#autsim

[verodoodles]

✨Icon commissions are OPEN✨

Hey there! I’m opening for some fun icon commissions! Three different styles and lots of room for experimentation! If you have an OC you’d like me to draw, please swipe to see what style you’d like and comment or dm!

Any and all colors can be used so if neon isn’t your thing, no worries!

Will draw:

• OCs

• Clowns

• Aliens

• Pets

• Furries

• Slime

• Fairies

• Antro/human hybrid (cat girl for exp)

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Won’t draw:

• G/ore

• Mecha

• Bodily Fluids of any kind

If you have any questions please don’t hesitate to ask! 💖✨

IG/Twitter linked in bio! 🔗

[oliver-jh]

Am I aromantic or am I just overstimulated by romantic relationships

[bestbountyhunterinspace]

can't spell autism without u and i

[engravedlives]

more red graphics stamps blinkies

[residenttransguy]

Like 99% of autistic media rep: I say whatever I want and don't care if people are hurt by it

Me and my other autistic friends: oh shit why did I say that??? Their foot steps sounds a bit off today, did I do something to annoy them? *doesnt want to inconvenience others* *apologizes even if we didn't do anything wrong*

[imautistsick]

[gutxpupz]

Every day it gets better :3

[moonlight-alphafemale]

Me trying to fight the autism stereotypes but my favorite food is plain pasta, my ideal date is a aquarium, I collect stuffed animals and rocks, watch kid cartoons, am super duper smart, wear headphones in loud places and really really hate change.

[entropysanyt]

Little thing I did for the @autismswagsummit / @autismswagreblogs

vote mob

[n2-crisis]

3am craving for SuperBat fics to feed my special interest is harming my sleep schedule

[adhd-worlds]

Which diagnostic criteria are you referencing when you say that ADHD and autism don't have an overlap? As far as I've seen, they do: sensory issues, perception, executive function issues, and so on.

I have two answers for you. The short answer is:

That is simply not true at all. Two Google searches ("autism DSM-V criteria" and "ADHD DSM-V criteria") can easily disprove that.

The long answer is as follows:

I saw you got diagnosed with ADHD recently and congrats! idk about your assessment, but mine didn't ask me about my sensory issues. Nor do they ask about my perception on social cues, or the way I understand things. Most of the questions were geared towards executive dysfunction, how my life has been affected BC I get distracted or the things I struggle with or questions about being hyperactive and impulsive.

Because those questions get the answers needed to see if someone meets the ADHD criteria. The only time they did ask questions about social cues, imagination, sensory issues etc etc was on the pre-assessment questionnaire I had to fill in, there was a part for an autism study,,, it wont even be used or brought up my assessment, it's just that some dude is working with the clinic doing a study.

The overlap that ppl are seeing/report on is more than likely due to the fact that ADHD and autism are comorbid and there are a lot more ppl who have both rather than one or the other. Some countries and areas will only give ppl the diagnosis for one of these and not let them get tested for the other. Other countries, such as Wales, won't let autism folks get annADHD diagnosis because the NHS there sees ADHD as a stepping stone to an autism diagnosis. Some healthcare systems only believe you can have one not both.

Outside of that, there will be people who are more affected by their autism than their ADHD and vice versa and don't realise they have both. So, for eg, when they see autistic people saying "oh, I have autism and I experience these things" and they relate to it,,, they assume it's because there's this massive overlap. But if the overlap was that great, it would be much harder to diagnose ppl with one or the other. It's more than likely that they need to do some research into autism away from the idea of "it's similar to ADHD" and see if they relate to it.

There are a lot of ppl with ADHD who refuse the idea of having autism BC deep down, they have a lot ableist beliefs about autism and it's time for the ADHD community to stop doing that.

TL;DR: ADHD and autism have two very distinct lists of criteria that don't overlap. Even the testing doesn't really focus on (if at all) the criteria for the other dx. Most ppl don't know they have both or think that it's a possibility BC they are (unknowingly) ableist towards autism, haven't read into ADHD properly, their healthcare system doesn't allow for both dx, the list goes on.

[xxthe-emo-frogxx]

YALL BETTER WATCH OUT TISM SCALE ON ON

🔥C A T A S T O P H I C 🔥

...for today.

[residenttransguy]

As the holidays get closer, this is your friendly reminder, that you don't owe people anything.

You don't owe them masking/hiding your disability, you don't owe being nice toward hateful or ableist comments and/or behavior.

You don't have to compromise on your accommodations - others should learn to respect your needs.

In fact, you don't owe it to them to show up.

You do whatever you need to take care of yourself both physically and mentally <3

[autisticdreamdrop]

it's okay to stim.

[gutxpupz]

Framed picture of my sons on my nightstand

[moss-is-a-frog]

My history teacher was talking about plague pits and he made an offhand comment like “has anyone watched that show, ghosts? It’s quite funny” and I got so excited that ghosts was mentioned that I actually started shaking