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I appreciate the implications of "I was waiting until god wasn't paying attention to invite you over"

just found out i've been abandoned by god which means he's not watching anything i do anymore. you should come over.

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[Rings a tiny silver bell] Jeeves, bring me my boxes of illegal documents, you know I can't enjoy a bath without my several boxes of illegal documents.

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“If you have time to be on social media, you also have time for…” “If you have time to watch Netflix, you also have time for…” Yeah, but do I have the energy for it? Do I have the emotional and mental capacity for it? Am I pain-free enough for it? Can I focus on it? Can I do it without leaving my bed? Can I safely do it without risk of (physically or emotionally) injuring myself by pushing past my boundaries?

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need to see more narumitsu hurt/comfort fics that are only an attempt at said comfort. look at them. do you honestly think either wright or edgeworth are capable of finding the right words and expressing love and concern for each other. they would be fucking terrible at it that's the beauty of it

it's also literally... in the canon? as much as phoenix progresses in his treatment of edgeworth by the point of aa3 he is still such a weirdo. phoenix has that thing where he thinks nice things he wants to say to people like maya and edgeworth but he ends up either silent or an asshole. "i want to give him a hug" turns into "haha is that your way of saying thank you. dumbass. your face is green"

and well. i mean. look at edgeworth. if you started crying near him he would offer a tissue and stand there for the whole time silently growing more and more irritated with every minute. your honor they're so fucked up

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a second bumblebee has hit the twin flowers

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I see so many (new?) people say 'nonverbal" when they mean "currently not being able to speak" again and I honestly am so fed up with everything.

Finding people with the same/similar thing is impossible if people keep misusing words and that's exhausting.

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looks like we've gotten away with the goofy shit yet again

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Image ID: photo of shark with photoshopped yamulke (black with yellow border and star of David), superimposed arrow pointing at it and red text reading "TTHIS THING IS JEWISH"

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I personally think that all whale sharks should be put on Mickey’s Dick Smasher.

WHAT!!!! they are such gentile creatures why would you say thst…

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Charlie: I've only slept nine hours over the past four days, so I'm right on the verge of a nervous breakdown.

[Bites phone with cream cheese on it]

Charlie: This isn't a bagel.

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@can-i-make-image-descriptions

I wanted to make a little comic about OperationOliveBranch to talk about my experience with donating to campaigns so far, hoping to help spread the word furthermore. 🫂💖

If you have any question, I'm happy to talk! I've linked all campaigns I've supported on my l1ntree if you'd like to help!

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i just got an estimate for my upcoming mri and its 27 THOUSAND DOLLARS??????

my insurance is covering it thank fucking god but. what???? the fuck?????

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Answered the survey. I'd recommend others do the same.

I've reached 35 responses! They're very interesting, but the sample size is still small, and I don't think it's at all representative of the Tumblr autism community. If I can't reach at least 100 responses, I don't think I'll be able to analyze Tumblr community views on support needs in depth. I'll still post descriptive statistics for the overall sample, but I won't have the statistical power to do anything else.

I'd really appreciate if everyone could help by taking the survey and reblogging this post to their followers!

As a reminder, the survey is meant to understand how people use support needs labels. For example, what makes someone low support needs and not moderate support needs? The survey also helps show what the community is like in general in terms of demographics and experiences!

A summary of the current survey results are under the Read More. Again, especially if a community that you're in is under-represented, please help by spreading the survey link! I'd especially love to hear from more people AMAB, racial/ethnic minorities, people who are not yet diagnosed or were diagnosed as adults, and higher support needs individuals!

Age: Most participants are young; 60% are under age 25%, and 20% are under 18.

Gender: Over half of the sample is AFAB nonbinary, almost 1/3 is trans men, and almost all of the remainder (14%) is cis women. Only 2 people who are AMAB have taken the survey.

Race/Ethnicity: Non-Hispanic White people are very over-represented, making up 82% of the sample.

Diagnosis: 57% are professionally diagnosed, 20% are informally or soft-diagnosed, and 14% are seeking a diagnosis. Only 9% are neither diagnosed nor seeking a diagnosis.

