#no masking

[zebulontheplanet]

When I talk about visible autism on my blog, I’m usually not talking about those who are clocked as quirky and weird. Although that’s completely valid, I’m not talking about them. I’m talking about those of us who are VISIBLY autistic. Those of us who are clocked as those autistics. Who are clocked immediately as having something wrong with them. Those of us who are named as slurs. Who are yelled at. Who are attacked. Who are glared at, pointed at, stared at, pitied. Those of us who are automatically assumed to be with caregivers. Those of us you see talked about in medical journals and on the news as “inspiration” when we graduate or get invited to prom.

This is us. This is who we’re marked as. This is who we are seen as. We are seen as less than, as animals, as objects, as “inspirations”. When we accomplish something it’s usually not seen as our accomplishments but as the accomplishments of our caregivers and support staff.

I get so mad when someone comes onto my blog, MY blog. Me. A visibly autistic, nonverbal person, and doesn’t even look at my tags or pinned post and says “Omg me too, I’m seen as quirky and awkward, I’m visibly autistic 🥰” and like…go you but I’m not talking about you. I’m not talking about “low masking”. Im talking about LOW masking. No masking or very very low masking. Those of us who are immediately seen as autistic.

And it’s frustrating. It’s frustrating when people come into my blog and say this because, you DON’T get it. You just don’t. You don’t get what my life is like, what my experiences are. What it’s like to be LOW masking or no masking. You don’t get that. And yet you try and squeeze yourself in. And that hurts. It hurts to have people who won’t ever understand this squeeze themselves in. Stop doing this.

[vm-sys]

shout out to autistics who can't mask. shout out to autistics who don't know how to mask. shout out to autistics who do mask and still look autistic. shout out to autistics who stim constantly. shout out to autistics who drool. shout out to autistics who move 'weird'. shout out to autistic who use aac. shout out to autistics who wear noise canceling headphones. shout out to autistics who use other aids because of their autism.

shout out to autistics who are visible autistic.

[mysillycomics]

[covid-safer-hotties]

[mountainshroom]

If she has no fans call the ambulance cause I am dead

[cafffine]

my prof just explained on the syllabus that he’s included more points in the class than we needed to pass, so we could skip up like?? 20 small assignments/quizzes/participation!! and still get a very high grade!!

the idea was that we could focus on assignments that played to our strengths - only do the participation stuff if we like to talk out loud - only do the quizzes/readings if we want to do the class remotely - only do online discussions if we like to talk and share opinions but struggle with anxiety in class ect.

and that’s cool enough but then he pulled up DnD character sheets with drawings he’d done of these hypothetical student player classes and how our various accessibility needs could be gamified to ‘max out’ different aspects of the class to get high grades and like!!!!!

hell yeah!!!! let’s treat accessibility in higher education not just as a necessity but as the fun, engaging, and creative aspect of learning that it is!!! I love this!!

EDIT: For proper credit or further questions about his system please find my professor on twitter @/kurtishanlon

[weewoow-20706030]

The batfam trauma candy salad would go absolutely insane.

Dick: Hi. I'm Dick Grayson and when I was 8 I watched my parents fall to their death in front of me, then I had to move away from everything I love and spend the rest of my life in some weird American city. And I brought the sour gummy worms.

Jason: This is so stupid- my mother used to kick me out when he drug dealer would come over so I didn't see her spending our very small amount of money on drugs.

Steph *off screen*: what did you bring?

Jason: nerds.

Cass: I was raised to be a weapon, a murderer. I brought peach rings.

Steph: I'm Steph and My dad was an alcoholic who thought he could go head to head with batman and outdo the riddler. And I brought Reese's pieces.

Tim: I'm Timothy Drake Wayne and I had left the house to try and find some guy before he killed my dad, just for him to kill my dad when I was gone. I brought sour rainbow strips.

Duke: My parents are in a mental ward, high on joker toxin. No one knows if they'll ever get better. And I got m&m's.

Damian: I am a highly trained assassin and-

Steph: cut. Cut. Damian. Civilian identities. Ok. Restart.

Damian: My mother randomly dropped me on some weird man's doorstep when I was ten. I brought rock candy.

[i-post-random-layton-screenshots]

do people even know this bunny is named CliveThird

[stephenist]

Source

CDC Wastewater Viral Activity Monitoring

BreatheTeq

[yuumei-art]

Respire

Part of my Ashes collection

[zebulontheplanet]

I think a lot of people get confused when I say I’m low masking. When I say I barley mask, I mean I barley mask. I have the privilege to mask some traits, but not nearly enough for me not to be clocked as autistic. Unmasking is a lot more than just cute and quirky hand flapping.

Here’s what I mean when I say I am not masked and I am immediately clocked as developmentally disabled.

I wear large ear defenders, I rock, I sway big, I flap my hands and shift side to side, I hum loudly or local stim, I stare, I have weird looks on my face, I use chewlery, I have an AAC device, I walk differently, I stand differently, I look different.

Stop watering down those who are low to no masking. It’s not just some quirky shit. I look unpleasant to the public. I’m called slurs. I’m stared at. I’m yelled at. I’m not allowed to go anywhere alone because it’s DANGEROUS for me because of the public. It’s hard. Stop watering it down when i say I’m low masking.

[plastiboo]

[autiebiographical]

There's a reason autistic people can experience burnout due to masking.

[lowpolyanimals]

Dog from The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask

[covid-safer-hotties]

CDC voice: "I know I said we'd do something about covid if it got very high again, but we have real tough jobs to do, like removing the recommendations that children with head lice or watery diarrhea be sent home to prevent further spread of their illness."