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lesbeet · 2 years
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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
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cottonspotten · 8 months
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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
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roublardise · 4 months
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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.
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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
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bbctea · 2 years
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Dr. Charles is my blorbo and I will literally never let him go, please give me cookie dough ice cream and fight to help me get my voice heard
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awsteb · 2 years
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before autism acceptance month ends i wanna politely request that we stop comparing adult picky eaters to children and making fun of our discomfort . it’s just mean and you’re not playing the “cool mature role” by rolling your eyes when someone says they hate eating vegetables . this extends to ALL autistic people with dietary preferences especially ones who have eating disorders such as ARFID due to being autistic. ok cool thanks ❤️💛
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theharlotofferelden · 2 years
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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*
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the-firefly-system1 · 23 days
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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
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emeritiii · 1 year
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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
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prettyonthe1nside · 6 months
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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
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lesbeet · 2 years
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unstoppable force (adhd) vs immovable object (autism)
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cottonspotten · 9 months
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my life would become one trillion per cent easier if my tone never got misinterpreted again for the rest of my life
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roublardise · 1 year
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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
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oneradmonster · 6 months
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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! ❤️
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bbctea · 1 year
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why is autism and why must i have it?
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hpdgirlfriend · 2 years
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im more autistic than i thought perhaps.
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