#it's AUTISM TM MONTH

[krakensmaw]

taika is an objectively gorgeous man, but by george i'm a lesbian! pretty disinterested. but then he puts on a wig and has big wet doe eyes and runs around in leather saying the craziest shit ever said and i'm like i want that man to be my wife

#bless my fiance for putting up with my category 5 crowley autism months #that whirlwinded immediately into blackbeard autism (tm)

[kat-n-dog]

ugh ugh

i started out as a trainer at a big-time facility w lots of other young people and it did a lot for me but ultimately the environment was Highly Toxic and too fast-paced for me and i had to leave. and for whatever reason that was enough for the other trainers there to decide that they want nothing to do with me and they have made a point to give the impression that they Don't Like Me even though i have done nothing but be overwhelmed by the expected output of working at that facility (and the weird neurotypical cattiness of the group that i was consistently confused by)

and that sucks on its own but also due to being in the same small community in the same area i am always seeing things they're doing. and due to them being a big hotshot facility that is now owned by a millionaire businessman, they are getting a Lot of really unique and cool education and mentorship opportunities that i do not have access to.

and it just gives me this twisting feeling in my stomach bc despite us all starting out together, and thinking we were friends, i was ousted from the group due to things i can't control. and that led to them making a point to impress upon me that they're better than me. and now they are getting to work with and learn from world names, so that means that very soon, if not now, they will be right.

#vent #why am i always behind. #i was for a while very good friends with the two head trainers there #but then a couple of months before i left they started icing me out and i have no idea why #i asked them directly and they acted like they didn't know what i was talking about #i don't know i think it's a combo of them being assholes and my Autism tm preventing me from seeing certain social things #that might be obvious to other people #so that was consistently making me feel bad and piled on top of the fact that they expected extremely high output #(each trainer was expected to log one hour of training with a minimum of five dogs each day + conduct two one hour lessons or classes #+ manage all client communications + be available to help other trainers) #and i had to leave. #and that group is super ''ride or die'' so i guess me leaving means im dead to them. i don't know. #and now they are learning directly from people that i read about while trying to self-teach. #yeah you win. i guess you probably feel pretty good about that. #mine #negativity tw

[batz]

thank u for agoraphobia advice it seems the general consensus is sorta just. going outside . which isnt awesome but also totally understandable ig ! but. A

#frank.txt #i just gotta keep going outside and then ill gradually become less scared but MAN it sucks. #i can handle like. the Autism Struggles of being outside bc like i got a good mental toolkit fr like. coping w Autism Hell Moments(tm) #bc like idk i just do som box breathing n use my anc headphones if im experiencing sensory overload n stuff #but w ptsd its like Mind Consuming and its like #all logic is out the window and i just go home bc im suddenly very unsafe. its why i travel w ppl usually! #when outside is occasionally unsafe it makes me want to avoid it 24/7 which sucks bc honestly i Like outside and i Like places HFKDHDKD #erm i like going to a little store and looking at stuff . i like to go and purchase a little beverage from a random coffee shop perhaps. #i hope i can get th strength to do that stuff again bc its super silly but man i MISS goin outside by myself n havin lil adventures #now i only do it fr appointments HFJDHD #SORY not rly vent like im ok today! i was just wanting to figure out Agoraphobia Tips bc like #its halloween month and like. i feel bad tht i am genuinely Too Nervous to go out to like. idk a corn maze or smthn festive like tht

[nameless-azure-lightning]

Short comic thing but is still a long post so be warned!

#gunvolt au #nameless au #azure striker gunvolt #mod post #art post #autism acceptance #autism acceptence month #light it up red instead #oops ur fav gunvolt characters are autistic now sorry I don't make the rules #yes I made this bc I am autistic as well so sue me #anyway see y'all again whenever I actually post the chapter #which will be soon....... #tm #ok bai

[potato-elf]

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#we won't offer you anymore therapy unless we test you for autism/personality disorders #personal #vent post #I think I've fucked up #I don't think I'll be able to finish writing my thesis this year (again) #I've been having such A Time(TM) mental health-wise this year #relationship of 5 years ended #finally admitted to myself I was pretty fucking depressed #tried to get back into therapy for it #but got hit with the #fell for one of my best friends and have a complicated (non-exclusive) relationship with him even when he told me he's not in love with me #which I don't want to stop but also recognize probably isn't healthy for me in the long run #my psychiatrist accidentally ghosted me for a while while I ran out of both antidepressants and adhd meds #I've been picking up my social life again while also trying and often failing at keeping my living space clean and tidy #because my ex used to have that under control way better than I ever did and took much of that on him #but now I've fallen so far behind on my thesis that I just get too overwhelmed whenever I even think about it #I'm over a month behind by now #and I have less than a month left before I need to hand in my first version #my adhd has not been managed in the slightest lately either #I'm just stuck in a perpetual state of either paralysis or avoidance #and I'm not sure how to cope with this stuff #I've been studying for 6 years by now #this is the second time I've tried to write my thesis #this time around with no other courses to follow beside it #and I still can't do it #I'm starting to feel so fucking miserable about this stuff #I wish I had a fucking functional brain for once in my life #not even the adhd meds help me most days and I feel like my antidepressants might not work as well as they should anymore #but I'm so done with changing up my meds all the time as well. they've often been disastrous for me and I'm afraid of changing them again #I don't know what I want in life either

