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Breaking Down Barriers: How Social Skills Development Can Improve Life for Those with ASD

ASD, or Autism Spectrum Disorder, affects a person's ability to communicate and interact with others. Treatment for those with ASD may vary depending on the individual's diagnosis and severity.

However, a few common treatments are considered ASD treatment goals for individuals. These treatments usually include improving social skills, communicating more effectively, and engaging in enjoyable activities.

Developing social skills is crucial to treatment goals for those with ASD. People with ASD often face difficulties in social interaction, communication, and behavior, leading to isolation and social exclusion.

Social skills training aims to address these challenges and enable individuals with ASD to participate in social activities, develop positive relationships, and achieve greater independence. In this post, we will explore some of the benefits of social skills development for people with ASD and how it can improve their quality of life!

What are Social Skills?

The basic definition of Social skills is the ability to interact effectively with others, build and maintain relationships, and navigate social situations.

These skills involve verbal and nonverbal communication, like reading social cues, interpreting facial expressions and body language, and engaging in conversation. It also includes emotional regulation, empathy, and problem-solving abilities.

Challenges Faced by Individuals with ASD in Social Interaction

Around 1 in every 44 children has ASD. That means understanding their challenges is a duty for all of us. People with ASD often have difficulties in social interaction due to a range of factors, including:

They have trouble reading and interpreting social cues, such as facial expressions and body language

They face difficulties in initiating and maintaining a conversation

They have limited interests or hobbies that may hinder their ability to connect with others

They might have sensory sensitivities that can make social situations overwhelming

They may have difficulty regulating emotions, which can lead to meltdowns or shutdowns in social situations.

Benefits of Social Skills Development

Working on social skills development and ensuring people with ASD get the proper care they need is a crucial aspect of our daily lives. We have seen plenty of cases where the quality of life for the person and their family improved tenfold.

It's why we always advocate for developing Social skills, as it can positively impact various aspects of life for those involved. Here are some benefits you may see due to social skills development:

Improved communication: Social skills training can help those with ASD learn how to initiate and maintain conversations, ask questions, and share information effectively, ensuring better communication and understanding.

Better relationships: Social skills development allows those with ASD to develop positive relationships with peers, family, and friends, leading to increased social support and a sense of belonging.

Greater independence: Social skills training works wonders for people with ASD as it helps them develop the skills to navigate social situations independently, leading to greater independence and autonomy.

Improved mental health: Social isolation often leads to mental health challenges like depression and anxiety. That's where Social skills development can help individuals with ASD build social connections, leading to improved mental health outcomes.

Increased opportunities: Improved social skills usually lead to increased education, employment, and community involvement opportunities.

Approaches to Social Skills Development

As you can see, social skills development is a big deal, and how it plays a vital role in the treatment of people with ASD. Now, there are various approaches to social skills development for individuals with ASD, including:

Social skills groups: These groups provide a structured and supportive environment for people with ASD and help them learn and practice social skills.

Role-playing: Role-playing can help people with ASD practice social scenarios and develop strategies for social interaction.

Modeling: Modeling involves demonstrating appropriate social behaviors and interactions for individuals with ASD to observe and learn from.

Peer mentoring: It involves pairing people with ASD with peer mentors who can provide social support and model appropriate social behaviors.

Finally…

In conclusion, social skills development is critical to meeting treatment goals for those with ASD. Social skills training can help people with ASD develop the skills to navigate social situations, build positive relationships, and achieve greater independence.

As you can see, various approaches to social skills development include social skills groups, role-playing, modeling, and peer mentoring. With the proper support and guidance, anyone with ASD can break down barriers and achieve their full potential in social interaction and communication. So let's make sure we help them out in this endeavor!

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not asking for money; please send me resources

so i will potentially be moving soon - my family has taken financial hit after hit and its not looking good for us to be able to afford rent. my mother wants to house with my grandparents and i am completely uninterested in joining due to how far it is, the lack of space/privacy, and the fact that my old abuser lives there currently. since im 18 now this means i will have to find alternate housing by myself and i have very little idea what to do. please send me advice, suggestions, or any resource you may know on the following topics:

transport - probably my biggest issue. even if i can quickly get my license i dont have a car nor insurance. walking/biking to where i need to go is not ideal because my legs get fatigued and weak easily and if i need to bike to work and then do an 8 hour shift i think i would die. also there is literally no public transport where i live because texas hates me

