#asd tag

[lesbeet]

idk if anyone else does this but i love this thing i do that i'm now calling "autistic food math" where i take the childhood trick of eating the vegetables first to get them out of the way to its logical extreme, wherein i calculate the exact order to eat what's on my plate in order to return maximum sensory enjoyment and minimize sensory overload

example: i ordered sushi, which is one of my favorite foods, and i love opening the container and counting up how many i have of each roll so i can make a plan for the order i'll use to alternate them, and i need to take into account what's in each roll and what it's topped with to make sure i don't have too many similar flavors next to each other, or if one is spicier than others it can't go last or the spice will linger too long and it'll hurt, and usually i'll do it in order from least favorite to most favorite (even though i love all of them or i wouldn't have ordered them lmao) so my last bite is always the best one

this power can also be used for evil when i'm in a pattern of disordered eating, but at its best it's like beta testing the meal before i actually eat it sbsjskakssk

#asd tag #food cw #disordered eating mention #talia #tagging you in this instead of texting it to you bc you're working on your essay ily ♥️ #this is also a perfect example of a symptom that overlaps in multiple types of neurodivergence #the behavior alone might resemble the behavior of someone with ocd but it's not a compulsion for me #i do it because it enhances my enjoyment of the food while attempting to mitigate potential sensory issues #but if im not paying attention or i'm w ppl or i'm trying to eat quickly before leaving or something it sometimes doesn't even occur to me

[cottonspotten]

anyway shoutout to autistics whos feelings arent taken seriously and who cant “act autistic” without worrying theyre childish and who are just blatantly infantilised by the people around them. it really is so frustrating and exhausting. always remember that when all else fails it is morally acceptable to just start biting people

#chomp chomp babey #cottons thoughts #asd tag #actually autistic #<- ive never used this tag in my life . hi guys

[roublardise]

no but on the other hand allistics getting mad at other autistics for finding some pride in it, and invoquing their autistic relatives whose life is so so sad and pathetic is a big no lmao.

i'm mad at allistics and the raising culture of minimizing and banalizing autism as some quirky traits everyone somehow has, NOT at other autistics coping mechanisms and/or activism.

#asd tag #the notes of my last rb are wild...... #like. don't speak for us lol #.txt

[april-showers-bring-gay-flowers]

Me: I'm gonna grow my hair out, as long as it can be!

My sensory issues as soon as a hair touches my skin: the fuck you are, bitch

#autism tho #asd #asd tag #actually autistic #autistic spectrum #autistic #touch of the tism #the tism strikes again

[theharlotofferelden]

Did I mention that a month or two ago someone on IG said I was faking being autistic? If not, yeah that happened. When I asked them why they thought that they didn't explain; just kept trying to troll me.

But the whole "ur faking" is so weird because if you're a girl or femme presenting you're "doing it for attention" and to seem "quirky/unique" but I literally have never seen that really be a thing in online spaces. Except maybe in cases where it's a person with a sizable following, which I don't have anywhere in any capacity lol.

I do remember reading a thread about SimplyKenna (now cozykitsune) because there were a lot of autistics in the thread relating their own experiences with being autistic to her getting diagnosed as autistic. Some kinda bought it, but others were arguing over whether her diagnosis was official or if she was presenting her autism in a way that felt resonant with them (with a group of ppl expressing skepticism and just plain thought she was lying).

But I think with her there was also the extra layer of misogyny with assuming that most of her audience is male and how her "simps" (some who might be autistic?) loving the fact that she was talking about being autistic because it's not a mainstream topic or whatever. So part of the assumption she was faking was to pander to that part of her demographic.

*shrug*

#personal: ramble #asd tag #i've seen this brought up every now and then #from autistic content creators on ig and tiktok #that they receive these comments and #it's just this weird form of ableism where #pretending you have autism is trendy #or that a person would pretend for quirky brownie points #which literally doesn't make any sense because whenever i've mentioned to allistics #that they might be autistic #some have expressed outright offense at the notion #so if it's trendy and something desireable to be considered #why do so many people get offended at the idea of being autistic #also who actually thinks it's cool to be autistic lol where does this idea come from #like being autistic is apart of who i am and i love that about myself but i wouldn't say it's *cool*

[the-firefly-system1]

Also this autism acceptance and awareness month please stop using the term going Nonverbal or going nonspeaking when you are having a temporary loss of speech. Use a term like verbal shutdown or speech loss episode instead. As a Nonverbal autistic I am tired of speaking people using the term Nonverbal or nonspeaking to describe their verbal shutdowns

#autism #autistic #actually autistic #autism awareness #autism acceptance month #autism acceptance #asd #actually nonverbal #nonverbal #going nonverbal #tagging that tag for reach of those who use that tag #high support needs #visibly autistic

[bbctea]

why is autism and why must i have it?

