#fake object harm

[soft-stims]

Sand.tagious on ig

#stim #my gifs #among us #sand #knives #fake object harm #this is so so funny to me im sorry #red #green

[heartnosekid]

jiggly cat pudding | source

#stim #pudding #desserts #food #sfw #pink #black #white #korean food #cat pudding #inanimate object harm #fake animals #utensils #jiggly #wiggly #woobly #shaking #hands free #shiny #ishy gifs #postish

[la-la-lavandee]

morethingsnim

[Image ID: two gifs of a nano tape squishy. It resembles a plastic bag full of water. In the squishy is a fake goldfish made out of orange clay. End ID.]

#stim #sensory #satisfying #fake animals #inanimate object harm #blue #orange #white #squishy #stim toy #upload #image described #q

[talos-stims]

some fidgets | source

#talos gifs #stim gifs #stim #stim toys #fidget toys #irl hands #hand stim #body stim #toys #plastic #fake bugs #spiders #grubs #lizard #blue #teal #yellow #green #texture stim #inanimate object harm #? #gif ids #id in alt

[old-web-stims]

Original video by milliespottery gifs by shininglight

#stim #sensory #satisfying #old gifs #fake animals #ceramics #mug #drinks #pouring #inanimate object harm #black #white #brown #upload #q

[nanmo-wakaran]

ʕ •ᴥ•ʔ

#stim #food #pancakes #bear #fake animals #fluffy #brown #inanimate object harm #sharps #fast gif #motion sickness #🌒 gifs

[queerforscience]

Summary: Unmasking Autism by Devon Price has a lot of good insights, but in my opinion could use more nuance about the harms experienced by early diagnosed autistics and autistics who can't mask.

I've been listening to the audiobook of Unmasking Autism by Devon Price. There's a lot of really good information in it and a lot that's really relatable as a late diagnosed, trans, fairly high masking autistic and I have a few criticisms of it:

It seems that Dr. Price falls into the common "grass is greener" pitfall. The book is focused on the harms of masking and the way that oppression forces many marginalized people to mask. It also discusses the way that this causes many marginalized people to not be recognized as autistic, which robs us of a valuable tool for understanding ourselves and our struggles. I felt that the way these very really harms were discussed sometimes minimized the also very real harms that come with being diagnosed as autistic as a child, especially for marginalized people. These discussions also didn't acknowledge the fact that some autistics cannot mask and experience specific harms because of that.

Similarly, I felt there were some missed chances to emphasize the internalized ableism component of the urge to distance ourselves from the label autism. This was framed in a discussion about how certain stereotypes about autism can make it more difficult to recognize and identify with autism within ourselves, but many of those stereotypes, like "the nonverbal toddler in bulky noise cancelling headphones at the grocery store, do represent some very real autistics who are also valuable human beings. This was addressed some later in the book than when this criticism first arose for me, but I think it's something that should have been more emphasized throughout. Similarly, there could have been more emphasis that people who do fit certain other labels also deserve to be treated better when when discussing the stigma that comes with some misdiagnoses autistic people commonly receive, such as personality disorders.

At least as far as I've gotten, there's a fair amount of discussion of eating disorders among autistic people, but this discussion has been strictly about restrictive eating disorders and primarily anorexia. It's fine to focus on that, but if you claim to be discussing eating disorders generally you also need to talk about bingeing. ARFID should also be included, especially if you're talking about autistics!

There's a lot of discussion about maladaptive drug use and substance use disorders among autistic people, but so far I feel there's been a lack of recognition that drug use can be adaptive as well.

So far, I think I would overall recommend the book. However, I do also worry about what people reading it without also having heard the perspectives of high support needs and/or low masking autistics may take away from it. Similarly, I also think people reading it should be sure to seek out the perspectives of people who do identify with BPD, NPD, schizophrenia, and other highly stigmatized disorders that autistic people are sometimes labelled with.

#unmasking autism #actually autistic #autistic masking #masking #eating disorders #ed cw #drugs cw #harm reduction #also kinda hard to figure out how best to talk about “misdiagnosis” as a psych critical person lol #almost the entire DSM is based on describing clusters of symptoms that *tend to* occur together #not some objective truth #AND sometimes people get labeled with something that really doesn't fit their cluster of symptoms #and then that label gets used to assume what their struggles really are and how they should be treated #also also I'm very the DSM is fake but also neurodevelopmental disorders sometimes feel #like more consistent clusters than mental illnesses #with the recognition that that distinction is ALSO a construct #now I am rambling about psychiatry criticism in the tags #anyways unmasking autism is interesting but also plz listen to HSN/low masking autistics

[boba-foxy]

Jelly belly pet rat gummi candy stim

Sauce 👇

#Youtube #stim #cute #meme stim #cursed stim #jelly belly pet rat gummi candy #fake animal #candy #fake animals #tw:hands #tw: hands #rat #mouse #red #green #inanimate object harm #my gif #my gifs

[stimboardboy]

more stuff from the store

#my posts #stim #stimmy #sensory #stim toys #squishy #fake fruit #squishing #inanimate object harm #fake food #soft #texture #yellow #black #pink

[sunshine-of-my-shoulder]

Mikoto having DID deniers gain reading comprehension challenge

#milgram #kayano mikoto #yeah he's not objectively great representation #but going your way to try to prove he doesnt have DID is doing more harm #and him faking a disorder just makes him unlikeable and just contradicts milgram #since the characters are supposed to be likeable enough to make deciding their verdicts a challenge #it's just that side of youtube and tumblr that makes me want to rip out my hair

[stim-robot]

🍄 🐸

#stim #my gifs #stim gifs #frog stim #mushroom stim #weirdcore #weirdcore stim #inanimate object harm tw #fake animal death #animation #green stim #red stim #stimblr #visual stim #hands tw

[heartnosekid]

source

#stim #drinks #ice cream #cats #sfw #white #blue #green #red #fake animals #food #desserts #flowers #utensils #inanimate object harm #kitties #hands #ishy gifs #postish

[la-la-lavandee]

minii.moonandsun

[Image ID: two gifs of a person showing their handmade fake candy shaker charms. Inside the bags are fake white and pink cats. There's pink glitter inside the bags. They've added a sparkling filter to the video. End ID.]

#stim #sensory #satisfying #shaker #fake animals #inanimate object harm #pink #white #upload #q #image described

[longfurbystims]

Ximena the mango🥭

Please credit if you use

#plush stim #yellow stim #my gifs #red stim #fake food #hands cw #inanimate object harm #squishmallow #soft stim #plush

[old-web-stims]

Original video by cozynamie gifs by shininglight

[Image ID: two gifs of a person unpacking a Squishmallows cow squishy. The second gif shows them squeezing and squishing it. End ID.]

#stim #sensory #satisfying #old gifs #squishy #stim toy #squishmallow #inanimate object harm #fake animals #multicoloured #upload #q #image described

[nanmo-wakaran]

duck cut up cake (source)

#stim #food #dessert #cut up cake #ducks #fake animals #yellow #pastel #brown #cat #candles #fire #inanimate object harm #just to be safe.. not sure how to tag eating an animal shaped cake #🌒 gifs