housing - right now my best bet is most likely moving in with my step dad and paying him rent, but honestly if im gonna move out anyway i might as well see if there's any options i have for living outside my parents' house. some options ive thought about are the transitional housing for homeless young adults near-ish to me as well as finding a room to rent in the area im already residing

money/jobs - i currently have a job that pays $13.20 an hour but i just started this week and i haven't seen a paycheck yet. im currently flat broke. if i need to move out i may drop out of college and see about working full time for the first time and/or taking a second job

mental health - i currently get meds for free through a public program i utilized but im not getting the therapy i need especially for this stressful time. i have autism, ptsd, and osdd and need a therapist that specializes in those issues

physical health - as stated before my legs are not very strong and its impacted my work life multiple times previously to the point of losing my job. i have no idea whats going on with my legs and finding out what the issue is would be great so i can find solutions, but i don't have insurance and i dont know the first thing about getting ahold of it

i will update as i recall anythings else id like help with 👍 for a frame of reference i live in north texas. thank you for reading/reblogging/sharing suggestions :)

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I hate being autistic I’m not gonna lie.

Today it was leavers. I only go into school for exams and I can’t handle assembly halls so I wasn’t there. My friends were though. And they sent plenty of pictures on the group chat of them in the fields after shirt signing, and them in the park after school.

Why can’t I be fucking happy like that? Why don’t I get to do a normal school life? Why don’t I get to do leavers assembly and shirt signing? And it’s not as simple as just going in even though I hate it. At first I was happy I never had to go back to it, but I’m becoming disconnected from my friends. I’m lonely. And I feel like I’m missing out. I always feel like I’m missing out.

Am I jealous? I feel a bit like a bad person complaining about my friends happiness. It seems like they don’t even miss me. I missed them, when they were not at school.

I got therapy and an autism diagnosis and basically got told my life will fucking suck forever but it’s fineeee because I can learn to manage it.

I’m missing school and my parents can’t just tell me to get over it and go because I need an education because I will sit in the toilets and cut myself until I feel dizzy and call them to pick me up. Whenever I go to that place I feel sick. I feel like anybody would jump me if I’m not cautious enough. They probably would, if there were not consequences, most people there have a disgusting moral compass.

I wish I was still suicidal? Can someone give me less fucking reasons to live because I have far too many. I hate that I’m technically getting better because I’m getting worse. Now the damage is irreversible and irreparable but at least I’m recovering, right?

I’m so lonely. Whenever my friends even look at me and wave I get so happy I internally shut down so I can’t return the enthusiasm. I’ve realised though that I’ll always be the ones following them around. They won’t walk to catch up to me, they won’t invite me to conversation. I don’t know if it’s my own insecurities but it really really feels like they don’t want me there or don’t realise I am there. I feel like a pity friend, I’m only there because I’m nicer than the rest of the school population but I’m nowhere near as cool and confident as the rest of them.

I can’t handle it. I’m naturally self-centred. I often switch between feeling like the best person and the whole conversation should revolve around me to feeling like everyone hates me probably because I’m so selfish and ugly and naturally disgusting. My expressions don’t fit on my face, I’m constantly depressed. I don’t even share many interests with them anymore.

I was at a local comic con a few weeks ago. I met up with my ‘con friends’ who I rarely see. I only stayed for a while because of my fucking autism again I’m missing out, but they seemed so sad when I left. One of them made a TikTok with me in it. We took a photo together. And when they were sad I left I wanted to cry because that’s so kind. They wanted me around? Me?

I’m going to a birthday party for one of my main friends on Saturday. He asked me if I was coming so I did because of course I want to be there. But does he even fucking want me there? I said I’d invite them over in the summer, do they even want to come? My other friend says he’ll sign my shirt if I come in tomorrow lunch, but I’m so depressed I’m not even sure I want to go. Now all I want to do is lie in bed and fucking eat gross shit and other stuff.

This has sent me into a super bad mood and idk what to do. Lowkey wanna relapse but it’s not gonna happen.

I’m so lonely. All my bonds are fading away. I’m so so so lonely.

I’m sick of fucking sitting in my bed, but it’s my favourite thing to do.

All this just because my friends took some pictures looking happy. I’m fighting the urge to just leave the group chat. I can’t let these stupid insecurities and instability show itself to others. I never tell anyone irl these things. Not even my therapist will hear about this. I’m ashamed and I fucking hate having and talking about my feelings.

