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Reminder: not accepted at home?
I'll be your wacky autistic aunt who accepts you and takes you shopping. And we're also stopping for overpriced ice cream and pancakes so you can tell me everything.
You have my sword my friend. (It's here somewhere I am sure.)
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happy autism acceptance month
“Autism doesn’t cause low empathy! In fact we’re all just hyperempathetic we’re not bad peo-“
SHUT UP. SHUT UP. SHUT UP.
There’s a few things going on with this statement.
1. Assuming that low empathy makes someone a bad person. It does not. Actions are what matter, not empathy levels.
2. Demonizing autistic people whose low/no empathy they attribute to their autism. Autism fundamentally impacts the way you interact with the world, others, and yourself. That includes empathy.
Anyway I love you people with low/no empathy this is a safe space for you <3
Signed,
A very pissed off autistic person with fluctuating empathy levels
Overload...
One of the best things about college to me is just showing up early to get a good seat away from people and pick where I sit. I love being able to sit away from the flickering bright white lights that loom over the students, yet being able to sit away from windows and distractions that might interfere with my studies. With all these great things soon comes misery though...the seat I pick always ends up having someone trying to sit near me so I have to set my backpack on the chair next to me and sit in the corner if possible. I fear people might think I'm rude, but the noises of others clicking away on computers, talking to their neighbors, smells, and any small noises or motions they make just tend to bother my sensory issues. I have severe sensory issues due to my autism and sensory processing disorder so I go into a meltdown almost every time I show up to class. I love school and learning as it's my special interest and always has been. The ability for me to expand my knowledge in any way possible makes me happy and want to flap my hands around. I just wish people were more considerate and I didn't have to wear headphones just to exist in normal environments. School is great, yet extremely hard and I always miss classes sometimes. I tried online school, but it's hard for me to focus and stay attentive in class. I'd rather sleep through it instead which is a huge issue. I don't know, I just feel as if I need to let out some of my issues and get them off my chest in order to sit through this next class. Sorry if I come off as rude, I don't mean to. I just am struggling so much lately to just exist. I want to curl up in a ball and hide away from society until people acknowledge that those with disabilities can and will be in professional settings too so we need to make things to accommodate them.
I used to like Harry Potter but after the many controversies with the series and Hogwarts Legacy, I'm not supporting it anymore.
Screw this, Im making my OWN magic school taking place in a dark fantasy world with my OWN queer OC's and nobody can stop me from doing so.
Autism
ADHD
Anxiety
Artistic
These attributes are basically the Four Horsemen of my strange mind.
As a person who has ADHD, I can confirm that whenever I zone out, I noclip into the Backrooms and it takes like a couple muinites for me to get out.
Man don't you hate it when that happens?
does anyone ever have like a thousand scenarios about a fictional character go through your head everyday? Or when you daydream about that character during a song? Or when you draw that fictional character constantly? Yeah that's me 100%
Introduction
My name is BlueSeraphim. I'm a person who loves to play video games and obsess over many things. While looking at my blog, you will see many things like drawings, writing prompts, headcanons, and theories about many of my favorite franchises. Now that that's out of the way, let's move on to some things you need to know about me and what to expect from my blog!
Things to know about me!
-I have Autism, ADHD, and Anxiety
-Agender Demigirl (She/Her pronouns only)
-Im a Pagan! (worships Greek/Eygptian gods with a sprinkle of Christian beliefs)
-Sefikura is my #1 OTP ☁️☄️
-I tend to have a very creative mind, and I love to write fanfiction and share my own theories. I also infodump about my OC'S and my fanmade universes that I made for them.
-I do draw, but I'm not very great at it. I try my best though at least :)
My Fandoms
-Super Mario Bros
-Sonic The Hedgehog
-FF7
*(Slowly getting into Yugioh)*
-SCP Foundation
-Overwatch
-Wuthering Waves
My Socials
Twitter/X:
Blog rules
⚠️ I do not want any suggestive accounts interacting with my blog. No liking, commenting, or even following my blog. I prefer to keep my blog safe for work.
⚠️ Asks are open, feel free to ask me anything! Nothing nsfw or anything hateful though or you will get blocked
⚠️Most of my posts are tagged under "autistic rambling" if you don't want my constant talking about anything then feel free to filter out the tag
⚠️DNI list:NSFW/suggestive accounts, trolls, spam bots, nazis, AI artists, pedos, extremists, political accounts
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That is all you need to know about me for now, but I really hope you enjoy your stay!
