#actuallyautisitc

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Stimboard For Master Ball the Glitch Rhydon

A Missingno converted to a Rhydon who keeps destroying the party menu but I'm keeping on the team anyway.

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[she-waves-at-cats]

I wouldn't mind the fact of being on hold if not for the constant anxiety "are they going to speak now? now? now?". And then they do and it startles me anyway and I have to refer to my notes to know what to say. *pained shrug*

Audhd culture is being okay with being on hold for half an hour because the repetitive music and "We are experiencing unexpectedly high call volumes" doesn't bother you and is actually kind of soothing, but you can't sit and eat for family dinner

[argallel]

Where I try my hand at autistic Spencer Reid

[authumor]

[adultingautistic]

I’m going to try and get a second opinion from a psychiatrist about possibly having autism. Is there anything I should know or do before speaking to them? I know autism is harder to diagnose in females, so I don’t know how to behave or what to say other than how I do, naturally. I’ve been really good at masking since I came from a military/abusive household. Any tips? I’m anxious about speaking to another psychiatrist.

The best way to help the doctor get a picture around the masking is to tell him that you’re masking.  For example, during my evaluation when the doctor would ask me “Do you do X?” I’d say “I used to when I was a child, but I have learned to hide that symptom.”  That way you’re being truthful, but you’re explicitly telling them that yes, you have the symptom, and the reason they can’t see it is because you’ve learned to mask.

In fact, you can even begin the conversation by saying to them “Do you know about masking in autism?” and if they don’t, you can explain it to them, and say “I don’t want to be mis-diagnosed because of it.”  

So when they ask you questions like “Do you do X?” and the answer is “No”, don’t stop there, explain further, and say “Not anymore, but I used to.” This way they get a full picture, and you can help them see the mask, and what’s under it.

[metapianycist]

it's so refreshing to have a doctor who understands that my joint hypermobility and my sensory issues with sweat make exercise extremely difficult for me

the correct way for a doctor to respond to a patient who has difficulty exercising is to be understanding of the constraints that make it difficult!

[actuallystimming]

I have lots of new followers because one of my posts has been getting a lot of notes recently, so I thought I should introduce my blog! 

I created this blog to talk about stimming because I felt that most conversations about stimming on Tumblr were centred around gifs that people use for visual stimming. I also created the #actuallystimming tag to make it easier to find posts by people who stim talking about their stimming. Over time the purpose of this blog has expanded to discussing autism and stimming.

I make posts, occasionally reblog things, answer questions about autism and stimming, and post things people send in talking about how they stim. If you’d like to send in something showing or describing how you stim you can send an ask, submit it, or tag me in a post. I don’t reblog photos or videos of people stimming or any photos or videos showing people’s faces without being explicitly asked to.

I don’t talk much about myself here but this blog is run by one person. My posts approach stimming from an autistic perspective because I am autistic. I like it when people ask questions and the ask box is always open, but I can’t promise that I will always have a useful answer because I’m not an expert. I’m just one autistic person with one experience. 

[autismandstuff]

I keep seeing @ifihadmypickofwishes's two posts about doctors and it keeps making me remember how I describe pain to others. Like a lot of autistic people, I have a hard time describing pain, the most I can tell people in normal terms is if it's throbbing or not. So I just try my best to relate my current pain to pain that is commonly felt by people (like paper cuts or running into something) or something that is easily imagined.

Just the other day I told my dad about my chest pain, and what type of chest pain you're having is important because it can tell you a lot about what's going on, so when he asked what it felt like I told him "It's like someone's taking their knuckle and pressing it into my sternum but worse" That's easy for people to imagine, hell you could do that to yourself right now and see that it doesn't feel good.

Idk if this would help anyone, but I thought I'd tell y'all just in case.

[activelyautistic]

Is constantly forgetting to give context to what you are saying an autism thing?

Yes, it seems like it is. Context is a difficult thing to give and I believe that it's an Autism thing because, from those that I have spoken to and from my own experiences, it seems extremely common with us. In our minds, we feel like people should know what we do, or we think that they know. It's part of cognitive development for everyone, but as neurotypical kids grow up, they grow out of it. With us, however, it seems that we're always stuck in the mindset that people know what we're talking about so there can be a lot of confusion during times of communication

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Aspergers Custom Trait by miceylulu 

[the-line--was--always-blurred]

Question

Would anyone be interested in me posting spoonie college content? Like how to approach receiving disability benefits, resources, dealing with administrators, studying with chronic illnesses, etc? 

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ugh reading academic articles w/ executive dysfunction is like pulling teeth

i mean academic articles are always like pulling teeth

but more so when your executive dysfunction is acting up

i just look at something and my brain goes “words words words words words words words” 

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Autistic adult answers Google’s most asked questions about autism. Credit - Millie Gregg (instagram @Milliejjgregg )and tumblr @millieisokay

[argallel]

April 1st

Hello and welcome from your local autistic dice goblin. I’m argallel, a chemist, a programmer, and an all around probably awesome person.

I’m in my mid-20s, and although I was in special ed for all my life, I wasn’t diagnosed as autistic until university. I’m the only neurodivergent person in my family of 7, but they all love me for who I am.

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[adultingautistic]

Why do I feel like every conversation I have with allistics is like hitting my face against a brick wall?

Them: “So my car wouldn’t start this morning.”

Me: “Did you check the battery? I have a voltmeter you can borrow.”

Them: “I was just sitting in it, turning the key, and nothing was happening.”

Me: “It could be the battery. I could help you check that if you like.”

Them: “And I was just thinking, ‘Man, if this keeps happening I’m gonna be so late picking up my kids.’”

Me: “I can help you. Fix. That. So you don’t have to worry about picking up your kids tomorrow.”

Them: “And it’s just so frustrating, I hate cars.”

Me: *throwing my hands in the air* “Forget it, I tried.”

Them, the next day, to me: “My car wouldn’t start again, can you believe it?”

Me: “Nope.  Totally surprised.  Absolutely shocked by this.” *eats my sandwich*