[heavy-buddy]

happy autism swag april to my autistic bitches out there

#i’m just like that :tm: #this is for autism awareness month #autism #actually autistic

[psykoz]

having access to medical information for the first time in our life is a little overwhelming. most peoples bodies arent like mine. im not this hairy, my voice isnt this low, my body isnt this different in all these places, for no reason. i wasnt called slurs and had my parents pulled aside and whispered to during physicals for no reason. i had any information of my own body and hormones and medical information actually hidden from me, like a doctor whispered things to my mother that she never told me even when we begged. i would say so often that i was different, i could point at what now are very obviously symptoms and be told that it was nothing or not a big deal or just told i was LYING. by someone who took me to a doctor maybe 4 or 5 times and knew nothing about health herself. fuck.

#im looking into hormonal and chromosomal testing for a few intersex conditions that i have many symptoms for #and i have one that i. mostly think is The One #this is another slow burning dicovery that takes years of exposure and slow learning and eventual research #and Peer Review(tm) #and months and months of slowing coming to terms and realizing that things that had always been normal for me #but clearly ostracizing me from my peers and society #are symptoms #this is how i discovered my autism #and idk im not gonna say im anything at all rn but. if i do at any point. its not out of the blue #i just havent talked abt this on my blog yet bc imscared of this but its kind of been a journey happening thats now #not able to be ignored or not talk about #and i have been talking with people who knew and still know more than me and. well ill stop rambling

[sideways-hedghog]

guess what, new year, new me!

lets undo all of the progress i made on my mental health issues!!

#do i have anxiety??? who knows #it could be the pots or the hsd/eds or the undiagnosed autism or just a Me Thing #i've got more control over my life so im not using my Unhealthy Copeing Mecahnism tm? nah screw that lets go back to that shit #healthy sleep schedule? good luck when you're brain wont shut up about every mistake youve made in the past 12 months #if you know me irl no you dont #sid speaks #mental health

[see-arcane]

You know, despite all of Dracula's *gestures broadly* it's comforting to reflect that Jonathan DOES, in fact, note, remember, and write down the crucial Google maps turnoff necessary for Mina to find the place again six months later. First narrow track past the pass 👍 All Dracula's machinations are no match for a bouquet of flowers and the Train Autism (tm)

Honestly, Dracula's weaknesses seem to just keep piling up.

Property law, flowers, trains, train autism, diaries, teamwork, dogs, water, diurnal schedules, and Love~

#also this giant knife Jonathan found :)🔪 #dracula spoilers

[psychhound]

5e homebrew for disability pride month

hey yall :D since it's disability pride month and i am a Local Disabled TM i wanted to spotlight the d&d 5e homebrew i've done featuring disability mechanics!! they're all FREE / PWYW and available on itch!!

autism & adhd mechanics

traits for mechanically emphasizing a character's autism and/or adhd!! there's 11 traits total, with 5 shared between them, and 3 each that are specific to autism and adhd. the traits are beneficial, detrimental, and a mix of both, intended for 1-3 to be chosen for a single character. includes traits like sensory processing disorder, time blindness, and rejection sensitive dysphoria

service monsters

service animals - monster edition! you choose a customizable base for your monster, a statblock, and origin, and then get to choose your service type: guiding, hearing, mobility, medical alert, trauma, schizophrenia, or autism! each service type has a unique monster with different abilities, strengths, and magic. service monsters can't be used in combat but they have resistance to all damage and go to a pocket dimension upon dropping to 0hp

trauma mechanics

10 traits for panic disorder, ptsd, and cptsd, with an included definitions section and suggestions for trait application. includes mechanics for triggers, as well as for traits like panic attacks, insomnia, hypervigilance, and trust issues. the traits include different outcomes for meeting the dc or failing by different margins, and the aftereffects of failing a save, as well as ways that allies can help

my inspiration for making these was that i'm an autistic, mentally ill, traumatized disabled person who's been an active and leading disability advocate for the last 9 years and a disability-specialist social worker for 2.5 of those. definitely still room for improvement with my homebrew but i think there always will be when trying to put the incredibly varied human experience of disability into a crunchy numbers&rules format :o)

if you liked them please consider throwing some dollars my way either on itch or on my kofi as i get ready to head to grad school to study gamification in the mental health & disability space!! you can also check out the rest of my 5e homebrew here!