Him being autistic-coded is so special to me 🥹
Okay so we're all in agreement that Shadow is autistic right
Autism Acceptance month :D
sorry about how MESSY it is i did it on my computer, not phone, also credits to nuggts ( @_f.ck.0ff_ on tiktok) as i used their picrew in this
{transcript: Atlas , 14 he/it. Best stim is meowing. favorite autistic characters are Mable Pines from gravity falls and Twyla Boogeyman from monster high. Biggest challenge is being semi-verbal. Biggest talent is that I can identify cat breeds. special interest facts, 1 cats follow humans when they see them as their mom. 2 cats purr on you to heal you, and their purr can heal themself too! what I want allistics to know it i just need support, i am who i am}
I think I should make an introduction post
Name: Quinn
Pronouns: she/they
American
Birthdate: 02/19
(Self diagnosed based on family history, because my parents are right wing 🙄) schizophrenia, autism, adhd, depression, severe paranoia
I suffer from intense paranoia causing me to be unable to interact with people, I hallucinate frequently, I suffer from severe back and leg pain so I use a homemade cane to ease the pain (made from a tree in my backyard with no major tools just a knife a saw and sandpaper) I’m autistic and have adhd
Feeling confident 😌 ✨️
it bothers me so much when "mental health advocates" are only supportive of the "acceptable" symptoms and disorders...
people who "advocate" for depression but call others disgusting for having trouble showering, or people who "advocate" for trauma survivors but say you shouldnt express your trauma in art or talk about it because its "triggering"...
people who "advocate" for BPD but demonize NPD and ASPD as if they arent in the same cluster...
people "support mental health" until it isnt relatable. people "support mental health" until it cant be romanticized. people "support mental health" until symptoms disrupt life. people "support mental health" until symptoms are noticeable and not easily hidden.
you are not an advocate if you do not advocate for us all. you cannot be a mental health advocate while also talking badly about people with personality disorders, including ASPD and NPD. you cannot be a mental health advocate if you make fun of autistic people who are visibly autistic. you cannot be a mental health advocate if you call the police on someone with psychosis for talking to themselves in public.
if your entire "advocacy" revolves around demonizing more "severe" symptoms or disorders, and romanticizing the "good" and "relatable" symptoms or disorders, you are not an ally. you are feeding into stereotypes.
i have ASPD and NPD. the amount of hate i see in "advocate" spaces is honestly shocking. if your entire advocacy revolves around "helping depressed autistics escape evil narcissists!!!!", you are not an advocate, you are ableist.
people with stigmatized disorders or symptoms should not have to water down the way they experience life and describe their personal symptoms and experiences just to avoid being called bad people. by demonizing some disorders while romanticizing others under the guise of "advocacy", you are spreading misinformation and reinforcing stereotypes. you are worsening the stigma for people who already struggle. you are harming everyone with struggles, because a lot of society does not see a difference of "good" vs "bad" mental illness. to ableist neurotypicals, we are all bad.
you hurt the entire community by excluding your own.
you advocate for all of us, or you help none of us.
it makes me kind of sad to see how many people online make fun of autism depictions in media... even the "stereotypical" ones. i often see people make fun of media with autistic characters (either canon described as autistic, or heavy implications and autistic traits) and then say its because its "inaccurate" and "stereotypical" and "overexaggerated" like... are we ignoring the fact that some autistic people do present that way?
my personal example of this is the tv show the good doctor, i watched the first couple seasons when i was like 14ish and first coming to terms with my autism diagnosis (before that point i had done everything i could to ignore it, and my mom had hidden the fact that i was diagnosed from me for a few years because she didnt want me to feel bad... i was diagnosed around age 10 and really would have benefitted from support, but never got any)
i am aware that the show doesnt have the best representation and isnt the most accurate, and i do wish the actor who played the character had been autistic, for better representation as well as promoting autistic actors... but i still loved the show, medical science is a special interest of mine and i have wanted to be a surgeon ever since i was very little, so i really liked to see a show about a topic i love that shows someone like me being successful! i was very happy!
later on i ended up going online and searching the show, all i saw were people making fun of the show and making fun of the character for autism things... all done under the "nobody actually acts like that" argument... it really did hurt me a lot, because i actually act like that. a lot of the struggles the character had are real struggles i face as an autistic person, even if the show doesnt always represent them the best
i struggle with making friends, i struggle with physical touch, i struggle with saying the "wrong" thing and not really knowing how to converse (especially in emotional situations), i am monotone, i need rigid routines, etc etc... so i was very happy to see a show with someone like me!! and it makes me sad how many people make fun of it with the excuse of "nobody is actually like that" because yes! people are! i am!
This. This is the post I need to show my family. Thank you for putting this into words.
Explaining autism to an allistic is exhausting.
Because most of the time, in my experience, they don't listen to what I'm telling them that it's a disability and that we force our square shaped selves into the circular world everyday and that slowly erodes the edges of who we are.