Love y’all enjoy this bs lol x

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We're diagnosed autistic and neutral on transautism because we don't think they have the sway to hurt anyone, and the transx term was originally coined by someone with BIID. We think its much too complex and individual an issue to make a blanket statement on, but we also think that any harm transautistic people could be causing is nowhere near the ableism that comes from people "othering" autistic people as completely unknown creatures that can never be interacted with in an understanding manner. I mean... At least transautistic people are trying to understand, in some sort of way. There's also a chance someone might feel like they can't use the word autistic because of outside ableism about how autistic people are "supposed to act", making "transautism" a helpful transitory term for comfort reasons. I would be more ready to listen to a transautistic person's perspective than someone supporting A$ or ABA "therapy" or calling autistic people "adult children" any day.

Exactly! There's a ton of ableism in the world directed people with autism. And to me, at least someone who is transautistic is more likely to be someone who empathetic and willing to stand up for autism rights.

Personally, I tend to take a view that fighting bigotry is a war. And in war, you need numbers. You need people who are going to be willing to stand with you. And if you're a marginalized community, that means you need allies.

As an autistic person who lives in a world where we'll have to deal with ableism constantly from neurotypicals, I can't really wrap my head around dedicating time and attention towards attacking a community that would be willing to be allies, and could even help normalize autistic traits.

In my opinion, if we want to normalize acceptance of autism and autistic traits, attacking transautistic people is shooting ourselves in the foot. It's distancing ourselves from potential allies turning them into adversaries, and dedicating our attention on this niche community instead of actual societal oppression.

And I can't help but feel that anyone going after the transID community isn't doing so because they genuinely think that's the best use of their time in fighting for disability rights, but because they want the gratification of bullying a smaller more vulnerable group of people.

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I went into work for about two and a half hours today.

I had left some postage stamps in my drawer and had no real agenda other than to pay a few bills. It was just nice to have time and quiet to clean out and organize my desk and to sit down in a quiet place, pay bills, and get a few things done.

I finally finished up all of the paperwork involved with getting a new therapist.

With my previous therapist, I didn't have any paperwork at all. It was just a phone call: Yes, I like you, and I feel a connection to you, Let's do this.

And then we went straight into it. But that was pretty freaking unique. I think she was absolutely one in a million, and I am so sad that she is not doing therapy anymore, but yet I'm sure it is what is best for her.

I had to take surveys on ptsd, which I already knew I had, and disassociation. In all honesty, I had no idea what disassociation was. But once I started answering the questions, I would say at least half of those questions I answered yes to. And it would have been a lot more than that had I've been doing this before I got therapy at all. And the days before I started therapy, I probably would have answered yes to 3/4 of them.

One of the symptoms of disassociation according to the battery of questions is memory loss. I have suffered with that for the last several years and have chalked it up to various things such as autism, ADD, and stress. At one point about 10 years ago it was so bad and I was having periods of near blackout States due to stress, that I went into the doctor to get checked for early onset dementia. I was really surprised to see that was part of disassociation.

I am very excited and ready to get started and see what this new therapist has in store for me.

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100 days ago, I was in Schipol Airport in Amsterdam, waiting for my husband as he went through customs/security before our return flight back to Canada.

It had been a tumultuous week abroad, and the mood that day was pretty dour. My anxiety and gloom had me feeling very down, the airport x-ray machine ate my hat, and I was aching and tired as I waited.

So I downloaded the owlbird language app and started learning Dutch.

One of my best highlights of the trip was seeing this new language for the first time. At first it was an unexpected culture shock/language barrier. But the more I "read" signs, maps, labels, menus, schedules, tourist pamphlets, etc - the more I loved the words and could start deducing meanings. It was especially fun and rewarding seeing the linguistic connections to my english/french vocabulary.

Most often though, it was seeing words like "melk" (english: milk) or "appel" (english: apple) that would just send me into fits of giggles.

Mosterd lmao

A few weeks before the trip, when my mind, body, and spirit were in a real pit from the last year+ of burnout, I had a moment of clarity re my place on the autism spectrum. It all started with this post from @drdemonprince 's book, good talks with friends about art and passion, therapy, re(rerere...)listening to my emotional comfort cosmere books, and a lot of introspection about my life - especially my younger years (0-21) in near-total isolation, my lifetime of size/shape/gender dysmorphia, my many rocky relationships, my rock bottoms, and my failing to adapt back to human civilization after leaving the Arctic last year.

