#proudly autistic

[demonanastasi]

To all my autists/audhders!!

Okay! DemonAnastasi Prideposting hours and I am finna bestow some of that good ol' Cardinal Sin of Pride upon your magnificent hearts! Be thou tempted unto the Sin of Pride; may your hearts swell to the brim to overflowing with it after reading this!

We are extraordinary because of our autism. Note the anecdote: today at work, I stepped off my usual role to play more on the flat top grill (which made my heart swell with Pride also). My usual role is ticket caller, and therein I make sure we have everything and that everything is organized -- autistic systems for success and such.

Anyhoo, eventually we got pretty busy and I could tell my coworkers were starting to have a hard time, and the line lead had me and a coworker switch places to go back to our respective usuals.

I got things back under control quickly. I in my autism. Me. I looked at my tickets, marked them up using my organization system, figured out where we were at from my other coworker, and we got shit done. It was smooth sailing.

My coworkers rely on me in my autism. They've told me of this: how they can rely on me to spot little details on tickets, how they can rely on me to tell them exactly what a set is for, how well my system works. My boss WANTS me to train new hires to run our area of the kitchen MY WAY because it just works so damn good. MY AUTISTIC WAY.

The kitchen would not be the same -- run the same -- without me and my autistic brain.

This is the autistic niche. With my brain's organization, things slot into place.

So with this, I impart to you once again: we are extraordinary. Our brains are incredible. A glass cannon is more than just glass, and we are more than just our weaknesses. We are powerful. Our brains are powerful. Strong. Resilient. Amazing. Hardy. Organized. Wonderful. Delightful. Our ways of doing things are extraordinary, useful, and valuable.

We are extraordinary.

So don't EVER believe you are worthless.

[bigbutchgothgirl]

Hey folx, hate to do this but i gotta

I have a medical appointment that, including travel, is ~140 quid coming up, and dropping that much would put me in some serious shit.

Absolutely no need to obvs, but even a lil cash tossed my way I'd be super grateful for 💖💖

https://ko-fi.com/bigbutchgothgirl

[ghostzzy]

i think there’s a really interesting conversation to be had about how autistic masking and dissociation as a coping mechanism can go hand-in-hand

[thebookofbill]

what’s your favorite muppet?

GONZO‼️‼️ I was cast as Gonzo in a second grade play, and I made his nose out of papier-mâché. He’s been my favorite ever since. I also love that he’s the weirdest one! (I’m guessing I got the role for a reason.)

Also, please look at how he dresses

[proudfreakmetarusonikku]

i am sorry to everyone who’s following me for non metal sonic related content but she’s literally my username i am more used to be called by her name than my irl name at this point you really couldn’t have expected any different

[bittsandpieces]

Gasp. A fellow autistic. Very cool 🥺

Hell yeah!!! I didn't get my formal diagnosis until like two years ago but yknow. The signs were there the whole time lol

[gayautisticjewishtexts]

[raiseyourgoblet-of-rock]

Ok so you're autistic ? I would love to know how you felt when you discovered The Wall, if it meant anything special to you with regards to your cognitive difference. Were you diagnosed at the time ?

I'm autistic too and watching/listening to The Wall (but mainly watching the movie) at age 14 was mind-shatteringly relatable and the starting point of a long process of research & instrospection that lead me to finally be diagnosed with ASD at age 23. Though of course a wall doesn't really work as a metaphor for autism (it's not meant to be), and I've found better ones since, the themes this work contains and the struggles is describes are particularly relevant to our demographic, I think. So I was wondering if The Wall had a personal autism-related meaning to you too, as I've already heard similar experiences from other PF fans.

Hey, genuinely sorry it took me so long to answer this because it’s a fantastic question. Basically, yeah the Wall had a huge impact on me in terms of my social differences. So I didn’t know I was autistic until I was 24, and for years I always wondered what the hell was wrong with me.

High school was a horrible time for me. I was having multiple panic attacks a day and going home to an abusive mother and a functioning alcoholic father. I listened to The Wall and it felt like it spoke to me in the darkness, like SOMEBODY knew what it felt like to be stuck behind a wall of your own making and of other people’s contribution. I’ve still never interacted with a piece of music that touches that kind of pain in the same way. But it goes beyond and it even makes you want to fight that pain. The Wall has been my favorite album since I was 15/16 and every year I’ve listened to it I learn something more about myself or the world around me. The music is startlingly beautiful and well done and the lyrics and other tape effects make it a piece of art that’s touched me deeper than anything else. Long answer but thank you for the interesting question! I still struggle with the whole autism thing but I feel more happy and secure in myself than I ever have, and I’ll always have the Floyd to thank for helping to keep me alive.

