#Paige Layle

[isa-the-great-and-powerful]

I do not mean to pry into your personal life. But I am curious if you would be kind enough to explain everything you know and have been experiencing with autism. I've had the strangest feeling since encountering your Tumblr page, that I have been experiencing a mild form of autism my whole life and someone confused it with ADHD when I was a kid.

Anonymous person! Hello. That would be explaining my entire life to you. :) Instead I'd recommend Paige Layle on YouTube. She explains so well and dedicates her time to making videos on it. And for sure there are overlaps in symptoms for those things. Totally jump on the Autism train if you get diagnosed or have enough conclusive evidence suggesting it. Thanks for giving me my first ask on Tumblr also!

#autism #paige layle #adhd #askies

[sweetmusic89]

This book is very good and very relatable. I feel sad knowing there are others who went through and still go through what I do as an autistic person. But at the same time it feels nice to not be alone in feeling this way and being this way. A lot of my experiences are similar to what Paige went through too. I love that she shared her story. It helps give a better understanding of autism and shows that one who feels like this because of their autism is not alone. I am on my second read of it to digest it more. An inspiring read.

#Paige layle #autism #book #book review

[sophiecountsclouds]

April TBR!

Hello! After a very mixed reading month in March, going from spending three weeks finishing ‘A Game of Retribution’ to reading 50% of ‘A Game of Gods’ in one day, I’m going into April with a renewed sense of capability in my ability to read! I’ve stopped being stubborn about reading without the support of an audiobook and I’m ready to be more consistent and finish more books this month! This…

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#2024 #afterlight #audible #book club #book subscription #books #booktok #emily henry #holly jackson #illumicrate #new release #paige layle #reading #tbr

[waytray]

i’m 2:10 into this video and this is the first time i’ve hear about PDA, Pathological Demand Avoidance. and this makes sense for autism because it’s like, you have to soak in responsibilities into your membrane (it feels like) in order to truly be okay with it. to feel good about something is to fully connect with it on a deep level

#autism #relatable #paige layle #mental health

[shrowdly]

#rotten art #sona: maggotz #HI im watching paige layle videos and like. idk. symptoms. #i need to watch her adhd and autism differences video because ive been sort of diagnosed w adhd? #so i wanna see if my symptoms are just an adhd thing or what #idk. maybe ill talk to my parents who knows. but also testing for stuff costs a lot so maybe i wont. #IDK i just dont feel comfortable calling myself something if im not actually diagnosed. this is just a me thing btw. #self dx people are obviously cool im just an animal of insecurity. #ANYWAY sorry for talking about myself on my art blog take my silly rat fursona <3

[bemamar]

I am sorry if this ignorant but in my country there’s a common belief that autistic adult people cannot develop adult brain, many times on TV they showed us these type of autistic people who their brain stop developing but after seeing so many autistic on social media I found out that I may had misinformation ever since I was a kid.. I could not found helpful articles because of the lack of awareness here so if it’s ok to ask you why do people share this kind of info and how true it is ?? Going through social media I came with the idea that there was some misunderstanding about this.

               Hey anon, glad you seem to be seeking information. That is... yeah. Definitely a no. There are of course, many other disorders that can happen  alongside autism, just as they can happen with non-autistic people, and those can be of course a challenge, but that doesn’t mean that is the reality of every autistic person, or that those people should be infantilized either. On the contrary, really.

Just to give you my personal experience, I grew up autistic and I didn’t even know it until one year ago, so that might tell you something. I’ve graduated highschool and I have a degree in Architecture and Urbanism. Nowadays I am an English teacher, and I also work with translation, design, publication and selling of books. A lot of autistic people work in very complex industries that take care of things such as infrastructure, health (like vaccines!), technological development, and so on. Others don’t. Others teach, others are amazing artists, others live an academic life, others like working with their hands. That doesn’t mean one is more developed than the other, we’re just different people with different interests, same as anyone. 

This is a very complex subject and I can give you two wonderful channels to get you started if you really want to learn more: Chloé Hayden and Paige Layle who have tons of research on those things.

From my own dedicated research, the central (summarized!!!) points I can give you are these: there are two main reasons (and a consequence), as of my understanding, for why people believe that autistics are only children, that we “disappear” when we grow up, or as you said, that we stay stuck in a childish mental age. 