happy disability pride month to all, go run over some toes

#5e homebrew #dnd 5e #disability pride month #autism #adhd #ptsd #service animal #actually autistic

[titan-god-helios]

the autistic urge to perfectly categorise every single aspect of my identity is back and im now researching ocd at midnight and wondering if im faking it to be quirky tm or if this is a real and valid thing i might be experiencing (from what ive looked at so far it's likely that i have it but i feel like it just looks as if im diagnosis shopping from the outside, especially because ive already self dxxed with autism and adhd albeit with quite literally months of research so i know theyre valid diagnoses but imposter syndrome and hhhhhhh) that being said, if y'all have any resources and good research things//articles etc PLEASEEE reblog with em or link in the comments tyty

#autism #actually autistic #actually adhd #adhd #neurodivergent #actuallyautistic #being autistic #its the neurodivergency #neurodivergencies #asd #ocd #living with ocd #actually ocd #ocd tag #intrusive thoughts #mental health #mental illness #pure ocd #ocd brain #ocd help #ocd problems #social anxiety #ocd creature #ocd treatment #ocd questions #symptoms #ocd symptoms

[evevoli]

original story concept: flight feathers (working title)

aka me shoving my new OCs in everyone's faces for a few minutes. low and behold, my gang of losers:

from left to right: Phoenix, Selene, Helios, and Killian

so a wayward beam of divine insanity lightning struck me about four months ago in the form of the first genuinely coherent original story idea i've had in... basically forever and i am finally crawling out of my mad ornithologist lab to talk about it, if only so i have something to point to when i start tagging random innocuous text posts with the names of characters no one's ever heard of. this project is perhaps the most self-indulgent Autism Fueled venture i have ever gone on and it is so fun actually

the basic gist of the story is that local Teenage Bird Hater Selene accidentally gets isekai'd to a Greco-Roman/baroque-inspired city on a floating archipelago hidden in the clouds, inhabited by bird-worshipping winged people. there she befriends a strange one-winged fortune teller named Phoenix, who takes her in while she looks for a way back down to earth.

as a certified Bird Disliker(tm) for reasons she will absolutely not disclose, the idea of being trapped in this city with its strange bird-entrenched culture has got to be Selene's personal hell. but she's already made a few good friends and is learning a lot, so hey... if you ignore the castle surrounded by doves looming off in the distance, and the general poor sentiment surrounding corvids, maybe it's not such a bad place to be after all.

...until it turns out the King himself might have it out for her, much to the dismay of his son and loyal knight, Prince Helios and Captain Killian.

there is. A Lot more to it than that lol—and at least like 8 more characters i haven't gotten to drawing yet—but there's your elevator pitch. to explain the world a bit more, everyone has bird wings to fly with, their own Bird Familiars(tm), and rides around on pegasi and different species of griffin. the world consists of little islands connected by bridges, with the city developed vertically, and sort of resembles a fusion between the Aether mod in Minecraft and Zephyr Heights in MLP G5.

and now the most important thing, the Closeups

some notes:

Selene is transfem :), Helios is transmasc only because i tried giving him curled ram horns and got so frustrated trying to draw them i just gave up and gave him the ewe ones instead

Selene is a Wolf Kid and really vibes with the lyrics to Angel of Darkness on a personal level

Helios's wings are weak and undersized so he can't take off or fly for very long on his own

i like to consider Helios my personal challenge to design the most unapologetically cringe and archetypal character ever. i am going to make a character that is so sad little loser prince. kicks him

Phoenix is a childhood nickname, Killian is just a shortened form of Achilles. Phoenix absolutely hates his birth name. Killian is ambivalent towards his

Phoenix lost his left wing in an accident that changed the trajectory of his life forever teehee :3c

the little blue jay is named Celeste, the crow is Peanut, and the tawny owl is Athena :)

and that is all i shall reveal in this post >:) this idea has been rotting my brain from the inside out for months now so don't hesitate to shoot me an ask if you're wondering about anything :]

#so nervous finally posting this stuff lol #flight feathers #evff #<- that is the best general tag i can think of 💀 trying hard not to spam a fandom with a certain acronym here im so sorry #selene ff #helios ff #phoenix ff #killian ff #original story #my art #ev.post #oc tag

[windwardstar]

Chapter 2 is up! This time covering Nie Mingjue's childhood! (and the death of it and Nie Baba!)