[melonkittii]

splatoon is the most autism4autism video game ever made

[dowhatteverer]

Okay. I'm just gonna take a short break from ever going on YouTube shorts again because I was not expecting to get hit in the face with so much abelism in their comments.

[maythray]

mm giving anomaly my slime pronouns. get slimy, idiot.

[reserwrekt]

Afab autistics be in advanced classes but keep getting kicked out of school or expelled

[dr-robert-chase-apologist]

and then masters's reaction! "and they're roommates! hahaha good one!!!" she's so happy to understand the joke she's just like me fr.

i watched this episode on my laptop and used my phone to record this scene so i can have it in case i need cheering up at some other time.

[pansyboybloom]

as a teacher, reading about nex makes me fucking furious because I've seen that hate in the students I've taught. people who say young people aren't bigoted and once the old fucks die off the world will be perfect have no idea how cruel children can be when influenced by society's bigotry. while working with 8th grade, i had multiple situations of children harassing lgbt students, screaming slurs at black students, and mocking disabled, especially autistic, students. i was misgendered and degendered by these kids daily without them even knowing i was trans or gay, just that i was a feminine man. i had to dress hyper-masculine to have a smidgen of respect, and god forbid i let my disability show.

but what sticks with me the most when thinking about nex is when i had to intervene when a child proudly announced that she would murder her baby if they were trans (specifically nonbinary) because nb people were freaks, fully aware the person sitting next to her was trans. when i tried to intervene, i was disciplined because i was 'teaching my personal politics'.

this is what our schools look like. when people say they cant believe these girls could do this, i shake my head because, to me, it's no wonder nex is no longer with us. nex was a child with intersecting minority identities. our society is cruel and bigoted, and it is influencing our children. we HAVE to fix society because until we do, kids will stay cruel and kids will keep dying

[drchucktingle]

From Chuck Tingle, author of the USA Today bestselling Camp Damascus, comes a new heart-pounding story about what it takes to succeed in a world that wants you dead. Misha is a jaded scriptwriter who has been working in Hollywood for years, and has just been nominated for his first Oscar. But when he's pressured by his producers to kill off a gay character in the upcoming season finale―"for the algorithm"―Misha discovers that it's not that simple. As he is haunted by his past, and past mistakes, Misha must risk everything to find a way to do what's right―before it's too late.

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BURY YOUR GAYS cover has been released today and theres something TRULY INCREDIBLE about it, something that bends timelines and melts away the edges of the void and brings tears to my eyes. can you see it? let me explain in a thread as you PREORDER NOW... 

for nearly ten years i have been publishing my stories despite pushback that they are too odd. us buckaroos are the outsiders, but this community has kicked open the door for art that is sincere and strange and beautifully unique. that is my trot and that is OUR trot as buds

we came out of nowhere and made CAMP DAMASCUS a usa today bestseller. every step of the way that book overperformed. buds were CONFUSED that a book from ‘silly meme erotica author’ could take flight. but us buckaroos knew it was inevitable because we know the power of love

i still recall the question ‘are you SURE you do not want a new horror pen name?’ HECK NO i am proud of the tingleverse. i am not ashamed of these queer erotic stories i drag up from bottom of my heart and spill with raw sincerity across irony poisoned timelines

i have been mocked my whole life as author that is ‘ridiculous no-content meme’ by those who have never read it. that my work is ‘not real’. i have been mocked for my autism and queerness and told THIS WOULD NEVER WORK. which brings me back to cover of my new book BURY YOUR GAYS

looks like the name chuck tingle is NOT a liability for the mainstream. all devils who doubted can gaze upon this cover and see bold CHUCK TINGLE staring back at them PROUDLY from the shelf in all its queer autistic glory... HOVERING ABOVE THE TITLE AND JUST AS BIG AND PROUD

thank you nightfire and chucks manager and chucks agent for believing in me. these buds have always had my back. thanks to BUCKAROO COMMUNITY who have always supported my way, this next step in our trot is not just about me IT IS ABOUT US. we kick open these doors together

so heres to making this world a little more unique and strange for those of us who are, ourselves, unique and strange. heres to bending timelines to us, instead of us bending to them. heres to name CHUCK TINGLE big and bold ABOVE the title on a big five traditional published book

and remember the best way to support an author, especially someone on outside pushing their way in, is to PREORDER THEIR BOOK. because of publishing business model it is SO IMPORTANT so if you would like to support chuck then PREORDER BURY YOUR GAYS NOW

[transit-fag]

We proudly service 3 demographics here at Amtrak.

Autistic White boys

Trans Girls

73 year retirees

We also service New Yorkers, but not with any kind of pride