All that to say, the trip to Amsterdam was my first chance to step outside my bubble and "let myself" "be autistic". It kind of changed my life completely.

I have no eyes and I must meat

The most important step a man can take is not the first step, but the next one after that. Always the next step - and every step I've taken since then has come from being my best autistic self. So this streak has some emotional weight to it now, unfortunately.

In the last 100 days, I've managed to start dragging myself out of my pit. I've worked on reconnecting with family, I've met new people and been inspired by the passion of others, I completed some impressive art projects that flex bigly at the top of my portfolio, I've maintained and cared for my body, and very soon I'll start putting some pieces of an irl identity back together once I move out on my own to attend 3d video game art school.

Self affirmations

I don't know what the future holds, but I guess as long as I can keep this streak going, I'm reminded of all the things I've achieved and the person I've been becoming since I started learning this lovely language.

PS: Did I mention/post that I completed my pilgrimage to Blender HQ during that trip? I brought them a Nunavut fridge magnet for their collection and had a short, mindblowing tour with the incredibly passionate founder. 😌

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having realisations. the four people who have declared me dangerous/abusive when they've identified emotions in my voice

(including times of feeling love and excitement)

have begun to do so very soon after the first time i disagreed or disobeyed them in the friendship.

Person 1 called the way i was speaking to them unsafe when asked what their mixed signals meant (be lovingly normal in front of friends but mean on text). I was immediately blocked and they act like I don't exist in irl spaces. The message I sent was literally 'hey what's going on with all the mixed signals?'.

Person 2 called me 'fucking awful, arrogant, a monster, a predator, and affronting' the first time we hung out in a group after I'd declined to become her domme. The conversation she instigated to attack me involved asking if I agree with her that our group social worker is attractive, then casting aspersions of predatory sexual behaviour onto to me when I said yes. I am ace.

Person 3 was present with Person 2. I was trapped in back of Person 3 car on the way to visit Person 2's parents home, late at night. Person 2 lied about her words, and Person 3 claimed to have not heard it. Referencing that claim and 2's denials together they interrogated and insulted me, before leaving me sat in the gutter outside 2's home. I found out later they spent the next hour or so abusing me behind my back, watching me cry in the street from an upstairs window. They later both admitted like it was nothing that it was all made up, they did hear, and Person 2 said they were mad at me for different reasons and wanted to lash out. Both 2 and 3 have expressed to me since that they enjoyed it.

Person 4 (bestie of 15yrs) began a year long pattern of silent treatment, threatening to leave friendship, implying im hated by all my friends, saying im becoming my abusive father (i am not and i am a trans woman), demanding care, demanding access to my other friends and supports then excluding me from their social contact with my mates (telling my friends I preferred it this way) and routinely accusing me of speaking in an abusive tone ---- immediately after they realised I would not accept being spoken to cruelly/have my thoughts decided for me, the first time they tried it since moving into my flat. It was at the exact moment I first expressed a clear boundary of respect in 15 years, that I became an abusive, perverse, male dv committing quote 'autistic rapist or school shooter in waiting'. That day I wound up yelling IMNOTBAD and LISTENTOME at them, which was all the proof they needed to engage in a campaign of gaslighting, forced isolation from them and others, having one rule for me and another rule for anybody id introduced them to, manipulating my identity issues and autism in therapy so much so that the therapist joined in on punishing stimming and speaking up for myself with assertions that im lying about my emotions, deliberately triggering my cptsd, only talking to me when they wanted to come stay or when they needed to be helpe thru a crisis: generally choosing the cruellest possible option at every turn. All while I tried hard to be better in therapy, and desperately lapped up any glimmers of affection. any signal they loved like me they used to before they 'realised I was an abuser'.

Rn I am in a situation where they are telling my closest friends they are excited for the future and are actuvely planning international holiday to visit my other best friend, and that in order to heal i shouldnt be invited. The same days literally, they are emailing me saying they're suicidal and that im unsafe and abusive and not to come near them - knowing I have ptsd from being the only person supporting then through a secret mental health crisis before. When I freak out and have serious episode and am basically losing my mind begging their other friends (people they bullied and gaslit me into introducing them to) to give them support bc if I go near them they'll likely die from the trauma of being near me, this friend is actively assuring those alarmed friends that they're perfectly fine and quote 'normal'. I don't disbelieve that they're suicidal btw, I just think they're comfortable torturing my emotions in order to access my loyalty and support. I think they want my friends and queer community for themselves, so they're avoiding revealing their vulnerability thru their own shame and identity stress.

