#actuallyAutistic

[theconcealedweapon]

An autistic man struggles to get women to like him. He asks for advice. The vast majority of the advice he receives is from one of these two categories.

Just talk to them. I don't care how oversimplified that is. I refuse to believe that it's possible for someone to struggle to socialize. Just let it come natural. If it doesn't, you're shit out of luck.

You struggle because women are stuck up b*tches who enjoy condemning men to a life of loneliness because it gives them an ego boost. Here are some tricks for how to manipulate women.

[five-thousand-loaves-of-bread]

why is autism & ADHD/depression/anxiety/OCD/PTSD/the sorts, even giftedness, “inherently connected n cannot be separated it’s a part of autistic experience”

but autism & intellectual disability (a disorder that by definition literally affects near every single aspect of person) “‘just’ comorbidity n need to be separated” and “that’s not the autism that’s ‘just’ comorbidty”?

(rhetorical question. not looking for answer)

[defectivegembrain]

We know that not all hobbyists or people with unusual interests are autistic right? We recognise that this alone doesn't necessarily mean autism? That you shouldn't just see someone infodump or collect things or whatever and use autistic as a general descriptor for that behaviour? That there are a whole bunch of other aspects to autism, and that having a special interest isn't even a necessary trait to be autistic if you have some other stuff going on? That many of these aspects can be debilitating, as can special interests? Right?

[charlottism]

Getting AAC Device From Insurance

I got my dedicated device almost a year ago! Here’s how I got it.

Went to doctor and got referred to the assistive technology department at local rehab. I had already been using AAC full time for a long time due to total speech regression (diagnosed as apraxia of speech), and was in speech therapy to try to regain vocal words but it was not working at all.

I had an idea evaluation with a SLP and OT specifically who worked with AAC and got to trial a device. I had been using Proloquo2Go but decided with trial that touchchat with word power is better for me.

They handled the rest of the paperwork and got stuff from my doctor. Unfortunately my insurance changed in this time so there was a lot of delay. Also the original company I was going to go with insurance was being a pain, so I went with AbleNet

Once I switched to getting my device with AbleNet it only took a few weeks to get my device and they kept me updated the whole time!

Now that I have my device if I ever have issues or want to change the app I use or even change iPad size I can at any time for 5 years! I’ve found the company really good to work with.

[pigeon-cave]

Spectrum of overwhelm, now in triangle form due to popular demand

[Image description: A triangle chart titled, ‘Spectrum of Overwhelm.’ The three points are ‘404 Error,’ showing a person with an empty thought bubble; ‘wet beast,’ showing a person sweating and sobbing; and ‘rage beast’ showing a person clenching their fists in an outline of orange fire. The peak is the ‘404 error’ vertex, and the inside of the triangle here is coloured beige and labelled, ‘shutdown.’ The lower half is labelled ‘meltdown’ and is red on the rage beast side and blue on the wet beast side. \End description]

[autie-j]

Accommodation I should have: someone to follow me around and whisper in my ear, medieval court advisor style, how to correctly respond when presented with different social situations

"My liege, that was a rhetorical question you just heard. Do not answer it."

[aw-tysm]

"All autistics have low empathy" - This statement is wrong.

"Autistics having low empathy is a MYTH, we actually have HIGH empathy!" - This statement is ALSO wrong.

Autistics can have low empathy, they can have high empathy, they can have learned empathy. The myth would be that all autistics only experience one end of the empathy spectrum.

In spreading around misinformation that autistics actually have high empathy, you are disregarding the autistics who do have low empathy. And vice versa.

[ka3l]

[theconcealedweapon]

Sometimes I look back at my childhood and remember that I complained about so many things, many of which were completely unreasonable complaints (I'd often even invent things to complain about, and I went through a sexist phase in which I complained about the same things that your typical sexist man complains about), that my parents had no way of knowing which complaints they should take seriously and which they shouldn't.

Then I realize that it was literally their job to teach me that.

They should have taught me how to think critically and tell the difference between right and wrong. Instead, they demanded that I obey them. They demanded that I unconditionally see what they want as right and anything else as wrong. Many of my completely legitimate complaints were dismissed and I was punished for even mentioning them.

[chaoticneurodivergent]

Extra love today to Autistic people who:

Can't drive

Struggle with shopping

Struggle with cleaning

Need help with simple tasks sometimes (or frequently)

Cannot follow directions that are simple for others

Noticeably lack motor skills

Have interests or hobbies associated with children

Stim in noticeably out of the ordinary ways and can't mask it

Have learning disabilities.

[defectivegembrain]

It's unfortunate how often the solution to a problem is just talking to people. You'd think it could be something easier like making a comprehensive chart or list, or reading everything you can find on the subject, but no, so often you can do all that and you still have to talk to people.

[maxillo]

shoutout to autistic people who have memory issues and can't remember many things about your special interests. you don't need to be able to remember things for the interests to be valid or important to you! if you enjoy them that's what matters

[pigeon-cave]

Diagrams are helpful to me

[vulturesawake]

This is what it feels like when someone infodumps to me. By the way

Edit to add caption:

[desc begin: a six panel comic featuring an everyman character sitting on a couch with an autism creature loafing on the back of the couch. The creature jumps down to the seat and lies their head on the person's leg, much to their delight. Desc end.]

[cutiepieautistic]

Autism acceptance includes accepting all autistic manners of communication.

That means supporting autistic people who talk in a "very childish" way. (I do this a lot irl)

Autistic people who do "TV talking" (this means talking like a character from your favorite media,basically talking in quotes and copying their speech patterns,as far as I know)

Autistic people who use echolia.

Autistic people who are very awkward/quirky when they communicate.

Autistic people who are overly technical,or have very sophisticated and articulate speech.

Autistic people who mumble.

Autistic people who talk really fast.

Autistic people who can't control their tone of voice/inflection.

Autistic people who talk in a monotone voice.

Autistic people who use different kind of sounds,or body language to communicate.

Autistic people who talk slowly and draw out their syllables.

Autistic people who use a lot of sentance fillers.

Autistic people who refer to themselves in the third person

Autistic people who use Aac devices,communication cards,etc etc.

Edit: acceptance of nonverbal autistics is also necessary. Nonverbal people deserve love,respect,acceptance,accommodation and support.