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my favourite aesthetic

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This is one of the reasons why autistic people always communicating better with other autistic people is a myth. One autistic person might struggle to word something correctly and have it come out in a way that conveys something completely different from what they actually meant.

Another autistic person hearing that might take them literally and not give them the chance to rephrase the statement and feel like they're being gaslit if they're told it wasn't the other person's intention.

I've been both of those people.

I think some of you forgot that autistic people sometimes act strange and say things that are poorly worded and speak with incorrect tone and misunderstand or miss social cues because they are autistic

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Personally I'm not a big fan of the definitions I've seen floating around of LSN = help with iADLs, MSN = help with iADLs and some bADLs, and HSN = help with everything across the board. I think it's a good start, but it doesn't leave much room for nuance. If someone can usually do bADLs independently but can't do any iADLs and needs constant supervision, are they really low support needs?

I think adaptive behavior/adaptive functioning is a lot better for determining support needs. It's generally talked about in the context of intellectual disability and cognitive impairment, but I think it can apply to autism too. I've been thinking about this for a while, and I'm pretty sure I remember seeing someone else mention it too and go onto more detail (I'll link the post if I can find it).

But adaptive behavior/functioning goes beyond ADLs and looks at all skills, such as social skills, danger awareness, information processing, etc. Here's a little more about it:

Not all HSN people need help with every BADL, we need to stop simplifying such a complex label.

My brother is HSN and doesn’t need help with all BADLs. He requires 24/7 care, he is nonverbal and can’t functionally communicate, even on his aac device.

He goes to a special education school, is diagnosed with level 3 autism he's diagnosed with global development delay (he’s older than 5, his dx isn't updated). He wouldn’t even be able to get online and give input on this topic because he is HSN. He is 11 years old but cannot read or write anything.

All professionals say that he is profoundly autistic. HSN is a very complex label. Someone can be HSN and not need help with all BADLs. He can do a couple BADLs without help sometimes. But he is still severely autistic, he still has profound autism, he still is high support needs.

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Jelly Belts (1990s - 2000s)

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✨ stimtastic

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hey fellow photosensitive phuckers,

people don't tag flashing properly. we know this. however. you can also stop all media from autoplaying.

just go into your settings until you find "media auto play" and toggle "never auto play".

and then bam. much safer to scroll through.

this will mess with stimboards and stuff but it's a small sacrifice imo

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sum lps butterflies!! ✿

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I am here to tell you as an early-diagnosed low-masking autistic that "self-diagnosed TikTok autism fakers" are a non-issue.

Like, okay...maybe saying you're autistic will get you positive attention and validation in some online communities, but once you log off pretty much all you get is the complete opposite.

The way people talk about autism in real life is not anywhere near as kind or progressive as in the online autistic community. A lot of professionals still have very outdated beliefs about autism, and honestly so do most people. I still regularly come across people who don't even know what autism is.

Autistic people are generally not treated very well by society, to put it lightly. Calling yourself autistic in real life will rarely benefit you socially and will likely never get you the same kind of validation and community you find online.

I am simply not convinced that anyone just decides to self-diagnose autism for fun, let alone seek out a formal diagnosis. If someone decides that the benefits outweigh the risks, they are already struggling a lot and likely already being treated poorly for their autistic traits.

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the tumblr follower purge going step by step through ranges is so funny to me

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a blanket of snow on fairy lights

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IM SO HAPPY LPS ARE BACKヽ( ´ ∇ ｀ )ノ

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"Why doesn't this post cover every single tiny bit of nuance in a situation?!" because op thought it would get 14 notes

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Assortment of mixed generations of the apple ipod shuffles + nanos in clusters of like-colors.