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Thank you for all the interaction and kindness on my last post!

My name is Margaux and I am also known as Retrophiliac. I am Autistic, OCD, ADHD - I have Anxiety as well. I am self employed and an activist and advocate based out of western Canada. One of my pins is even in the Museum of Vancouver's openMOV!

I design pins, patches, stickers, keychains, magnets and so much more.

The items have a disability, neurodiversity, autistic focus - as well as really cute retro inspired designs.

I am on Etsy and I also have my own shop Shop best for USA & Canada.

Etsy will handle VAT, VOSS and IOSS for international orders.

But it's entirely up to you. My shopretrophiliac site has a larger selection including fidgets.

I also post frequently on instagram, facebook and tiktok.

P.S:

I run a few awesome facebook groups:

Made by Autistics Marketplace and Community

Autistic inclusive dating and friends

Neurodivergent Skills Connect

Disabled Entrepreneurs/Self Employed in British Columbia

Thank you <3

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What an autistic person says: "How long is it going to take?"

What they mean: "I want to know whether to activate my short term waiting mode where I just wait and do nothing else, or activate my long term waiting mode where I occupy my mind with something else. I fully understand that both are possibilities, and I have no problem whatsoever with either one, but I want more information so I can best adapt to the situation."

What neurotypical people hear: "I am impatient and demand that everything I want happen right now. Please scold me and publicly humiliate me for it."

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Oh, you're busy rn? I'll just stop messaging you all together cause I must be annoying-

Why am I like this...? I wanna talk to them so bad, but I can't physically bring myself to do it...

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MY FAMILY HAS BEEN CALLING ME A WEIRD HOARDER FOR YEARS I FEEL SO FUCKING VINDICATED

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...I got bingo?😅

(Image description: four trans pride flags with white text that reads "support neurodivergent trans people", "support mentally ill trans people", "support autistic trans people", "support trans people of all neurotypes")

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this blanket isn’t weighted enough i need to feel like there’s a full grown man laying on top of me

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Oh, so that's why-

Autism: knowing you’re weird, knowing it’s inevitable, having no idea when the weirdness will come out until you raise your hand

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It's one of them noise canceling headphones on all the time days.

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🚨🚨RED ALERT!!🚨🚨

GUYS! I MOVED AND I FORGOT MY LITTLE SPOONS AT MY APARTMENT!

I REFUSE TO USE BIG SPOONS! THOSE FUCKERS CAN GO LIVE SOMEWHERE ELSE!

I WANT MY SMALL SPOONS!!!!!

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Floor time babey

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Oh look, it's in writing-

Being both autistic and adhd is like having my brain constantly in war. One side craves structure and routine and a full proof plan. The other side craves chaos, no structure, the exact opposite.

It's very exhausting and inconvenient.

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I'm aware I haven't eaten in 36 hours. I feel like shit because of it. But getting pinned as the fuckin family taxi doesn't give me much time to try to actually take care of myself. This is why I liked living on my own. But noooooo, my roommate had to be a bitch and not pay rent so now I'm officially a goddamn boomerang child, living back at home.

At work now so no food, will be getting home at like midnight and will probably collapse the moment I do get home so no food. Then get to be the taxi again at 5am and that leaves zero room for food.

This is how I fuckin die.

Did I mention I haven't slept more than 2 hours?

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Yes, I just took my meds with Monster. What of it? It's a liquid, ain't it?

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All the time, my dude. All the time

do any other adhd + autistics find it hard to to tell the difference between special interest and just really strong reoccurring hyperfixations?

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It's me. I'm bitches-

i love being friends with bitches who won’t shut up. i never know what to talk about. please tell me your whole life story and then infodump to me about warrior cats or greek history

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ok. we're all autistic here right. so rb this and put in the tags what your favourite type of stim is [ auditory , texture , etc ] mine is anything that makes a nice clicky sound

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I am either listening to music so loud my ears bleed anime style or I am frantically searching for the quietest place in the house there is no middle ground