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barkbrained · 9 months

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Little comic about species dysphoria and the strain I feel living as an autistic nonhuman

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dreamdropsystem · 29 days

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normalize "big" stims! - Strawberry

#strawberry's art #stim #stims #stimming #stim art #stimming art #autism #autistic #autism spectrum disorder #actually autistic #actually autism #art #autie #autism art #autistic art #autism artist #autistic artist

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justanotherstardrop · 4 months

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we out here autistic and trans 🏳️‍⚧️

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germplush · 8 days

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froggie looked so cute in this so i drew them stimming - shane/theo/bug

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gender0bender · 1 year

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Image description: A halftone black and white design depicting a snarling white dog with text next to it in all caps reading “Enough awareness enough acceptance I’m angry and I want to kill the CEO of Autism Speaks”.

Another halftone black and white design depicting a chuerub statue with black eyes and texts next to it that reads “ One day I’ll stim so hard I break the light barrier become an angel of raw fire and every colour in the multiverse and then I’ll use my godly powers to pull the limbs off everyone who called me a retard like a hurt child torturing flies and then you’ll be sorry then you’ll be sorry “ the phrase “you’ll be sorry” repeats until the border of the design.

Another halftone black and white design depicting a knife with text around it in all caps reading “When will we take revenge for disbled victims of infanticide?” End description.

It’s the last day of April and the last day of Autism “Awareness” month, but (un)fortunately for me every other month of the year is Autism Rage-At-Ableist-Oppression month! You can get these as stickers on my Redbubble

#autism #autpunk #autistic pride #disabled pride #my art #disabled art #autistic art #autistic artist #disabled artist #r slur #cw r slur #autism acceptance month #autism awareness month #halftone #word art #graphic art #eye strain

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autisticdreamdrop · 8 months

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dear autistics: please use your accommodations

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sicksadstar · 1 year

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loud hands are happy hands

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kayas-kosmos · 1 year

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Autism Symbol Dragon.

This is the autism symbol as a dragon. I did this to represent the influence my autism has on my art. This is a public domain drawing and anyone can use it for any reason.

I really like the infinity autism symbol over all others, especially the Godawful puzzle piece. It really encapsulates the diversity of our community and how unique every autistic individual is. But I wanted to do a little spin on it by turning it into a dragon to add some extra meaning. A dragon to me is the symbol of the imagination itself, since dragons are so diverse in of themselves and can look like or represent anything. But as well as imagination, I think the dragon also represent resilience and a ferocious passion.

My webcomic is absolutely full of different types of dragon. Here are just a few examples:

(Can you tell dragons are one of my special interests?)

I was diagnosed at about 3 and I've had a very mixed relationship with being autistic until recently. There was a time when I really hated having to bear the label of “autistic” and tried for years to erase that part of me because of the stigma. Being an artist allowed me to get away with being a bit weird because I could chalk it up to just being "an eccentric artist," but there was also the side of me that needed extra accommodations and help, the less glamorous side. I would often push myself to be as neurotypical as I could in these areas and I developed a debilitating fear of becoming a burden on others, to the point where it started damaging my mental health. Eventually, I developed panic attacks due to overworking myself (and struggles with accepting myself as queer), autistic shutdowns became more frequent and this lead to further humiliation and a further disgust towards my autism.

It wasn't until I became a freelancer a few years ago that I realised how much damage trying to hold myself to neurotypical standards was having on me. While being able to work remotely was a dream since it meant not having to deal with the sensory nightmare that is using the local bus service, it also meant I experienced autistic burnout more frequently. Then I came across the autistic community on Twitter, where I started to discover so much about myself and how my brain works.

I also made a lot of incredible friends through this and even had the courage to publicly come out as queer. Now I fully embrace being autistic, even the parts that society deems “unacceptable” like stimming and not making eye contact. I am happy in who I am and no longer see myself as a burden.

