Autistic - Blog Posts
As an Autistic person I'm going to try and say this in the nicest way possible.
You are not a doctor, so you cannot say Autism or Autistic people are not real because you have no real experience in neurology, Psychology and Psychiatry. You are a teenager on the internet spouting out absolute nonsense that's harmful. Autism is real, It is on the DSM 5, probably billions are diagnosed with it. Please log off of Tumblr and actually educate yourself before speaking, Kindly, An Autistic Person
omg someone convince these 13 year olds that they don’t have autism and adhd and schizo and did and literally every single disorder on the planet
It is time for the rawest of fuckin data
Anyways, this isn't the FINAL information i just wanted to show yall a snippet before i put everything together (which will take time bc im a full time student and i work)
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Overall we had 454 responses!
Q1 was generally about autistic identity.
80.4% of respondants identified as autistic (self or professional diagnosis was acceptable). 12.5% were unsure and 7% did not identify as autistic. I included a chart.
Q2 asks about if the respondent currently has an interest in fishes/marine life or if they have in the past.
83% of respondents said they do have a current interest in fishes, while 10.8% used to. 6.2% never had an interest in fishes.
As far as reasoning goes with regards as to why autistics like fishes: I haven't gone through EVERYTHING yet, but the common trends so far are: Comfort, they got there from a different special interest, the amount of diversity within fish groups, and because a lot of them are unusual. I'll go more into depth when i read them all and write my thingy.
What id do differently: In the future I wouldve liked to include one part for other neurodivergents and one for neurotypical folks, just cuz it'd be cool to see if there's a difference between why we like it vs neurotypicals. This was just to find out why autistics tend to like fishes so much, so that was something that popped into my mind AFTER i had gotten a fair amount of responses. I'd mosty just wanna focus on tightening up my questions.
I'll try to get the writing out when i can!
falsettos tumblr do you approve of my gay old man art, and if so would you like some more
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
when the autism is being an actual mental health problem instead of making me obsess over fictional characters again:
What frustrates me with being an "out of sight, out of mind" person is that people tend to love suggesting notepads, diaries, apps, lists, anything that you can write reminders in. But my kind of "out of sight, out of mind" extends to that as well. Truly. If it is not in my sight, it is not in my mind. And you know what happens when you close a book or an app? It is not longer in sight.
• this user is on the autism spectrum •
• this user hates autism speaks •
This user is autistic
Diary entry #19
You ever have a blorbo who literally takes up like 99% of the space in your brain and you have no clue why?? This guy does!!
Edgar George Zomboss (Plants vs Zombies) is my current guy that lives in my head... and I don't know why? He's literally awful in every regard but like I can't stop thinking about him for whatever reason. The main reason I'm reading the pvz comics and playing the games are because of him. The autism goes insane sometimes.
I literally have two fanfics in the works with him as the main character or at least someone very significant. What is wrong with me!!!!
The brainrot I have is severe. I literally see something like idk, a guy in a brown suit, and my brain goes "pvz reference???"
I think when I get to have a life outside of my grandparent's house maybe I'll be a little less mentally ill about my fav characters. One can hope.
Adding my favorite stims that I do!! Idk if some of them are technically stims but I figured I’d add them anyway :) also I’m autistic btw
Listening to music, swinging on my web swing (doing both rn!), snapping fingers (this is a new one but it’s pleasing to my brain), walking and dancing at the same time (hard to explain, but I kinda do an interpretive dance while I walk?? It looks strange but it brings me joy), spinning, singing/lip syncing, bouncing leg, fidget toys (slime/putty, infinity cube, magnets), chewing gum/chew necklaces, flexing my stomach, blinking fast, humming, cracking knuckles, sighing, inhaling (with nose), touching soft stuff, pacing, and more I can’t really remember right now. Some are more situational, but I enjoy all of them!
stimming is a self-soothing behavior that can be used to calm down feelings of stress, anxiety, overwhelming emotions, or physical discomfort. stimming is a natural, and healthy behavior, and it is important to allow others to stim when they need to. i am a nonspeaking autistic AAC user, and i stim a lot because it is a helpful way to regulate my emotions, and a way for me to express myself. stimming is a beautiful, and essential part of who i am, and i am proud to call myself a stimmer!
Welp. Reddit is dead, and I’m not sure if anyone is willing to reanimate its corpse. Reddit was the only place I could be myself, vent about my issues, stuff like that. Tumblr doesn’t fill the same void in my heart, but it’s decent enough. Hope I can make friends here. I’ll miss my moots over there. RIP aspiememes, traa, and many others. I feel like this collapse will have terrible consequences.
TLDR- i am so sad
Me: I'm not one of those Autistics who needs noise-canceling headphones (/nm); regular noise levels don't bother me like they do some people
Also me: *puts in earplugs to vacuum* *world goes quiet* THIS IS BEAUTIFUL I'M BUYING NOISE-CANCELING HEADPHONES RIGHT NOW
Kids 🤝 autistic people
Blunt honesty
Shoutout to all the kind strangers who make things more accessible for people like me
I showed up for my covid vaccination appointment at my pharmacy, and where to check-in was very unclear. I joined the back of one of the lines and stood there trying to figure it out for a bit, before asking a Latino family standing nearby, "Hi, could you tell me where the vaccination check-in is? I'm very confused."
