thar Desert, nomads rely so much on camels for survival that the animals are revered. Livestock owners take great pride in their camels, carving intricate patterns in their fur.

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Lana Del Rey photographed by Gyslain Yarhi for Complex Magazine, December 2011.

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things i wish i could say irl:

???????? ???? ? ???

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

u ok (this is not the same as “you okay?”)

that one cover of “What Makes You Beautiful” done entirely in laughs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IpyingiCwV8

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FACTS.

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Social skills: noticing when repetition is communication

So there’s this dynamic:

Autistic person: The door is open!

Other person: I *know* that. It’s hot in here.

Autistic person: The door is open!

Other person: I already explained to you that it’s hot in here!

Autistic person: The door is open!

Other person: Why do you have to repeat things all the time?!

Often when this happens, what’s really going on is that the autistic person is trying to communicate something, and they’re not being understood. The other person things that they are understanding and responding, and that the autistic person is just repeating the same thing over and over either for no reason or because they are being stubborn and inflexible and obnoxious and pushy.

When what’s really happening is that the autistic person is not being understood, and they are communicating using the words they have. There’s a NT social expectation that if people aren’t being understood, they should change their words and explain things differently. Sometimes autistic people aren’t capable of doing this without help.

So, if this is happening, assume it’s communication and try to figure out what’s being communicated. If you’re the one with more words, and you want the communication to happen in words, then you have to provide words that make communication possible. For example:

Other person: Do you want the door to be closed, or are you saying something else?

Autistic person: Something else

Other person: Do you want to show me something outside, or something else?

Autistic person: Something else

Other person: Are you worried about something that might happen, or something else?

Autistic person: Worried

Other person: Are you worried that something will come in, or that something will go out?

Autistic person: Baby

Other person: She’s in her crib, and the baby gate is up. Is that ok, or is there still a problem?

Autistic person: ok

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being rich would be so much fun, like aside from the obvious stuff, can you imagine going to a restaurant and being able to give your waiter/waitress a $500 tip for like a $40 meal? you could make peoples months without even trying

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"I can’t do that because of my religion" Aight

"You can’t do that because of my religion" Stop

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boy: *starts making gross throat noises*

me: hoe don’t do it

boy: *spits on the sidewalk*

me: oh my god

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Just wanted to share the disaster that is Regina Spektor. Shame, I really enjoy(ed?) her music but now I’d probably cringe if I played her music ever again. Didn’t realise she was such a shameless racist.

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i havent been active at all so heres a selfie ok bye

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here's a selfie bye