#autism

[theconcealedweapon]

[fa3r1e-f4ngz]

Hey, it’s ok to not be a “productive member of society.”

Some people are housebound. Bed bound. Some people physically can’t eat, shower, or use the toilet without the assistance of a caretaker. Some people don’t have the spoons to get out of bed in the morning, let alone work a 9-5 job in this capitalist hellhole.

You’re not lazy. You’re not less than.

And this is coming from a disabled person with chronic pain who can leave the house and walk (with some pain) without mobility aids.

You deserve to take up space. You deserve to cost money. You deserve to be here without feeling guilty just because you can’t give back in the traditional way.

You’re worth it, hun. 🫶🏼

[biblicallyaccuratemoth]

My twin brother is the most important person in my life. He is a wonderful, kind person who (like me) often struggles with communication. But I never doubt that he loves me and he supports me. Where he struggles with stating feelings, he excels in gestures to show his love and support. On top of learning how to braid hair, he also did intricate research into fashion to help me develop my style, stood with me in the face of transphobia in the workplace, and buys me plushies when he knows that I'm sad. I would not be where I am today without him.

[tiger-in-the-flightdeck]

I recently did a program on learning to socialise as an autistic adult 'taught' from a neurotypical experience, and it really twigged me to something that I've also been seeing a lot on here. At least once a day I see some post that's along the lines of 'Autistics need to learn XYZ!' And the ones that aren't just thinly veiled ablism (which is like... 3%...) are coming at it sideways.

Let's take the 'Autistics NEED to learn how to make small talk' posts that keep popping up. Before taking this program, I was definitely one of those people who thought Small Talk was actually a code for Cruel Psychological Torture. Turns out I was totally wrong! It's just that neurotypicals are fucking deranged define Small Talk as something completely different from what literally every autistic person I have ever spoken to on the topic would say it is. What they call Small Talk, we see as A Conversation.

The examples given on how to improve your small talk skills were things like 'Ask how ABC made them feel' 'Relate what they just said to an experience of your own' 'Make sure your questions are open-ended so they can expand their answer into more detail.' And I was getting more and more confused as it went on.

That isn't small talk! That's a conversation! It's a chat with a friend over coffee! Apparently anything that isn't a deep, emotionally involved discussion about world changing ideas is considered to be Small Talk to NT people, whereas ND people see Small Talk as standard social scripts of 'Brr, cold enough for ya, Jim?' and 'I really like your hat.'

The only good thing that came out of that program was that I learned I'm actually not bad at any of those skills, it's just that there are two different dictionaries being used to name what those skills are.

[indexthejester]

I see. My relationship to this post is similar to the peasant's relationship to the dorito. Insofar as others seeing this and thinking "one of my favorite things, let me show you this which you have not seen or experienced" and yet to me, who does not understand, it is only alright.

And paradoxically, by understanding that, it has elevated my connection to this post beyond simply "alright", so thanks for that.

easily one of my favourite tweets of all time

[my-autism-adhd-blog]

This is absolutely stupid. According to Trump:

“The autism stat—and you hear different numbers, but it’s thousands. They say between 10 and 20 thousand,” Trump said Friday during a National Governors Association meeting at the White House. “If you go back 15 years ago, we had, like, nobody. It was one in 20,000. Now we have one in 34 … kids have autism.”

“The Pennsylvania Dutch, they don’t do anything and they’re amazingly healthy,” Trump said, offering the Pennsylvania ethnic group’s lifestyle as a potential model to avoid the disorder.

Autism isn’t rising or anything. It’s called better testing, better understanding, and better education/sources. And oh my god, the Pennsylvania Dutch (whatever that is), has autistic people too I’m willing to bet.

What does autism have to do with anything political?

God I hate him.

[chavisory]

[suffering-and-misery]

adhd executive dysfunction sucks bcuz im just sitting there and my brain is like

YOU ARE WASTING TIME YOU ARE WASTING TIME YOU ARE WASTING TIME YOU ARE WASTING TIME YOU ARE WASTING TIME YOU ARE WASTING TIME YOU ARE WASTING TIME YOU ARE WASTING TIME YOU ARE WASTING TIME YOU ARE WASTING TIME

no work done no rest gained. literally no point of this at all

(to everyone who reblogged, donate and share @olagaza's initiative!)

[nice1cream]

Is it too late to say...

I thought that was normal for everyone

?

A 2pm appointment can take all day when you're autistic

[small-bambi]

Harrison Wood Hsiang

[chessb0r3d]

What I mean when I do not control the hyperfixation.

[taka-again]

Autism Speaks Canada is "concluding its operations" on January 31st 2025!

[strangererotica]

Autistic person here 👋 Fleece bathrobes. Just…why? Putting on anything fleece while your body is even slightly wet is an absolute nightmare. But to think, someone said ‘let’s invent a long open shirt (we’ll call it a robe,’ ) made of fleece and convince people it somehow feels good to put it on their still-damp body straight out of the shower/bath.’ 🤢 The. Fabric. Will. Never. EVER. Dry. And you will take twice as long to dry wearing it. Goddamnit now I’m angry… 😂

ppl w adhd and autism reblog and add what texture is so awful it haunts your dreams its okay if its incredibly specific ill go first: scratching my nails on a car

[bipolarmango]

My doctor and therapist: now with this autism + ADHD diagnosis you need to learn to unmask because masking all the time will make you burn out again and feel like shit

Other people: well it's just interesting how after getting the diagnosis you suddenly start behaving like that I mean I'm not saying you're faking it's just funny how you suddenly cannot be normal like you were before

[carrionhearted]

Sorry for infodumping about my special interest out of nowhere, you said a keyword and it activated my unskippable dialogue