They're looking for hidden meanings in order to get Autistics to behave more neurotypical. They want to see us become circles.
I explained why we don't use functioning labels any more. And they will say "yes, but you do function more than some." As if it's an "Ah ha! Caught you!" moment.
I was even told today that I obviously find this all easy. Because I hold it together at work.
And I just get so tired trying to explain that I'm not "Aspie". I'm not "high functioning". I'm not "on the spectrum". I'm not "mostly neurotypical".
We're Autistic, goddamnit.
there are two sides of neurodivergency: socially awkward and awkwardly social.
Me: “I can’t be autistic, I don’t have sensory issues.”
Also Me-
- The person who told me to try freezing grapes is my enemy.
- *Physically gagging from trying to eat a freeze dried strawberry*
- “I can’t sleep, my shirt is on.”
- This yogurt had pieces of fruit in it so I will let it spoil in the back of my fridge and die of starvation before I eat it.
- If anyone touches me right now I will become a safety hazard
- *Throwing myself off of furniture*
- Something is crinkling SOMEWHERE in the next room and if I don’t find it and destroy it I will never sleep again.
- This person’s headlights were too bright for 0.5 seconds and now I will have a migraine for the next 4 hours.
- My hands are wet MY HANDS ARE WET MAKE IT STOP
- What do you mean these clothes are dry? They’re clearly still damp, how do you not feel it? They’re still damp!
- These two rocks rubbed against each other and made a noise and I think I may have broken a tooth from clenching my jaw so hard
- If I am forced to wear jeans for more than 0.3 seconds upon entering my home I’m going to start crying
Feel free to add your own
TIME SENSITIVE! Help Rėlli escape Texas!
This gofundme is not mine, I am just reposting it.
If anyone has the means to donate I suggest doing so. From the gofundme:
“Hi, My name is Rėlli. I am a disabled trans person trapped in Texas that has been cut off from medical care and is becoming less safe by the day just being trans in this hellpit of a state. My current living situation has me trapped where abusive family has unrestricted access to me… I am on an extremely limited time frame. I have to get out of Texas before the end of March or my moving costs will rise dramatically and I will lose access to what few services I have access to… I have managed to get ahold of the majority of funding I need to move and secure a year of housing, but as of now I am $6k short of what I need for just housing, moving and basic survival. I am trans, autistic, physically disabled and chronically ill. I do not believe I can survive in Texas much longer and I am desperate. I hate asking for help, even more so asking for this much help, so I wouldn’t be asking if I felt I had any other options.”
Me: covers my ears and rocks back and forth so I don’t have a meltdown My mother: stop it you look like a special needs kid Me: glares in autism
I started learning sign language because of when I'm so overwhelmed I can't speak. It has brought me so much more joy than I expected being able to communicate non verbally. I will say, language is a social tool. It felt like I was building a bridge to nowhere before I found people to sign with.
All my life, people have asked me why I was so quiet, and assumed I was an extreme introvert even though I enjoy being around people; I just hated talking and being expected to speak.
Now I have classes that are ASL only and my teachers can't get me to shut up! (They're nice about it, clearly it's in a "let the other kids have a chance" kind of way) Whenever I'm speaking and I can't think of how to express myself in English, my hands will find the words first. And when I'm with someone who understands, it feels so freeing!
One more time I wanna emphasize: Sign Language will help you communicate, but only with people who know sign language. And when you find those people, it is so worth it!
This goes for selective mutism, semi-verbalism, any sort of condition where someone who is generally able to communicate verbally loses the ability to do so
Here’s where I am today
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Where your needs fall can change throughout your life and even day to day.
Hewwo! Did you know that today is autism awareness day? Could we have some headcanons for a autistic darling with Phantasmo??? Pretty please?🥺
Ohohoho~! I’m not only going to give you some headcanons of an autistic reader with Phantasmo: i am also going to give you some autistic Phantasmo headcanons!
Why? Because i headcanon Phantasmo as an autistic person (or ghost in his case) or at least autistic-coded:
Some (undiagnosed) autistic Phantasmo headcanons with an autistic darling:
Phantasmo may think you’re a little “exotic” at first but impressively he quickly becomes way more attached to you than he would with others that are neurotypical (i think that’s how you call people who are not in the autistic spectrum…? I dunno, please correct me if I’m wrong!)
He just thinks you are really something else and kind of funny in a way? Like: you amuse him with, well, being yourself! (But with more flavor and being blunt way too transparent!)
