#autism really is genetic

[hiccupshypotheticalleftsock]

idk what this is but here take it

[muscariii]

Part 3, let's go.

(part 1 , part 2)

Ayyy sorry for the huge delay but I finally did it. Well, kind of. Because like I mentioned in that shitpost, I made 14 pages actually. But I'm splitting it because it'll be better that way. So I just gotta finish the rest and yeah. Fun :3

I may have overexaggerated Caius but this was kind of influenced by my first impression of him during my first playthrough.

Rasha isn't very happy about the situation she's currently in. She's currently kind of grumpy about everything but she's going to get more fun soon. I think!!

I'll try to get the rest of the pages done as fast as I can!! And then more and more hopefully. Hope you guys enjoy at least because I'm worried this will be boring.

[a-scary-lack-of-common-sense]

I think an undiscovered potential with Medic is him with siblings because the dynamic would be very funny

[here-there-were-dragons]

i have to wonder what super hardcore militant vegans think should be done about obligate carnivore animals, because in all my painfully-rapidly-approaching-30-years i've literally never actually seen anyone give a clear consistent much less halfway feasible answer on that

[medicate-myself-with-monster]

every time I learn new dad lore it's like. he really didn't realize he was autistic. nobody ever thought. im just him if he got into anime and was gay

[wildshadowtamer]

Hyperfixaters and Special Interesters, or just people who know shit about niche stuff, use this post to infodump about your interest! Tell me all about them!

And i mean any interest, fandoms, your blorbos, history, objects, animals, science, theories, extremely specific niche stuff you feel like only you know about, anything at all! Im a sponge of knowledge and i wanna know other neurodivergents' interests.

[usedtobethelegendcreator]

Sometimes my body really feels like a teetering stack of Jenga blocks. My blood pressure just dropped like it’s hot, there are mystery illnesses and hereditary conditions as far as the eye can see, pollen can one-punch me into tiny pieces, and my digestive system has a toxic yaoi relationship with grape juice of all things. I hit my head so much it’s a wonder I don’t have brain damage. I was once so sick that I had 3/4s of the rabies symptoms.

Ah, well. At least I haven’t broken a bone.

[factoidfactory]

Autism Acceptance Month Fact #3

Autism has been proven to be at least partly genetic in nature since a 1977 twin study.

[sudsyjellyfish]

Went down a mini research rabbit hole with my dad about the history of Eastern Catholics and how their practices differ from Roman Catholics (which I was raised as). God I love being neurodivergent together

[anteroom-of-death]

Why did no one tell me Peter Capaldis daughter is hot?

[milfronin]

I think I may be hard of hearing to a degree.

[arwinfred]

Also less diagnosis in rural areas might be because rural areas are less hostile for autistic people to live in. Like as a person with autism who has lived in both rural and urban areas the rural areas are much easier for me to function in. There is no constant noise, and the noises that are out here are less harsh in a way to me. Cows mooing is a lot different than car horns honking. I have more time to process sensory information where I live now because it’s not constantly changing compared to when I lived in a small city, so I can cope a lot better. So I present as less autistic now than when I was living in the city because my environment is less hostile towards my needs.

everyone say thanks to the four bears that gave you autism today

[bottomoftheriverbed]

They're are eight of us grandchildren on my mum's side and four of us are broadly speaking doing ok and four of us are very much not and it's almost in age order but I have a doing ok cousin who's younger than me which just messes it up.

[jitteryjive]

also i didnt put this in the tags because it would probably get long but the brontosaurus reblog is ABSOLUTELY rosa (the maragcroixcumb child). i haven’t posted of it but she’s autistic non-verbal and can’t speak complex sentences/more mouthy words but is huge on entomology so she brawls with her surname and then proceeds to recite the binomial name for a butterfly she caught

[whispertells]

i got an answer from my biological half aunt on my mom’s maternal side! bio grandma is still alive and my half aunt said no one in the family knew about my mom and that she’s in a bit of shock about it…

also we have a family history of heart murmurs, breast cancer, protein s deficiency, ehlers danlos syndrome and something really fucked up called malignant hyperthermia which is possibly fatal if you receive the wrong kind of anesthesia and it can happen AFTER safely receiving it the first time

[five-thousand-loaves-of-bread]

own 2 cents about cure autism

autism cure research, generally not coming from point of, those with it wanting to improve life this way. but more so—people around them believe it what they want it what they need it improve life, and, uncured autism seen as … difficult for people around them, expensive for government to provide services, take up resources in medical places, etc.