The first one is that most referenced, known, and used studies for autism are still ones that were done decades ago. Back then, professionals thought only young male (white) boys could be autistic, so all of the stablished research for autism is based on how a very specific demographic could behave, or react, or present the disorder. So if we’re talking about a whole rainbow spectrum, we’ve only ever studied one shade of one color and one length of that color, and nothing else. That’s also the only image that’s ever been projected for people on media, so whenever anyone thinks autism, they think of the caricature of the young white boy who’s nerdy and quiet and lonely and prone to outbursts if upset. 

The second problem is that a LOT of the organizations who claim to study autism to help autistic people, are run by non autistics that have no interests in helping adult autistics, or listening to us, and actually just keep looking for ways to either get rid of it (which would be like trying to get rid of my bisexuality, or the color of my skin) OR they’re trying to identify all of the genetics so they can stop us from being born at all by identifying autism in the womb (eugenics).

The consequence of those things, and of the fact that many autistics have different ways of communicating (like non-verbal autistics, who would communicate via text or other means), means that the people who are actually represented when talking about autism are the non-autistic parents of autistic children. They are the ones the studies, the organizations, the aid etc are meant to help. The parents. And parents have to parent children, not adults. So any articles, any programs to help, any government aid, it’s all aimed at the parents, as though like I said, children grew out of their autism eventually (impossible), or as though, like you said, we didn’t grow up at all. There is a major focus on autism as a burden for the poor neurotypical parents who can’t understand their child, while ignoring the autistic person themselves.

Yes, there are many of us who have more special needs than others, and those should be respected, there are as I’ve said, co-conditions that can occur, there are a lot of us, as I’ve mentioned, that have difficulty speaking up or speaking verbally at all, but not being able to communicate what is on your mind in a way that is comfortable for non-autistic people doesn’t make your mind underdeveloped. It doesn’t mean you shouldn’t be listened to when decisions are made about your own life, it doesn’t mean you can’t accomplish whatever you want to do with accommodations, and it doesn’t mean you can’t understand the world around you or have amazing talents, or just want to sit on your couch and watch tv and have a regular job. 

We’re people of all kinds because we’re people. We have different needs, and only the people who have them can tell you about that, I could never speak for them, I can only speak of my own needs. But you can research more and learn the nuances I could never put into a singular answer. That’s the gist of it. I hope you do continue to learn! And I wish luck to autistics in your country, I’m sure there are many more of them than you imagine, and there must be communities over there too, because we exist all over the world, and we definitely don’t stop existing or become neurotypicals at 18 years old.

#tag; an original answer #i hope this helps #i feel frustrated #because i know it's not as nuanced as the topic is #but i hope it's a start for you #this is a very heavy #complex #topic #filled with things like #eugenics #and ableism #and medical abuse #and even experimentation #but there is also fun things #and amazing fact #and accomplishments #like in the history of any kind of people

[livelaughwhump]

Hey! :³

I'm writing a neurodivergent character, but I'm not neurodivergent myself.

I'm doing some research, and I don't wanna reforce prejudices or be patronizing

How do I know if I am in the right way?

(you don't need to answer if you're not currently able to, btw)

Xoxo

Hmm...that's a difficult question to answer.

If this is an important character, then my advice would be to do a shit ton of research into their disorder. If it's a side character, than probably not a whole lot of research is required, but some is definitely necessary. I don't know if you know any neurodivergent people irl, but if you do, talking to them about it and asking them questions could be useful. If you don't, I recommend looking into some YouTubers that have the disorder you're writing about and talk about it openly. If you're writing about autism (which is what I have) I recommend Paige Layle and Autism from the Inside as channels to start with. Both have very informative videos with different perspectives.

I don't know exactly which disability you're writing about, but I can only speak as an autistic person. If you're character is autistic, the biggest things I would avoid including are functioning labels (i.e. high-functioning vs low-functioning) and the term Asperger's syndrome. Both are very outdated and very problematic terms, as they derive from Nazi Germany. Unfortunately, I can't speak on any other neurological disorders, sorry.

The only other advice I can think to give you is that, it is impossible to truly understand what it's like to be neurodivergent unless you are neurodivergent. So don't be afraid to get a few things wrong. Just do the best you can and apply any corrections or criticism you may receive.