He sometimes see himself in you and he can’t quite explain why… T-oby then suggests that his dad should take a test (and be diagnosed) to see if he wasn’t also autistic… needless to say: Phantasmo finds the idea way too ridiculous, i mean, he? Being AUTISTIC? No… he possibly can’t be! (Context: Phantasmo comes from a century where being autistic wasn’t seen as a good thing nor a “normal” one… people from Phantasmo’s time would ridicule openly people with any disability and even harass or do worse with them… that’s why Phantasmo/Victor doesn’t want to believe a person/ghost like him would be considered… “”defective”” (i am using a word here of what i used to hear on my childhood… before i was even diagnosed with autism… but was also considered “”defective”” by others… that was mid 2006 and 2010… and sometimes even still this day…)) he’s too perfect to be autistic! He’s way too prettier too! He can’t-
Then you heard him saying out loud all those terrible things about how he couldn’t be autistic… you started getting angry but even more disappointed and… heartbroken about how autistic people aren’t pretty nor smart according to his own words… you then started running out of his house and both him and T-oby tried to reach you but you were gone…
The worst part is that he kind of realized how stupid those stereotypes and hurtful ideas were about people like you: you are pretty, has a lot of wit, you’re… you are definitely not anything what people from his time used to say about autistic people!
He knew he had to apologize to you… he then saw under his feet a card that you have made for him and a present. The card said: “dear Phantasmo, i… started developing some feelings for you… i… i really, really, REALLY like you so much… and if you were also autistic, just know you WILL have my support and love! I won’t stop loving you any less, if anything, I would love you even MORE because it would be another common thing we have! ;) sorry if this letter seems a little too short and straightforward… but i think that’s all i can manage to write… words cannot describe how much i adore you~! Xoxo Y/N”
Needless to say… Phantasmo was in tears… he couldn’t believe how… he was so adamant about being also autistic… he felt like an idiot… T-oby seeing his dad so sad, had an idea: Phantasmo would give the test results to Y/N and would apologize by also gifting them something too!
Phantasmo agreed to the idea and peaked inside the present you gave him: it was a pink shirt with the autistic creature with a print saying: “hmm… i may be different: deal with it :3”
Phantasmo let out a small chuckle and put on the shirt (after he took off his sweater and lab coat… it was a bit tight against his chest but it was alright… nothing too uncomfortable)
After some hours, Phantasmo and T-oby knocked on your house’s door and you opened it… only for you to angrily shut it almost on their faces, which T-oby managed to place his feet in between and let out a pained “mmh!”
After some convincing, you let them enter your home…
Phantasmo then gave you the test results of his mental state and… he was indeed autistic! He also handed you a plushie of the autistic creature with a tiny bow on its “neck”…
All the anger that was inside of you vanished completely and… you hugged him tightly before kissing him and asking if he… well, wasn’t upset that he was autistic…
He (after some seconds recovering from your kiss, he could feel some steam coming out of his mouth and “ears”) said that at first it was hard to swallow this pill… but then he was happy because he realized that the stereotypes and hurtful ideas he had about autistic people weren’t true at all… you smiled with tears in your eyes and kissed him again~
T-oby watching everything unfolding smoothly and giving you two a thumbs up with a big smile on his face~
Now for some quick autistic (diagnosed) Phantasmo headcanons! Yippeeeee!
Phantasmo definitely stims when he’s excited about something! (He mostly stims using his ghost tail)
He lightly chews his fingers when he’s angry or nervous about something!
His tick is twirling his ghost tail between his fingers unconsciously!
He’s always torn between being a touch starved or being touch repulsed!
His hyper fixations are: horror movies and books; anything scientific related and classical music!
As you may all have noticed… this was supposed to be released on the autism awareness month… (yeah, yeah, i know… i’m way behind schedule… but oh well… *shrugs*)
Also, Phantasmo belongs to @fluffffpillow! (Ps: hey fluff, if you happen to see this… would my silly headcanon be considered a half truth to you? Also… please don’t get angry at me, this is all just some random headcanons that been swirling through my mind for a while now…)
A message to my fellow undiagnosed / diagnosis complicated autistics:
It’s sad that I even have to say this but please do not just say “Glad I never got diagnosed” and abandon the autistic community. Even though you are not put on the registry, you are still a part of the community and you can’t just “check out” because it will affect you either way. Even if hypothetically it somehow never affected you, just ignoring what is happening and potentially going to happen to autistic people is allowing fascism to continue. You know it’s eugenics, and standing by and watching them strip the privacy rights of people without doing anything, betraying your fellow autistics and allowing them to face eugenics while you do nothing for “comfort” will cause extreme harm. Staying silent is not being “neutral” or “staying out of it”, it’s death. We must stand with and fight with our diagnosed autistic siblings, especially those with high support needs. Now is not the time to ditch the community for “safety”, now is the time to fight.
One thing you can do right now is contact your representative and express your opposition for the registry and the taking of medical files from diagnosed autistics without their consent.
