#Autism Blog

[felixs-infodump]

can y’all show me your favorite sensory/fidget toys?? they can be anything

it would be great too if y’all could say what you like about them too/what they help you with sensory wise, I want to buy some sensory/fidget toys I’ll actually use/like

[davidaster]

I’m just so frustrated with the pressure to find a job when I know I have such limitations.

[eivorswife7]

Being an autistic person at school:

comes with a lot of stress, mainly because it involves masking, which is a coping mechanism where I mask my autistic traits and try to behave more neurotypical. It’s very draining and requires a lot of energy, and it’s still not enough.

comes with w lot of stress because of sensory overload, e.g bright lights, increased sensitivity to certain sounds, crowded spaces, loud noise, bad smells and textures. Each of these factors make my daily life harder, I feel irritated, tired and overwhelmed/overstimulated.

comes with a lot of anxiety, because I have trouble communicating, I take things literally sometimes, I find it hard to know what someone’s tone of voice means, or their expression. It makes me overthink and overanalyze details in order to come up with an appropriate response.

comes with more increased pain, my period cramps, headaches, pain in general are stronger, which often leads me to a sensory overload and is invading my daily life and makes me unable to to concentrate on basic tasks. It also makes me unable to participate in PE classes sometimes.

comes with a lot of emotional dysregulation, since my body can’t regulate my emotions the way the neurotypical one does, it’s harder to do so. This makes it harder to write tests, complete excersises in class. It can take a toll on my mental health and grades.

[loremipsumstims]

hannibal lecter (nbc) stimboard !! i made a will one so i obviously had to make one for hannibal too B) i miiiight make a freddie lounds one too at somepoint but no promises

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art creds go to AmandaTolleson on deviantart !!

[neuro-nest]

Soundcheck, please??

I can’t be the only one who has moments of ‘wow, so many opportunities, not enough lives’, right? Or ‘I can’t believe I’m in a car, if I was that cavewoman in the cave, I would have never left’?

Like I wanted to be an author. I wanted to be a game dev. Now I’m working on a business degree. But I’m also thinking about, ‘well, if I didn’t have undiagnosed ASD in school, maybe I would have liked science more!’.

It’s hard to describe, I guess? I don’t mean it in a nihilistic way that you ‘realise the world exists and it goes on whether you’re ready for it to’, I mean it in a ‘you realise the world exists, it’s big, it’s bright, there’s so many opportunities, and you’re so tiny, you’ve already made some choices that open up more choices but close off other choices you really wish you could see’?

I’d call it derealisation, because it feels like realising how reality is so strange that it is what we have and not something else from a billion other choices that could have been made, but from what little I know about that, that’s not what derealisation actually is. It’s like a sensory overload but not sensory and more mental?

Am I just having an existential crisis every now and then? I’m too young for that.

My neurotypical mask tells me I should be making friends, studying, drinking and having the time of my life with the ‘university experience’.

Me tells me that I feel like biting my knuckles, chewing on my hair, chewing on my shirt, binge eating, finally getting around to reading, playing a videogame, finishing a bunch of other videogames, applying for stuff, tidying up more, reading, yes I repeated that-

Is that what we call a burnout? Because I only identified what a sensory overload was half a year ago and I’ve been diagnosed with ASD for about four years now.

Right, well, take cute rats as a reward, checkpoint and breather.

[surrah698]

Awe!! 😍🥰 That's an excellent word!

[greeneyebrunettebambi]

Me learning to accept my autistic self and unmask 🩷

[turtlesystem]

bruce banner...........what a guy

empathizing so hard with bruce banner omg i know exactly what he feels like with rick jones because we have . those rick-kinds of ppl in our lives (especially our host because he is Eccentric) . guys guys guys guys GUYS guys ... I need to crash out rn omg ... simultaneously wanting to attach to . to the Person the th ehte the the Child yet fearing attachment because OUCH attachment OUCH attachment is OUCH OUCH OUCHIE but empathy . kindness ... you HAVE to be there even tho it hurts to see them suffer and you are always on your last straw and also you dont want to like . become angry somehow bc ur nervous system is CRAZY but ouchie ouchie ouchie ouchie ouch ouch ouch ouch ouch ouch ouch you know ... the urge to Take Care the urge to !!!!!!!!!!!! bruce .. bruace banar!1 he knows what its like not being able to look away and having the Worms eat away at him . OW OW OW OW OW OW bruce knows what its like to go OW OW OW OWO OW OW OW you know. guys. craving understanding yet fearing the attachment that comes with it ...