It's also worth noting im out to my friends as having DID and Person 4 also has DID but is not out. Despite their anti-autism, anti-did, and anti-trans bigotry towards me being lateral they are actively weaponising my other friends concern for my mental health and deploying the stigma of a disorder they secretly have against me socially.

And I haven't and won't breach their privacy. I won't ignore their pleas, and I have provided significant support through the last week of their ideation and my being shocked and heartbroken into the realisation that unless my boundaries are suddenly respected, in action not merely words, that the most important relationship of my life so far will be one that I choose to leave (once ik that they're okay in terms of immediate threat to life ofc). And tbh that's if they don't decide they've got my friends locked in and finally fulfil their frequent threat to leave the friendship themselves. which to be quite honest they already do, unless they need me or they can use me to get someone they want.

and ftr I've known Person 4 has alters who are psychopathic for years. Allah knows one of my lovelies in our system is sociopathic herself. but for the majority of a 15 year family level relationship they have never chosen to treat me with disrespect, with cruelty, or with ill intent. we never used to set boundaries with each other bc the moral boundaries each of our systems set internally stopped us from ever harming each other. neither of us would be alive if not for the other. it's not like either of us having cluster bs or tetrad things happening in the complexities of our psyches ever contributed to harm b4, so I won't accept that as an excuse now. I don't deserve any of this cruelty, this harm, or this organised torture and social abandonment. Person 4 railed against Persons 1, 2, 3 during those events and encouraged me to stand my ground at every turn.

I just know now, that the way they're treating me is completely unacceptable. that rebuilding trust after the fact is a very very long journey should they ever be in a mindset to admit their wrongdoings. and that the damage they've done to my other community supports and close friendships may itself require a long period of repair, labour, and effort restitching wounds I didn't make cause or know had occurred. my loved ones now love this person. I've confided on those who offered and found that if I express even the merest trickle of a problem with Person 4s treatment of me that they stop listening. I've been told twice now that people want to ask P4's consent before listening to me speak about my own life.

it doesn't escape me that the first big realisation I had regarding the wrongness of P4s behaviour this year was their blanket refusal without explanation to allow me equal power / footing with them in terms of choosing to hang out, talk, or interact. meanwhile they made me watch from afar as they demonstrated and gave (seemingly) perfect respect and equality to the people who are now refusing to hear my voice note unless they talk to P4 first. like my autonomy has become accepted as non existent to the point where unrelated conversations are being secretly dictated from afar by this person. to the point where, had they not hit me with the intense fear that were going to die/in the same breath as telling me that if I try to help them ill make it happen - I'd still have accepted it.

I feel trapped. I know I need to end this friendship. But I am afraid to lose my closest friends when I do. Even if they don't ditch me, I have already lost their trust. I have already lost my right to self determination in those communities and friendships to another human being entirely. And if they remain friends with P4, if P4 continues to behave like this, I don't think I'll get that back. Not until they're facing the same behaviour themselves.

but. I am having RealisationsTM. In all these cases a majority of other people have been baffled by and have not felt what happened was okay in the slightest. the majority of people ik closely are autistic, trans, and or have DID and nobody else other than a minority of 4 - not even the people manipulated by P4 - take any issue at my autistic speech, emotionality, or desire to set boundaries and be treated as an autonomous equal.

so my conclusion is that this minority of four (out of hundreds in community and 10s in terms of close friends) are people who - for whatever reason - wanted me to accept being harmed disrespected, or controlled by them. and I didn't and I don't, so they *surprise surprise* made their bad behaviour more intense every time I stood up for myself.

no doubt the vulnerabilities of my intersections in society assisted them in this, but in No Way did my intersections or my soul cause this.

I am glad to have been in therapy. I will continue to be in therapy and work on not being someone who yells as a reaction to being abused. I haven't yelled once since that first time w P4 and I never raised my voice with the others. I am a flawed person but I'm not an abusive person. These events are not my doing. I did not deserve to be treated this way. I deserved the love, trust, and care I gave these people - which they abused. I exist. We exist. We are real and our heart will heal from these betrayals. We are loved.