The most common diagnoses are ASD with no level (33%), level 1 ASD (25%), and "mild autism" (13%).

16% were diagnosed before age 8, 24% between ages 9 and 15, 32% between ages 16 and 18, 12% between ages 19 and 25, and 16% over age 25.

Autism Support Needs: The most common self-identified support needs label is "low-moderate" (43%), followed by low (23%) and moderate (14%). Most would benefit from but do not need weekly support (31%), only need accommodations and mental health support (17%), or rarely need any support (6%).

Autism Symptoms: On a severity scale of 0 (not applicable) to 3 (severe), the average is 1.7 overall, 1.8 socially, and 1.7 for restricted-repetitive behaviors. The most severe symptom is sensory issues (2.1), and the least severe are nonverbal communication and stimming (both 1.5).

83% are fully verbal, and 97% have no intellectual disability.

38% can mask well enough to seem "off" but not necessarily autistic. 21% can't mask well or for long.

Most experience shutdowns (94%), difficulties with interoception (80%), meltdowns (71%), alexithymia (71%), echolalia (69%), and autistic mutism (66%). Very few experience psychosis (14%) or catatonia (11%).

Self-Diagnosis: 20% think it's always fine to self-diagnose autism, 29% think it's almost always fine, 31% think it's only okay if an assessment is inaccessible, 71% think it needs to be done carefully, and 11% think it's okay to suspect but not self-diagnose.

15% think it's always fine to self-diagnose autism DSM-5 levels (including if the person has been told they don't have autism), 15% think it's fine as long as autism hasn't been ruled out, 21% think it's almost always fine, 18% think it's only okay if an assessment is inaccessible, 36% think it needs to be done carefully, and 36% think it's okay to suspect but not self-diagnose.

26% think it's always fine to self-diagnose autism support needs labels (including if the person has been told they don't have autism), 29% think it's fine as long as autism hasn't been ruled out, 37% think it's almost always fine, 29% think it's only okay if an assessment is inaccessible, 43% think it needs to be done carefully, and 6% think it's okay to suspect but not self-diagnose.

Disability: 71% feel disabled by autism, 17% feel disabled by another condition but not autism, and 11% are unsure.

Comorbidities: The most common mental health comorbidities are anxiety (68%), ADHD (62%), and depression (56%).

The least common mental health disorders are schizophrenia spectrum disorders (0%), bipolar disorders (3%), tic disorders (6%), substance use disorders (6%), personality disorder (9%), and OCD (9%).

The most common physical health comorbidities are gastrointestinal issues (29%), connective tissue disorders (29%), autoimmune disorders (24%), neurological disorders or injuries (24%), and hearing/vision loss (24%). All others are below 20%.

Overall Support Needs: When considering comorbidities, the most common self-identified support needs label is moderate (37%), followed by low-moderate (31%) and low (17%).

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I love fics written by ace people because some of them are just cool adventures and comedy, and some of them are "Hey, what if we wrote human relationships that weren't just about speed-running the bodily fluid exchange process?"

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A skilled artisan is a joy to witness

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a jstor article is like a beautiful wild horse and a control+f search is like using a sugar cube and a calming voice to tame it

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🚨 Students at Harvard University launched an encampment in support of Gaza in Harvard Yard moments ago, calling for an end to Harvard's moral and material complicity in the ongoing genocide of the Palestinian people.

Harvard has invested over $200 million of its over $51 billion endowment in companies with ties to zionist settlements in the West Bank, while most of its investments to the zionist entity are kept secret.

The students are demanding financial transparency regarding investments related to the zionist entity, as well as genocide and occupation in Palestine; divestment from these investments and reinvestment in Palestine; and dropping all charges against student activists.

The University has suppressed student voices in support of Palestine time and time again, suspending the Palestine Solidarity Committee just this week on baseless grounds. They have also enabled attacks on pro-Palestinian students from the media and politicians. Today, the students say enough is enough, and that they will no longer tolerate their institution's support for genocide.

This brings the number of ongoing encampments to 19, with more to come.