Good luck and I hope this helps!🥰

#ask #neurodiversity

[defectivegembrain]

watched a paige layle video where she was talking about signs of autism in school, and she was talking about not being good at team sports for various reasons, and she was like, saying people use body language to communicate what they want you to do in a team??? and uhh that literally never crossed my mind before. maybe some people who never passed to me weren’t just bullying me. i mean people were definitely also bullying me but. uh. fuck.

#i made it to 28 without realising this #i cried a little at this #nobody ever told me how would i know

[turnleftaticela]

Had a dream I was dating paige layle

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[dangerously-human]

Hi! Would you have any suggestions on where to read up on autism/other forms of neurodivergency? I've been thinking that I might be autistic for quite some time now. So far I've read a few articles, watched videos (e.g. Paige Layle if you've heard of her), and read about the experiences of autistic people too. (I hope questions like this are okay! I just saw that you're Christian (as am I), so I felt less shy about asking and thought I'd take a shot. X))

Hi, anon! I am SO sorry it's taken me this long to answer your ask. I actually don't have great resources; I read a lot of books on autism and sensory processing disorder, which was what prompted me to ask my counselor about autism and she was like, "Oh, yeah, we been knew, did nobody tell you that?" Which... is definitely a longer story for another time. And I actually am in search of more ADHD stuff myself, since I was diagnosed much younger with that and I'm just starting to learn what it looks like in adulthood compared to how it was described to me when I was in school. I think blogs and such from a variety of autistic people can be super helpful, though there is a fair bit of misinformation out there and personal accounts, while incredibly valuable, are always going to be slanted by the bias on one's own experience, including mine. So I think it's good to mix in some more academic/medical materials, too, and get a balance of perspectives (weirdly, I found parenting resources to be some of the most informative). And of course, asking people in your life whom you trust for their insight can also help, especially if you're trying to formulate specific questions for a professional. I wish you luck, and please do feel free to drop by my inbox or messages again if you think of more questions!

#personal

[anonymouslydisabled]

does anybody have recommendations for autistic youtubers? I only subscribe to Paige Layle and watch tons of autism tiktok comps if that gives any persceptive

#actually autistic #autism #asd #autistic creator #autistic problems

[autistpride]

How many of these famous autists do you recognize? And this isn't even a complete list!

So many amazing wonderful people are autistic. I will never understand why people hate us so much.

Actors/actresses/entertainment:

Chloe Hayden

Talia Grant

Rachel Barcellona

Sir Anthony Hopkins

Dan Akroyd

David Byrne

Darryl Hannah

Courtney Love

Jerry Seinfeld

Roseanne Barr

Jennifer Cook

Chuggaaconroy

Stephanie Davis

Rick Glassman

Paula Hamilton

Dan Harmon

Paige Layle

Matthew Labyorteaux

Wentworth Miller

Desi Napoles

Freddie Odom Jr

Kim Peek

Sue Ann Pien

Henry Rodriguez

Scott Steindorff

Ian Terry

Tara Palmer -Tomkinson

Albert Rutecki

Billy West

Alexis Wineman- Miss America contestant

Athletes:

Jessica- Jane Applegate

Michael Brannigan

David Campion

Brenna Clark

Ulysse Delsaux

Tommy Dis Brisay

Jim Eisenreich

Todd Hodgetts

John Howard

Anthony Ianni

Lisa Llorens

Clay Matzo

Frankie Macdonald

Jason McElwain

Chris Morgan

Max Park

Cody Ware

Amani Williams

Samuel Von Einem

Musicians:

Susan Boyle

Elizabeth Ibby Grace

David Byrne

Johnny Dean

Tony DeBlois

Christopher Dufley

Jody Dipiazza

Pertti Kurikka

James Jagow

Ladyhawke

Kodi Lee

Left at London

Red Lewis Clark

Abz Love

Thristan Mendoza

Heidi Mortenson

Hikari Oe

Matt Savage

Graham Sierota

SpaceGhostPurp

Mark Tinley

Donald Triplett

Aleksander Vinter

Comedians:

Hannah Gatsby

Robert White

Bethany Black

Scientists/inventors/mathematians/Researchers:

Damian Milton

Bram Cohen

Michelle Dawson

Carl Sagan

Writers:

Neil Gaimen

Mel Bags

Kage Baker

Amy Swequenza

M. Remi Yergeau

Sean Barron

Lydia X Z Brown

Matt Burning

Dani Bowman

Nicole Cliffe

Laura Kate Dale

Aoife Dooley

Corrine Duyvus

Marianne Eloise

Jory Flemming

Temple Grandin

John R Hall

Naomi Higashida

Helan Hoang

Liane Holliday Willey

Luke Jackson

Rosie King

Thomas A McKean

Johnathan Mitchell

Jack Monroe

Caiseal Mor

Morenike Giwa- Onaiwu

Jasmine O'Neill

Brant Page Hanson

Dawn Prince-Hughs

Sue Robin

Stephen Shore

Andreas Souvitos

Sarah Stup

Susanna Tamaro

Chuck Tingle

Donna Williams

Leaders:

Julia Bascom

Ari Ne'eman

Sarah Marie Acevedo

Sharon Davenport

Joshua Collins

Conner Cummings

Kevin Healy

Poom Jenson

Amy Knight

Jared O'Mara

David Nelson

Shaun Neumeier

Master Sgt. Shale Norwitz

Jim Sinclair

Judy Singer

Dr. Vernon Smith

Artists:

Miina Akkijjyrkka

Danny Beath

Deborah Berger

Larry John Bissonnette

Patrick Francis

Goby

Jorge Gutierrez

Lina Long

Johnathan Lerman

Julian Martin

Haley Moss

Morgan Harper Nichols

Tim Sharp

Gilles Tehin

Willem Van Genk

Richard Wawro

Poets:

David Eastham

Christopher Knowles

David Miedzianik

Henriette Seth F

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[your-talos-is-problematic]

hi autistic video creators who move their hands when they talk the same way that i do. i love you. you slay. thank you for helping me feel okay with the way i talk. thankies

#Autism #being autistic #autistic #Autistic youtubers #Foster on the spectrum #Paige layle #mental health awareness

[mirandamckenni1]

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[theaspieworld]

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[ineedpeacenquiet]

The thing that I'm still learning to accept is that neurotypical people will never fully accept you, or at least they will if it's on their terms.

I find when I meet someone and I end up trusting them enough to tell them I'm autistic, they instantly hit me with the "Oh, that's okay! I accept you!" thing, and then BAM! The next minute, or as soon as I start exhibiting my autistic behaviours (almost as if I actually have autism), they no longer accept me or like me! One minute I'm being put on this pedestal by the neurotypical person, then the next, I'm totally thrown under the bus.

Now, the first thought I have when this happens is: "What did I do wrong?" I automatically think I've offended them or done something that they don't vibe with. The tricky part, for me at least, is understanding where I went wrong or what I did to make them hate me so much. I will always ask out of curiosity so that I can learn from my mistakes, apologise, move on, and then learn from them. I don't get shitty when someone gives me CONSTRUCTIVE criticism. But the thing is, they never tell me what I've done wrong... So, I just assume they hate me and I don't know why. First emotion: Confusion - "Why do they hate me when one minute they were taking me to MacDonald's and telling me their whole life story?". Second emotion: Sadness... I've just lost another friend (at least that's what I considered them.) The third emotion is anger. I don't need to emphasise on that.

Now, what I've seen on TikTok from a lot of autistic creators, such as Paige Layle, and Morgan Foley, just to name a few, is that they also have experienced the same thing - especially when dealing with neurotypical people (or even other neurodivergent people). Now, I'm NOT saying ALL neurotypical people are bad people. That would be complete bullshit. No, what I'm saying is that a lot of neurotypical people don't have that much understanding or education on neurodiversity (especially autism, ADHD, dyspraxia, dyslexia, etc.) And that's not because they're bad people, they're just not like us. But then the same can be said about us - we are not like them, no matter how much we mask. Therefore, when someone without autism (for example), meets an autistic person who is "high-masking", they may notice there's something "off" about the person but be unaware of what it is, so naturally, they reject it (out of fear maybe?).

That being said, that does not excuse the mistreatment of disabled people. That does not justify the "average autistic experience", whereby, one is bullied, rejected, ignored, invalidated and abused just for being autistic.