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Hi! I hope this isn’t weird to say but I love your blog, and it has become a really important resource for me 💖 so I was curious if I could ask

I feel like you’ve definitely already talked about this so I’m so sorry, I’ve just been thinking a lot about this lately and am hoping to talk about it maybe with people who understand. But no pressure to respond or anything like that!

I am Autistic with severe anxiety, and I have a lot of touch sensitivity, not wanting to be touched or touch others.

But I don’t also sometimes have this need to touch people I love. Like hugs or a rub to their back, hand or playing with their hair. All consensual of course and only with people I am close with, but I didn’t even realize that I’ve done it my whole life until my niece told me she loved how whenever she’s near me that I always rub her back.

Since starting therapy I’ve learned how to notice when I do things and I realized that I’ve always done it. And I catch myself doing it and feel almost embarrassed because I’m worried about bothering people.

But I was just curious if you had any advice or thoughts on need for touch - maybe a form of stimulation? And relation to Autism. I was trying to read about it and was just interested if you had thoughts 😊

And again if not that’s 100% okay and I appreciate you regardless

I Hope you are well and I am sending the best energy to you 💖

Hi there,

Thank you for the kind words. I appreciate it. 😊

I don’t know if this will be helpful, but I found an art talking about autism and touch. According to this article:

Strong reactions to touch are remarkably widespread among people who have autism, despite the condition’s famed heterogeneity. “The touch thing is as close to universal as they come,” says Gavin Bollard, an autistic blogger who lives in Australia and writes about his and his autistic sons’ experiences. These responses are often described as a general hypersensitivity, but they are more complex than that: Sometimes autistic people crave touch; sometimes they cringe from it. For many people on the spectrum, these sensations are so intense that they take measures to shape their ‘touchscape.’ Some pile on heavy blankets at night for the extra weight; others cut off their clothing tags.

The common thread may be an altered perception of ‘affective touch,’ a sense discovered in people only a few decades ago. ‘Discriminative touch’ tells us when something impinges on our skin, with what force and where; affective touch, by contrast, conveys nuanced social and emotional information. The kinds of touch that autistic people may find loathsome, such as a soft caress, are associated with this latter system.

The link to this article will be below if you want to read it.

I hope this answers your question. Thank you for the inbox. I hope you have a wonderful day/night. ♥️

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helllloooo *appearifies in your ask box* it is i, the headcANON. its been a while ive been busy (doing nothing). anyways today, we are discussing our favourite little gremlin man, ink :) hes one of my favourite little scrimbly bimblies, he is so me fr

has an encyclopedic knowledge on all forms and genres of art. if you show him a painting, sculpture, song, poem, whatever, he knows who made it, how they made it, when they did, the meaning behind the piece and the style it was done in/never take him to an art museum, bro will stay there for hours. he will have to be escorted out by security

he just loves creating, no matter what it is. he loves cooking and tending to his garden. he loves putting a bit of himself into the world no matter how small, no matter if it will not be remembered.

one of his favourite genres of art is ephemeral art, more commonly known as temporary art. art which doesn't last long, it is experienced in the moment and then it disappears. this style of art includes things such as ice or sand sculptures, which will eventually melt or be swept away by the shore

he has a lingering thought in the back of his mind that he truly comes from nowhere and means nothing in the grand scheme of anything, when he dies that will be it, that will be all he has ever been

has an existential crisis every two days (same bro), deals with it by doodling

i think when he was with the council he was probably required to undertake therapy, if your council is made up of incredibly strong, near god-like figures its probably a good idea to make sure theyre doing good mentally (LMAO THAT DIDNT WORK OUT HUH?)

he has a small bag he carries with him at all times, in it contains his essentials, his phone, a notepad, a sketch pad, and pen. he uses the notepad to write down anything he needs to remember but knows he will forget, as well as his schedule. this way, he can keep track of his days and make sure he takes his meds on time (paints)

comyet never specified which paints correspond to what emotion, some are a bit obvious, simply because its what we've come to associate that emotion with: red - anger, yellow - happy, blue - sad, pink - love. heres my personal interpretation of the other colours: orange - anxiety, green - calm, purple - curiosity, white and black dont do anything, instead theyre more like catalysts, black intensifies the emotion, white nullifies the emotion

his ectobody and blush too is normally just a clear white but upon drinking a paint of any kind it will tint it that colour (if he drinks more than ine he can turn into a lava lamp :0 )

his eyelights correspond to the current emotion he is feeling, but theyre very abstract and appear to simply be a random smatter of colours and shapes, there is no consistency to it