#i am proud to be me and yet #autism tag #asd tag #moping

[emeritiii]

You know when you're overstimulated enough that you rocket out the other side and become slightly feral

I'm home sick and they're doing construction on the roof and I'm gonna tunnel into the core of the Earth with a plastic shovel

#this is a dramatization i'm okay #the poor kittens are going Father The Reckoning Is Upon Us tho #asd tag

[prettyonthe1nside]

therapy isn't enough i need to have a tea party with my 7 year old self and tell her she didn't deserve anything that happened to her

#trauma #vent tag #vent txt #asd #autism

[oneradmonster]

Starting Nov 10th Walmart will be bringing back Sensory Friendly Hours everyday from 8 a.m. to 10 a.m.

This will include:

No walmart radio

Dimmed lights where possible (sky lights may prevent some stores from appearing dim)

TVs turned to a static low sensory channel

Please 🔄 this post so people with sensory processing issues can be aware of it! Thank you! ❤️

#adhd #autism #sensory processing issues #asd #autism spectrum disorder #apologies i dont know what to tag this 😬

[lesbeet]

unstoppable force (adhd) vs immovable object (autism)

#mine #my art #collaging #asd tag #adhd tag #the v and s are actually lined up it just looks wonky bc it's in a notebook and the left side is really thick lol #i saw the 'unstoppable force' headline in a mag and it reminded me of that adhd vs asd post so :) #and bc it was written in a nice uniform font i decided to do the 'immovable object' in different letterings for a Thematic Parallel™ #rip my sister thought this was left brain-right brain themed with the sides accidentally switched #but i didn't wanna just put AUTISM ♥️ nfsjakala

[cottonspotten]

my life would become one trillion per cent easier if my tone never got misinterpreted again for the rest of my life

#cottons thoughts #please please pl #asd tag

[roublardise]

25yo who still can't differentiate letters and numbers orally has to take emails through a phone. 3 injured 14 undelivered c'est pas facile tous les jours

#.txt #girlbossing #sorry for being mentally challenge 😔😔😔😔 #my brain truly be like G V B T P D these are the same music 👍 #asd tag #J ALSO #really been mixing up g and j since kindergarten SORRY HPI and yet so silly 😔

[hpdgirlfriend]

im more autistic than i thought perhaps.

#asd tag #hm.

[theharlotofferelden]

It’s so god damn awkward being around 2 people who appear to have a number of traits of adhd and autism because I sometimes forget that they don’t realize their autistic and they’ll say some shit like “Yeah normal ppl stopped playing this game months ago” and me, being the dumb bitch that I am, will go, “it’s because of the ‘tism lol” and they’ll get quiet because they don’t know if I’m saying it at a pejorative against autistic ppl and I’ll have to specify that I’m autistic and one of them will go “Good for you :)” in the most sincere tone imaginable and I’m over here like

#asd tag

[frail-and-freakish]

today, april 11th, is the anniversary of Mel Baggs' death. Mel Baggs was one of the early founders of the neurodiversity movement and believed that no one was too disabled for human rights, something that modern nd movements fail to understand to this day. sie was so instrumental to my understanding of literally everything. sie died from medical ableism and neglect during the beginning of the pandemic. we would be nowhere fucking near where we are now without hir. i've decided to make a masterlist of some of my favorite posts of hirs, organized into different categories.

(some of these are listed in more than one category because they overlap so much)

here are some of the "essentials" (what you might have already read by hir/should read first):

hir memorial site hosted by ASAN:

In My Language

the oak manifesto

There is ableism at the heart of your oppression, no matter what your oppression might be

Getting The Truth Out (many pages, parody of bad autism awareness campaign called "getting the word out")

the meaning of self-advocacy

what makes institutions bad

aspie supremacy can kill

here are some of hir beautiful writings on perceiving/communicating with hir environment as an autistic person, and on communication in general:

up in the clouds and down in the valley: my richness and yours

distance underthought

the naked mechanisms of echolalia

empty mirrors and redwoods

the fireworks are interesting

hir tumblr tag #sensing (@withasmoothroundstone)

on personhood and who has the authority to take it away:

being an unperson

what it means to be real

empty mirrors and redwoods

on institutions and the I/DD service system:

caregiver abuse takes many forms

"i don't know that person's program"

what my home means to me

dd service system tag

god help the critic of the dawn: glamour and its fallout

what makes institutions bad

post on the JRC

outposts in our heads

on online social justice communities/their inaccessibility:

Your politics have a problem when they contradict the real-life experiences of the people they're supposed to be about.

politics, ethics and mental widgets

hir tumblr tags #outside the wall and #little packages (@withasmoothroundstone)

misc:

The Bones My Family Gave Me

Please violate only one stereotype at a time

My sort of people, just as real as theirs.

Reviving the concept of cousins

gender tag

this is hir poems and creative works:

this is hir writing on autistics.org:

may hir memory be a blessing/revolution.

#mel baggs #z”l #autism #actually autistic #autism acceptance month #autism awareness #disability #disability rights #disability justice #mushroom.txt #actuallydd #autism acceptance #actuallyautistic #tagging this in All The Tags so people see it #autism awareness month #autistic #autistic spectrum #autistic things #asd #neurodivergent #neurodiversity #i/dd