They showed me to the right window and afterwards, when I was confused again about where I needed to go, explained each of the subsequent steps and what I needed to do for each one.
I appreciate them more than they know. Being autistic, I need clear directions and freeze when I don't know what to do, which made the appointment very frustrating at first. I asked for help, and that family helped me. It might have taken only a few minutes of their time, but they made my week.
I'm so grateful to them and everyone else who makes life accessible for me.
To all the kind strangers, thank you.
I may not have completed most of my responsibilities today, but I did sort through all 1000+ emails in my inbox
Autism
Sources: SigningSavvy, Lifeprint, ASLDeafined
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It sucks. Only last year or so I've learned about this and how it's common among people with autism. I tend to feel bad and unproductive for struggling to start something.
executive dysfunction be like *wants to do something* *doesnt do it* *feels bad* *wants to do something* *doesnt do it* *feels bad* *wants to do something* *doesnt do it* *feels ba
I actually hate how my aunts talk about autism not because I think they are wrong in any way but just because it makes me feel useless.
My aunt always talks about the “quirky” part of autism (I know that isn’t the right word but I can’t think of anything else)
Like once my aunt was saying her wanting her wedding day on one of a couple days she had in mind was because of autism but in reality she just likes numbers that sound good
Or they are talking about crochet and knitting and how executive dysfunction makes it hard but executive dysfunction means I can’t get out of bed in the morning and can’t eat food at all some days.
It’s so hard knowing that my mom doesn’t believe me and she sees me everyday and I actively don’t mask but she believes that my aunt has autism and only sees her at most once a week and my aunt shows a lot less “signs” then I do at home
I don’t know if this is a shitty thing to post so if it is please tell me
To my fellow neruodivergents do you also ever see your special interest and get so compassionate over it in a good way that you feel like you're going to explode and your skin is going to melt off but in a good way because it's a reaction to a special interest ????????
I'll probably be equally sweaty in both modes
Exactly!!!!! But you don’t know what you should do because everyone’s just staring at you and making snide comments rather than offering help!!!!! And if they decide you’re asking too many questions or ask them to repeat themselves, they get irritated and tell you you should already know that, or they just told you, but they told you in a way you just can’t understand! So then you stop asking questions, and then when you mess up they get irritated at you again because you didn’t ask for help!
I think that sometimes, having autism/ADHD is kind of like being in a country that speaks a language/has a culture you only know a little of.
•You think you’re good to go, but you get to your destination, and everyone’s speaking faster than you thought they would. You can only tell what a few words are.
•You can’t keep up with anything anyone is saying. They’re all speaking too fast, and all at once. You try to ask them to slow down and speak one at a time, but they brush you off.
•You go to a restaurant, and you think you know how to order, but you sit down and see things you never learned on the menu, and when it comes time to order, you can’t remember how to.
•When you look around, you can’t quite understand what all the signs and store names say. Slowly, you get a headache from reading them and trying to translate them into something that makes sense.
•When you do something normal in your country, people stare at you like you’ve grown a second head. You don’t understand why—it’s completely normal to you, something you do all the time. When you explain this to them, they shake their heads and click their tongues at you and make a generalization about your country.
Idk, this is just kinda how I view it!
I think that sometimes, having autism/ADHD is kind of like being in a country that speaks a language/has a culture you only know a little of.
•You think you’re good to go, but you get to your destination, and everyone’s speaking faster than you thought they would. You can only tell what a few words are.
•You can’t keep up with anything anyone is saying. They’re all speaking too fast, and all at once. You try to ask them to slow down and speak one at a time, but they brush you off.
•You go to a restaurant, and you think you know how to order, but you sit down and see things you never learned on the menu, and when it comes time to order, you can’t remember how to.
•When you look around, you can’t quite understand what all the signs and store names say. Slowly, you get a headache from reading them and trying to translate them into something that makes sense.
•When you do something normal in your country, people stare at you like you’ve grown a second head. You don’t understand why—it’s completely normal to you, something you do all the time. When you explain this to them, they shake their heads and click their tongues at you and make a generalization about your country.
Idk, this is just kinda how I view it!
Just gave my friend an almost two hour long presentation on lab rats complete with a 32 slide long slideshow and I feel like god
autistic life hack if you need your food prepared a specific way and your needs aren't being listened to as an adult, pretend you have an autistic kid you are ordering for as people are more sympathetic to helping autistic caretakers than actual autistic people
Does anyone else ever feel like their body parts are on wrong? I get this weird sensation sometimes that mine are, even though I can look at it and see it’s fine.
Right now, it’s my hips and pelvis. It just feels wrong.
Is this an autistic sensory thing?
I had apple slices and brie last night for dinner
Hyperfixation Food #48
Apple slices and smoked gouda cheese