i imagine the council prescribed him a mixture of emotions to help get him through the day. they help him socialise and respond 'correctly'

he is so autism coded. it's insane. my man can not emote in a socially acceptable manner, needs an outside support to help him navigate social situations, experiences sensory seeking and underload (i need sensory shit or i will explode/dissociate), he has strict and rigid routines, experiences memory loss and brain fog, has a special intrest in art and has a flat affect when he isnt actively using his emotions (masking), canon (idk if its canon actually) aroace - not necessarily a trait of autism but holy fuck it is so common in this communtiy. undertale au sans makers be like hmm how do i make the most autistic bitch possible

struggles with empathy for others but has hyperempathy for inanimate objects (this is actually semi canon), if he knocks or drops into something, he'll apologise to it and hug it. similar situation to animals

no sense of taste. just none. tries his best at cooking but often ends up over salting things or adding too much spice

likes food based on the texture, thus he loves stuff like jelly and yoghurt

loves movies but has a really poor attention span and has to take breaks throughout the movie

texts like a boomer lol, really bad at spelling and overuses emojis and unfunny gifs

is a polyglot, can speak french (native language), english, japanese, and spanish

his house is an engineer and architect's worst nightmare. shit is liminal as fuck. long stretching hallways with doors that are unaligned, many of which lead to incomplete rooms (he forgot to furnish them and now can not enter them because white spaces scary), some of the doors are raised several feet above the ground and simply can not be accessed through normal means, staircases that lead straight into a wall, random open areas revealing a courtyard which can actually exist... a room would take up the space and yet doesnt. the floors are also all inspired by a particular style, one floor is art deco, the other industrial

is also a goopy boy, albeit far more solid than paperjam, when stressed or upset his form becomes 'looser' and his face can appear distorted

doesnt have a favorite animal per say, he just likes the colourful ones, mainly birds like parrots and peacocks

he can play an impressive array of instruments, including the guitar, drums, piano, cello, and flute. he picked up the flute from dream

has always liked hanging out with dream because of his positive aura, it doesnt make him feel happy, but it makes him feel relaxed and safe

on the other end youd think he wouldnt like hanging out with nightmare because would make him feel stressed and in danger, but Ink doesnt really know what its like to feel endangered. he has been in dangerous and life-threatening (or as close as you can get as a magical skeleton thing) scenarios, but it doesnt really affect him, he just doesnt have an eros drive.

he met nightmare and dream a few times when they were younger, and he taught them how to draw and they taught him how to play music. Ink would listen to their concerns and do his best to try and help them, albeit he lacks empathy, so he would always try and come up with a way to solve their problem, which isnt always what people want when they come to talk to you about that stuff

visited dream when he was stoned (lmao) a lot, was also there when he broke free and comforted him the best he could, i like drink a lott but the best way i can describe their relationship is like childhood friends who are also soulmates but also star-crossed lovers

- headcANON

HEADCANON THESE ARE SO REAL!!!!!!!!!!!!!

OK YES SO MANY OF THESE ALIGN WITH MY VIEW OF HIM AS WELL !!!!!!

- Canonically he is aroace, and in this story I keep that as well. I never said it on tumblr but as we further explore the relationship error and ink have you’ll learn it’s closer to a qpr and that there are a couple of very funny misconceptions that were had about them as an audience. Ink has a much different sense of romance than most allo and aro people due to his ability to kinda just change it whenever he wants but I’ll get further in depth later in the fic.

- you are extremely right about the aesthetics in every room of the house changing depending on the room. The house is a nightmare. ink can just edit it like a sims house with zero limits so he just makes the most insane shit. They gave him like a couple of miles of empty land and were like “ok go hog wild” and he did. He’s never really had a consistent home before so he got excited to make himself a special place and lost his mind.

- definitely has an art special interest

- the council actually did give him emotions to be more regulated, but they are not as strong or enjoyable as the ones he gets from the “wild” (the ones he gets off of the AUs)

- I think his relationship with NM and Dream is something really cool and unique, and I wanna elaborate on it more

THANKS FOR THE HEADCANONS MWAH 💋

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It's up! Should be the post below this one <3

Thank you to anyone who reads.

It'll be up on Ao3 shortly.

Special thanks to @roxannepolice for conveniencing me about Cheetah virus, @strobbiery for encouraging me to finish it and @kidshows-are-life for the encouragment and letting me workshop ideas with you

<3 I love you guys.

