#autistic

[mostly-funnytwittertweets]

[autiebiographical]

Whenever the topic of autism self diagnosis comes up, inevitably a comment about "what about people faking it" comes up.

1. Who are you to determine whether they're faking it or not?

2. Is it really worth gatekeeping many people because of the actions of a few?

[anexperimentallife]

[cryptid-aac]

Got told off in one of my fav servers for describing myself as severely disabled (bc need help with a lot of ADLs and can't live independently nor by myself) bc of the term being controversial and told him that it wasn't controversial

And now I'm rlly worried (bc of moral OCD probably) 😭

Is it controversial??? Please someone tell me 😭

[t4transsexual]

i had a vision

[v1rtualv4mp]

Do y'all also avoid interacting with other media in fear of getting hyperfixated on it and losing interest in your current one?

[carrionhearted]

Sorry for infodumping about my special interest out of nowhere, you said a keyword and it activated my unskippable dialogue

[everyonesonthespectrum]

Today’s Autistic character of the day is:

Cirno from Touhou Project

[midwestemokilledmygrandma]

idk.. i dont gaf about billford but u will never make me hate old man x interdimensional creature yaoi bcs i was in the fandom in 2015 - 18 when everyone would headcanon ford as ace just bcs they also headcanoned him as autistic bcs did u know no autistic person has ever had sex nor are they capable of even thinking about sex... idk im not in the fandom anymore but gravity falls was a shaping piece of media for me aged 11 so let me talk about old man yaoi .. i mean i also remember the original billford shipping but asexual ford was a bad time 4 the community (this is coming from someone who is autistic and asexual btw but those 2 things are not intrinsically linked u guys just love 2 infantilise autistic ppl)

[autiebiographical]

Audio processing disorders aren't just delayed processing. Sometimes it's just not comprehending what the person said at all.

[eddies-spaghetti]

it’s wild how Dabi is constantly stimming and yet some people still believe he is allistic

[kitty-does-stuff]

Rising Moving Expenses To Get A Homeless Family Finally Off The Streets Before Winter

So now that we have dealt with our end of month bills I have exciting news WE HAVE BEEN OFFERED A PLACE TO RENT & HAVE BEEN ABLE TO PUT DOWN A DEPOSIT! We now just need to rise some of the funds for things like our first & second month rent, along with money for while we are settling in & looking for work opportunities, which will be a lot easier with access to things like a shower & electricity for PCs (me & my twin do commissions) and a sewing machine (my mom is a professional seamstress)

This has came at the best time as our truck was starting to fail after nearly 2 years of being on the streets, and with Canadian winter coming we were in some danger of freezing.

I want to keep this brief, because not everyone wants to read a bunch on a dono post, so more under the cut, but may I just say how happy I am to have this opportunity, for my family to have this opportunity.

30/3500$ CAD

Paypal: DM me

Canadian E-tranfer: DM me

Ko-Fi:

Now for anyone curious about our story, nearly two years ago my family fleed our apartment due to gun violence, we were scared for our lives and since then we have been living in our truck.

We've had a few near bullseyes for fixing this, but past plans have fallen though due to a mix of issues, usually people over estimating what they could offer in terms of help.

It has been hard on us all, we've lost a lot of our few belongings along the way, and all of my family have disabilities of different kinds, my mom has really been pushing herself and I want her to have less to worry about.

Now as for now, we know this woman with a basement suite she had been subleting, and recently it became vacant, we know her, what to expect and we can trust her.

And at the same time this happened, a member of the extended family was able to cover the deposit.

In short the stars alined, and we have a chance to get settled, to try to sort out both our few physical belongings but also like our emotional & mental stuff, we were messy before all this and let me tell you, two years living in a tight truck being harassed basically everyday & having to beg for basic needs like food, it can make things a lot messier, but I do think we can heal, recover, we won't be the same but I hope we'll be very happy as the people we can grow into being.

[cryptid-aac]

So annoying going into AAC tags which is supposed to be for AAC and just... Seeing five posts of just emojis before seeing actual post about AAC or by AAC user

And just know person doesn't actually look into tags bc annoying like that and if did then would see the multiple posts saying "hey . Do not use AAC tags for emojis please"

[worms-in-my-brain]

Being an ally to autistic people is more than understanding that we might not always get social cues.

It’s also respecting our perspectives as valuable and accurate.

If every time you hear about a conflict involving an autistic person your train of thought goes something like, “I’m sure they didn’t mean it like that but I’m sorry they did that!” and not, “I should probably hear their perspective before I assume that the person I’m talking to is giving me a perfectly accurate depiction of events,” then there is something wrong!!

I’m saying this because this or things like this have happened to me with MULTIPLE different friend groups and the result is never good. I always feel like I’m not respected, like they don’t value me or my emotions, I feel infantilised and like my autonomy has been disrespected. And on top of that, my friends end up assuming things about me that aren’t true! Maybe I said what I said not because I was “confused and didn’t understand” but rather because the other person was being an ass?? That option is NEVER considered when you’re autistic. And then because they assume that they also assume I’m going to react to certain things in ways I straight up won’t. Like they’ll assume I’ll get really mad when I never have in that situation before just because they think I don’t understand a situation and they think I’m categorically in the wrong and need to be “corrected” or “let down easy” or something when, in reality, what I really needed was to have a talk with my friends and actually communicate so that the misunderstanding could be cleared up.

And this applies even when autism IS the reason I understood something differently (it’s not always just didn’t understand—it can also be understood differently), that doesn’t make my autistic perspective any less valuable or real. If somebody said “meet me at 5” and meant “meet me at 5:15-30” and I got annoyed because I had to wait for them 20 mins even though I can’t stand for that long, my perspective is still a valid one. It’s not, “oh well Cyril is autistic so of course you have to talk to them like a child or else they’ll throw a fit,” it’s, “Cyril is autistic but their perspective is not a child’s perspective, it’s an autistic perspective, so they don’t deserve to be treated as a child, they deserve clear communication with appreciation of their autism and also treatment and respect as an autonomous adult with their own emotions.”

Honestly the people who treat me best are the people who see me primarily as a person and not an autistic person. Like yes you do have to keep in mind that I am autistic, but you can’t be reading every single one of my actions through the lens of autism, or you’re never going to see me as another person who you can, in fact, understand and relate to, even though you are not yourself autistic! I’m not an alien. If I can understand you, albeit not perfectly, then you can, to some extent, understand me.

[gryficowa]

Boycott!

My posts look like this because my brain is otherwise blank and I can never write anything about fundraising (Unfortunately, I had to find a way to share fundraisers without the risk of having an empty brain when creating a post… Unfortunately, the stress associated with it that my brain tells me that I may write something wrong or insufficiently, is something I can't fight…)

Now that I have your attention:

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So yes, my biggest enemy (Apart from Zionists, right-wingers, Nazis, fascists, etc…) is my brain

[ur-fav-is-autistic]

Falin Touden from Delicious in Dungeon (Manga & Anime) is Autistic!