Sadly, there is often a discussion about whether autism should be cured or not, a discussion that should absolutely not be happening because autism is not a disease. If you "cured" my autism, you would also remove my art. My art and my autism are inseparable and one does not exist without the other. Autism has given me the ability to think outside the box and traits like my monotropism allow me to hyperfocus on a project until its completion. Having spoken to many autistic creatives throughout my life, a good chunk of our struggles do not come from being autistic itself, rather society’s refusal to accept or accommodate us. Many of us could achieve great things and truly innovate society, but there are too many systemic barriers in the way preventing us from doing so, and no amount of “hard work” or “conquering our disability” (fuck inspiration porn, seriously) can change that because individualistic solutions do not fix systemic problems. Simple solutions such as disability benefits that actually properly cover our living costs, a higher wage for carers of disabled people and proper work accommodations (including the option for remote work) would mean the world of difference for us.

Now personally, I am a bit more radical in my thinking and I believe the current system of Neoliberal Capitalism needs to be done away with entirely because ableism is built into Capitalism itself. This is what has drawn me to ideas such as anarchism and the Solarpunk movement. In particular, I try to live by the "12 principles of Permaculture" to the best of my ability. I think "Embrace Diversity" and "Produce No Waste" can be applied to living as a disabled person, since disabled people are often seen as a waste product under this system and embracing our differences means we are not wasted.

For those of you who have followed me for a while, you may have noticed that my art, like me, is weird. I love to embrace the weird and the quirky. My creatures are whimsical and bizarre. My characters all tend to be quirky outsiders. I have always been drawn to surrealism and absurdism, the work of Salvador Dali in particular really caught my attention.

Art has always been a safe way for me to explore the unusual and alien, and it has been a voice for me when speaking words fail. I use it to explore the things that frighten me and to help process a chaotic world. As weird as my art is, I think the weirdness and absurdity is a reflection of how weird and absurd our modern world is and how little sense it makes to me anymore.

There are often themes of environmentalism and the profound beauty of nature, influenced heavily by growing up in an area of natural beauty. Furthermore, the theme of "empathy for monsters" is a personal favourite. Maybe the reason why there are so many weird, twisted and grotesque monsters and creatures with tragic backstories in my webcomic universe is because I see myself in them - just weird little off-putting things that want compassion and to be understood.

As I have grown as a person, so has my art. The more I learn about my autism, the more I can open up and the better I can express myself.

On a final note, if you would like to support me and the work I do, please consider donating a Ko-Fi. It would really help me push towards my goal of finally launching my webcomic, plus it would also allow me to talk more about important topics surrounding disability, sustainable living and art/creature stuff.

Happy new year, everyone! And especially to all of my autistic and neurodivergent comrades out there.

#autism #actually autistic #neurodivergent #queer autistic #autistic artist #fantasy artist #digital artist #fantasy illustration #autism symbol #infinity symbol #creature design #dragon art #dragon artist #autistic art #autism art #permaculture #solarpunk

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starblasterr · 22 days

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Julian sketches from my current sketchbook.

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sunnydayaoe · 11 months

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Diddd some, birds art :)

#jbird's art #bird #birds #autistic art #<- all my art is but like. usually I don’t think it matters #love me some. shore birds :)#think most of these are darter birds #a trumpeter swan too #a heron skeleton #anddd. bearded vulture #normally don water colour #don know how much I like it she’s #it’s okay though

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wallycolours · 1 year

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He is enamored by the beauty of nature 🌈🍃🌈

#bluey #bandit heeler #Disney #digital art #digital painting #bluey fanart #disney plus #colorful #autistic art #pretty #cute #painting #bandit #rainbow #born yesterday

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comradebestie · 7 months

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another doodle during lecture

#actually autistic #illustration #my art #comrade bestie #overstimulated #procreate #autistic art #neurodivergent #audhd #adhd #autistic #autism #asd #spd #sensory processing disorder #mental health

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dreamdropsystem · 1 month

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not all stims are fun and safe

we deal with self injurious stimming. picking, scratching, biting, headbanging, hair pulling, etc, etc. we also deal with other forms of SH.. there's happy stims of course which are awesome but for some autistic hurt themselves when stimming, no matter the emotion.. it's hard but we're trying.. if you do self injurious stims, you are valid and not a bad person for it,, - Shio

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kiwubby · 4 months

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Autistic Sunny, my son <33

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little-bug-man · 6 months

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treat me like a rabid dog ‼️

#artwork #digital painting #doberman #dog poem #dog poetry #queer artwork #autistic art #mjsart

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germplush · 1 month

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one of my fav drawings I've done of Cheese. stim time-!! - Locket/Shane/ Angel/Bug/Theo

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