What is clicker training?

Hi, im Forest, and i've worked rescue for a decade. (I also just so happened to write this fic!) If you aren't educated on what clicker training is and want to learn more:

No, it is not a kink (well- could be if you wanted to incorporate it into pet play), no its not abusive, infact a ton of people who are R+ use clicker training, and no, it doesn't involve punishment.

Clicker training is a more modern version of Pavlov training. Usually you would Click a clicker when the dog does something you want it too, followed by a treat.

Same thing as “Yes!” Training without the click and replace with a verbal “Yes!”. Pavlov training is when the animal hears a certain sound. It responds by doing/ expecting a specific action.

In Pavlov's experiment, he rang bells before/during mealtime and found that dogs got hungry when they heard those bells even when there was no food around.

The Office shows this.

This is what we will be doing to the Master.

Do your dogs run to the door when they hear your jiggle of keys or come to tell you its dinner time when they hear the clock strike 4 times? Congrats. Your dogs are instinctively pavlov trained!

I can not believe I have to say this, but NO. I do NOT support ABA methods.

Not towards the meme poster, You know who you are Lol.

Why the HELL are people comparing this to ABA? A thing directly applied to autistic children in hopes you can shut them down enough to mask for life and live as a neurotypical? To force them to stop stimming or to "talk normally"??

I will specify. As you can see there is NO punishment. None. Now I will admit that in the fic Amy sprays him with a water gun but its filled with catmint tea. (In her defense he keeps trying to kill Rory) This is more for the comedy aspect seeing as in the fic he still has cheetah virus and its super funny to think about.

This is nowhere near the same thing.

1. It's clearly an overexagerated and spoken in a joking manner. Do you think im trying to change him into smoothbob? Take away his personality? Honey, even if you wanted to, you couldn't force this man to "be normal." The guy shoots lightning from his hands. You think electroshock therapy is going to do a dent? Not to mention clicker training has no negatives. Only positives. If you're using a clicker to signal a punishment, you're doing it wrong.

2. This man is a mass murderer. In the billions. How is not wanting him to commit more murders a bad thing? "Oh no. You want him to murder less, Im going to compare that to a LITERAL child abuse method backed by Autism Speaks" (!!??) A group KNOWN to electrocute children who dont behave to the standard?

3. Since when is giving a dude snacks and praise for NOT trying to commit crimes, as well as setting a routine for a clearly homicidal person considered abusive? Do you know what else is abusive? Locking your best friend in a cage and forcing him to eat from a dog bowl for an entire year.

4. And yes, humans use dog training on children all the time and vise versa? We actually made dog training FROM raising children because dogs have the same emotional intellgence as a 2 year old when fully grown, some breeds have gotten up to 4/5 years old on that scale.

A lot of the same concepts. For example:

-Don't praise them after they've done something naughty or else they will think the naughty behavior is okay.

Im not gonna hug a child after it punches me in the face or praise a dog for biting me.

-Create positive association with specific things like hair clippers for co-operative hygiene care.

Kids are taught from a young age to allow their parents to stay still so they can wipe their bums and dogs are taught from a young age to stay still so we can clip their nails.

-Don't scold them for accidents and instead show them the correct way.

Despite popular belief hitting or screaming at a child for an accident will only make them scared to tell you, and hitting a dog for an accident in the house only confuses them.

5. How do you think bells in school work? You know the ones that ring to let everyone know its time to switch classes? Kind of the same thing for when farmers blow their whistles to tell their herding dogs different commands.

Or high pitched dings when you get an awnser correct in a game? Kinda similar to how we say "Yes!" And "good boy!" To dogs or even "good job" to kids?

Hate to tell you sunshine but young umans are NOT far off from having the educational standpoint of animals because we are in fact animals.

Do NOT be coming onto my page accusing me of things you obviously know little about. This topic got me so heated because clearly some of yall are very chronically online and seem to think feeding the Master snacks is abuse now.

I have kids of my own, and I'll be damned if im accused of abusing my children simply because there are similarities between training dogs and teaching kids.

And I shouldn't have to say this, but honestly, how can anyone look at this page and think "hm that person is definitely not autistic. I should accuse them of using harmful methods against autistic children." (which I have and are thriving)

But the fact that you're here makes you a fan! Bye fans, Love you <3 Thanks for the reblogs and engagement!

“why’s he always covered in blood” he needs enrichment. What’s not clicking

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