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itspakko · 2 days

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#autism #actually autistic #autistic things #autistic adult #autistic artist #autistic community #autism acceptance #autism acceptance month #autistic pride #we deserve better #we deserve accommodations #we deserve to be heard #we deserve to be safe #feel free to repost #neurodivergent #neurodiversity #actually neurodiverse

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lightning-system · 3 months

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As a medium/lower support needs autistic who works with young higher support needs autistic:

We all matter. We all have the same diagnosis. We all deserve to be treated with dignity and respect.

But we are not the same.

I can mask and might be seen as 'odd' or 'weird' in public. The students I work with are seen as 'dangerous' and 'practically little kids'.

I can go to university and work with accommodations. The students I work with likely will never live independently and a few might find jobs that support them but still pay them less than an abled worker.

I have full control of my finances. The students I work with aren't allowed to make independent financial decisions, even if capable.

If I say 'no,' I'm making a choice. The students I work with can't say 'no' without being labeled as defiant and difficult.

I can feed myself, bathe myself, and take care of myself with extreme challenges. The students I work with are unable to take care of themselves without high levels of support/one on one support.

I had an IEP in high school but was mainstreamed in classes. The students I work with take separate classes and some rarely get to interact with their abled peers.

Our experiences are fundamentally different. Higher support needs autistics will experience a specific type of ableism I never will, and can never fully understand.

Lower support needs autistics need to stop saying we understand what higher support needs autistics are going through and then present autism as only being disabling because of society/lack of acceptance because that is dangerous. We need to stop saying every autistic person is capable of everything if given the right support because that leaves out huge parts of our community who will never be able to do certain things, regardless of support.

We are worthy of existence regardless of our abilities.

Autism is a spectrum. It is not the same for every autistic person. Autism acceptance and advocacy has to come with accepting, acknowledging, and listening to our higher support needs peers.

#disabled #disability #actually autistic #autism #low support needs #medium support needs #high support needs #autistic pride #advocacy #acceptance #lightning rambles #important

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xxbl00dsh3dbunnyxx · 1 year

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Yippeee

#autistic community #tbh creature #autism creature #autism #autistic pride #autistic spectrum #autistickids

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rainbowchihuahuabunny · 6 months

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Every day I am brutally reminded in one way or another that this society isn't built with disabled people in mind

#actuallyautistic #actuallybipolar #chronic illness #chronic pain #chronic fatigue #chronically ill #ehlers danlos syndrome #pots #potsie #spoonie #fibromyalgia #spoonie pain #actuallydisabled #autism #autistic pride #autistic #autistic adult

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prismolovessideblogs · 10 months

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you can headcanon any character as autistic bc what if theyre just really good at masking

#autistic headcanon #hc #headcanon #autistic adult #being autistic #autistic characters #autistic community #neurodivergent #neurodiversity #neurodivergence #autistic things #autistic pride #actually autistic #autism memes #autism #shitposting #tv series #character headcanons

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unoriginalautistic · 2 years

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i think we should reclaim the phrase “autism won today” from those weird moms and instead use it whenever we decide to buy that fidget toy we’ve been wanting or engage in our special interest(s) a little too much™️ or literally anything else positive about the autistic experience

#autistic pride #autism #autistic #actually autistic #actuallyautistic #actually autism #autistic girl #autistic life #autistic women #being autistic #actually neurodivergent #autistic culture #autistic community

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finnslay · 9 months

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My entire childhood: Don't use that tone with me!/Don't talk to me like that!/Why do you have such an attitude?

Me, who didn't know about autism: What?

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autispec-hours · 1 year

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anyone know why autistic people often have such a hard time with phone calls

i just had a phone call and i am genuinely nauseous afterward

i hate making phone calls so much and i know that’s an autism thing but i don’t really know why

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queerism1969 · 1 year

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grlfreak · 10 months

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in another life, i find out i am autistic at 12 instead of at 29. i am still bullied, but my parents put me in another school. i get the support i need. i find friends who love me for who i am. my mom and dad don’t yell. instead, they comfort me during my meltdowns. they support me. i grow up knowing who i am, what i am, and i learn how my body works instead of wondering why i can’t speak the language of everyone else around me despite having english as my native language.