YOU DON’T SUPPORT AUTISTICS IF YOU DON’T SUPPORT PEOPLE WHO HAVE VIOLENT MELTDOWNS.

just saw a post by a notorious low support needs autistic on insta that said “autism doesn’t make people violent!” (referring to a problematic show) and a bunch of level 1s agreeing with her. and let me just say -

YOU DON’T SUPPORT AUTISTICS IF YOU DON’T SUPPORT PEOPLE WHO HAVE VIOLENT MELTDOWNS.

i frequently have meltdowns where i will scream, hit, and throw fucking chairs at people i love because of sensory overload. it’s absolutely not okay and not an excuse for my behavior, however, while being autistic doesn’t make you inherently violent, autism can cause someone to exhibit violent behavior to themselves/others during meltdowns.

we are constantly forgetting those with higher support needs in this community and it really needs to fucking stop. you can’t just say a blanket statement like “autism doesn’t make you do (blank) because i don’t do it/it’s a problematic behavior/it’s a stereotype.” you don’t support autistics if you don’t recognize that some of us get violent meltdowns, period.

Free illustrations/icons for websites etc

I've talked before about places like pixabay etc for free picture resources but today I have a bunch of websites where you can grab open source illustrations and svg images. Great for budding web designers or hobbyists on a budget.

Undraw - completely free open source high quality illustrations for you to use.

Atlas Icons - Open source library of free icons.

SVG Repo - Half a million open license SVG vector and icons.

Storyset - Free illustrations related to business / corporate environs

Humaaans - Mix and match illustrations of people

DrawKit - Free illustrations and icons.

LottieFiles - Lightweight animations for websites and social media.

illustrations - Open source illustration kit.

Free svg illustrations - take a guess lol

UXcelona - Free SVG illustrations.

Open Doodles - Open source collections of free illustrations.

If you'd like more free useful resources, check out this list.

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themarissacooper

8 years ago

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a few things i learned after being single for almost a year (squatdatazz.tumblr.com)

Needed this right now

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themarissacooper

3 years ago