[pinksmonkey]

Roblox Has A Problem

Hey everyone, sorry for the more serious post today, but I have an important issue I really need to talk about and bring attention to.

Recently when I was trying to upload one of my autistic pride designs to make a t-shirt on Roblox, I was sent a moderation warning saying this:

(And this was the image I uploaded btw):

Obviously I was annoyed and frustrated by this, so I contacted Roblox and sent an appeal message.

Today I received a response from Roblox Support saying this:

Does this action seem fair to you? Because it doesn't feel fair to me. I ranted to one of my autistic online friends about it after, where we discussed it in more detail and you can understand more of the context around why this is so messed up. (I got permission to share these screenshots.)

I know Roblox moderation has never been great, it's always had its issues. But as annoying as that is, in this case I feel like it's crossed a line. This isn't just about Roblox either, this is about how society views autism and the lack of autism education in general. I'm not just upset because I can't post something on Roblox, I'm upset because my voice as an autistic person is being silenced while other products on that platform are clearly mocking autism, and I'm trying to teach people about us. This is completely unjustified, and it sets a scary precedent when marginalized groups get censored for talking about their own experiences. Yes, Roblox is for all ages, and we should keep conversations appropriate, absolutely. But autistic people's existence, disability in general, is not inappropriate, kids should be learning about it. We don't need to discuss eugenics and hate crimes towards disabled people on Roblox, of course not, but I should be able to mention my identity without fear of being punished.

Basically, censoring the word autistic doesn't protect autistic people from hate, bullying, and discrimination, that is still happening regardless. What it does do is make it harder for us to fight back and stand up for ourselves, teach people about the realities of autism and normalize us as human beings. It's doing more harm than good, and that's what I hope Roblox can start to realize.

If you agree with me and want to make a difference, please reblog this and share it as many places as you can. We need to send a message to Roblox, and show them that silencing autistic voices is not ok. Obviously, be civil and respectful though, I just want to have a peaceful conversation about this problem, and hopefully Roblox will care enough to hear us out.

[felixs-infodump]

I need help finding this plushie

His name is Rhino and I’ve had him for my entire life and he’s completely fallen apart. I don’t know the brand and I can’t find him online

I got him in December of 2006 and my parents got him at Toys r Us in New England

If anyone knows anything, please comment!

[autism-info]

Just some of the behaviours that are present in some way / shape / form. As always, not every autistic person is going to experience the same symptoms the same amount, it is different for each individual person.

[itsgivingautism]

Bro sometimes I really wish I could like feel my emotions so I can actually process them but nooooo we shutting down 🤪🫣😵‍💫🫠 (crying on the inside tho at the same time but also like a numb void but also like eh we chilling ??? also like eh what the fuckkkkk ????)

[greeneyebrunettebambi]

Bratz dolls are so cunty 🎀

[pinksmonkey]

In regards to my last post, someone in the comments mentioned that if discrimination is against Roblox rules, then their moderation is breaking their own rules. So I took screenshots of the specific sections of their rules that describe discrimination, hate speech, and slurs. And look what I found.

Disability is specifically mentioned, including mental disabilities. So would you consider not being allowed to make something about being autistic (as an autistic person, to share a positive message about it) discrimination? Is it discrimination to not let disabled people create things related to their disability - a part of their identity? And if so, don't you think Roblox should really make sure that their moderation system abides by their own rules.

This isn't the only thing they have issues with moderating either. I've had trouble regarding sexual orientation and gender identity moderation, and I've heard others talk about the problems in moderating racism. There's just a serious moderation problem in general when it comes to identities. Maybe if we're loud enough about it, Roblox will make an effort to fix it.

[turtlecommunism]

autism and processing information. it feels impossible to explain how sometimes i genuinely can’t process things. i don’t understand information either written or verbalized to me. and i feel shame about it, so i try to pretend to understand or just understand bits and pieces. but being unable to process information when my brain is overloaded happens often.

[felixs-infodump]

why is having a job so…difficult?? like, I “can” do it (by that I mean I can physically do my job (I work at a grocery store) but I feel like im gonna die the whole time)

like yesterday, i worked a closing shift and i think i was having a panic attack for like 2 and half hours. there wasn’t even that much happening, so idk why i felt the way I did. I thought I was going to have to text my manager to get someone to come and take the rest of my shift because I thought I was legitimately going to pass out