majority autistic people *in actually autistic community, who understand this topic, & can talk about their opinion* don’t want whole cure

there not-small-group of autistic people who cannot reliably tell you what they think about this, or in way that easily understood (can’t communicate, can’t understand, etc). they need be remembered in this conversation (& arguably centered… bc they gonna be more affected. see below)

having said that. there exist autistic people of all types who would want cure for own autism. out of those have seen myself, majority of them [high support needs / nonverbal or level 2/3 or diagnosed severe or significant symptoms of some sort] whose life extremely different from peers because of it (& like majority of their problem not caused by “society” & won’t disappear if society & capitalism not exist anymore). it how they feel about their own autism, n feel counterproductive in “educating” them about their own (clearly personal and upset) feeling about what they want do with own disorder, especially since they not funding cure research or whatever. but—

autism, developmental disability that start in childhood, famous for be the “be treated as can understand and make own decisions” and “have autonomy respected” and “not ever forced coerced do anything” and “not force abusive therapy to make them appear ‘normal’ ” disorder. (sarcasm) — don’t really believe we as society are at place where we would actually respect “only for people who want it. won’t force it on people who not want it”.

aka. if cure is post-natal, AKA happen after birth… they will directly or indirectly force cure on autistic people

force post-natal autism cure will disproportionately impact those who… higher support needs, diagnosed level 2/3, diagnosed moderate severe, diagnosed low functioning, diagnosed comorbid intellectual disability or global developmental delay, diagnosed comorbid genetic developmental disability, nonverbal… diagnosed children, in conservatorship, ward of state, in prison, generally not fully legally allowed have final say in decision making… visibly autistic, have/said to have severe behavioral issues, BIPOC especially Black people… (incomplete list)

which. not to say autistic people who not any of these won’t be affected at all. because will. but as a whole, people on that list as a collective group, will be more impacted, more coerced, more forced, even won’t be given choice, to take cure (maybe won’t even be told was given cure), over people not on that list as a whole.

am going emphasize that autism is developmental disorder that start in childhood & children get diagnosed with it & children legally not final say in make decision & children very easily talked into agreeing without full informed decision & those diagnosed as children more likely be [higher support needs / nonverbal / more significant symptoms] (EDIT: at time of diagnosis) because those most noticeable earliest + global developmental delay then catch up later on happens (to vastly simply it to a fault, quoting someone, “no shit they high support needs, they children.”)

can also see welfare slowly not covering uncured autistic people, insurance decrease / deny / make harder coverage for autism related services other than cure, schools & esp special education less support for autism, etc. general official resources for autism decreasing (which. not much to begin with even pre-cure), which again impact all autistic people but especially list above… oh and poor people. can also see stuck in limbo of “will not get support & welfare if uncured autistic, but no money to cure” because this shit will be expensive

when this much at stake (aka if there no resource for keep be autistic, n resources locked away only able get after cure), when big percentage of autistic people cannot reliably show informed consent in some way (cannot reliably communicate, cannot reliably show they understand, or literally not allowed have decision capacity legally, etc)… if an autistic person say yes they agree. actual willing yes? not coerced? not misled? not forced into it?

autism & autistic people (& by extension, care people they depend on) don’t have enough support to begin with. in this current reality without cure lol. can we focus on that too pour as much money in that too — let’s not talk autism’s inherent quality of life until you give all autistic people as much care as they need & for it be freely n easily available

don’t really think current science have enough tech & resource cure autism like this. autism is complex disorder with complex sources & hard to say if current what called “autism” based on behaviors & internal reported symptom not actually group of different disorders.

if cure pre-natal (e.g genetic identification & abortion. anti choice unkindly DNI) - see: down syndrome

however: finding genetic cause =/= cure. find genetic cause can easily lead to find cure research. but should be clear that they not equal to eachother, not automatic mean eachother.

um. missing many things probably

TL;DR. don’t think right now society at place where… have widespread enough, nuanced enough, critical enough, & enough awareness/acceptance/understanding of ALL autism (and disability as a whole).

enough support for autistic people for autism-related needs & general needs (financial, food, etc).

world where autistic people who can make own decisions about self actual able make own decision about self, & world where autistic people who genuinely can’t (for now or ever) actually protected from harm

and honestly don’t think we have enough scientific and medical advancement/knowledge/ability

etc

to actually make sure this won’t go haywire

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idk if anyone can follow this

autism issue is disability justice is cross-movement justice. autism issue depends on liberation of so many groups of people (like welfare reform, prison reform) 👍

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