Highlights include:

Nie Mingjue's gender is da-ge and Saber TM. (More cultivation HRT)

Nie Huaisang is the littlest little brother. (Also very sick baby didi)

Autistic!NMJ with meltdowns and infantalization and the struggle to be seen as capable. (Happy Autism Awareness Month y'all.)

Baxia! Qi deviations! The Nie Sect just straight up practicing demonic cultivation with the saber spirits! (But not all of them.)

Cows! Baby cows! Cowboys! Baby cowboys! (Vacas y Vaqueros)

Just a bunch of worldbuilding! Also so much research. The amount that made it into the chapter is the tip of the iceberg. Everything below water is what I restrained myself from including. (Give me an excuse to infodump pls.)

Fun fact: Did you know if you're more than 30 minutes from a medical facility that you're considered "wilderness" which means if it takes you longer than that in a congested city it is the middle of nowhere as far as medical care is concerned.

#mdzs #mo dao zu shi #the untamed #nie mingjue #A Man In Time You'll Be

[zorosmalewife]

Chain Reaction Notes Chapter 15

Please remember that this is an unposted chapter! The sixth one, in fact. Missed the other notes? Find them here: 10 - 11 - 12 - 13 - 14.

Structure:

Theme of the chapter

List of scenes, each of which contain:

scene number as depicted in the outlines from my update posts on this tumblr - POV character - one line summary of the concept - (time left until they return to Sabaody) (how long Ace and Zoro have been together) - list of relevant variables, details, etc

Title of chapter

Theme: mutual understanding. finally understanding how the dynamic works and how to operate inside it. things becoming whole.

18 - ACE - charades w/ humandrills - (about 10.5 months left) (1 day before their 1 year anniversary) [all scenes in this chapter happen on the same day, so I won't repeat the counts!] - Ace 'loves Perona', 'she's basically his best friend' - he doesn't let her talk to him about it tho - Ace doomspiral about Zoro's eye - it's still Zoro's room despite them sharing it for months now - Ace's thoughts all over the place. overwhelmed + lost. swinging mostly b/t feeling bereft and fucking Angry

20.5 [scene was moved to here, hence nonconsecutive numbers] - ZORO - Zoro Autism Meltdown (tm) + Mihawk talking sense into him - first time Mihawk calls him 'Zoro' - Zoro's internal monologue calling Mihawk 'his father' w/o commentary - Mihawk: "I will not allow you to keep hurting one another. It's killing Perona."

19 - ACE - ostensibly a spar but they're just wrasslin' in earnest - Ace lashing out while lamenting the fact that he is the type to lash out - but Ace loves Zoro. despite everything, he doesn't want to give up - Ace finally gets thru to Zoro. Zoro tells him everything. <- Ace calls him 'baby' - Ace feels like he Gets Zoro now. FR this time. But... Ace still hasn't told him... - "Zoro deserves better, that much is obvious, but he's already chosen to be with Ace, and thus his mind won't be changed. All Ace can do is become a man worthy of this." - Zoro and Perona hug when they get back to the castle. He whispers to her. Perona says she loves him. Tells him to tap out next time - Zoro calls Ace 'babe' but it's mostly joking. Calls Perona 'P'. She shoots negative ghosts at them - Zoro's - their - room - Ace feels small and needy and cracked open. Needs to feel held and covered and safe - epic Zoro topping dot png - the ^ exemplifies the change in their relationship. the easy understanding, the reciprocity, the boundless + overt love. it's about trust w/o being shy abt it. - "Ace has never cried during sex before, but he's not humiliated, nor does he try to hide it." - Zoro calls him 'baby' in the heat of the moment - Ace says he loves Zoro + Zoro says "I know" and Ace is 100% okay with that

Title: reciprocity

#chain reaction by zorosmalewife

[realmermaid333]

my first autism awareness month post lol (im so late)

For this autism awareness month I want to talk about the more I guess "taboo" part of autism acceptance and the Autistic Experience TM

People say they support people with autism until an autistic person makes a social mistake and says something weird or stims in an "odd" way or does literally anything "strange". As soon as we unmask or the mask slips people no longer want to support us. 

I see this a lot with social mistakes being made then people being extremely judgmental and even going as far as saying people are using autism as an excuse to make social mistakes. While this has happened before, it isn’t always the case.

A big reason why we need autism awareness is people don't fully understand what autism is. 

I'll give a simplified definition: Autism is a developmental disability that impacts the nervous system. It impacts social and emotional development and common symptoms are difficulty with communication and social interaction, obsessive interests, and repetitive behaviors. 

There's more to it but that's the gist. Autistic people misinterpret social cues pretty often and that can lead to small miscommunications or even huge misunderstandings. Some people with autism struggle to tell when someone's joking, some autistic people struggle to tell when a joke or comment is appropriate, some autistic people struggle to tell if they are arguing with someone, some autistic people can't tell they are hurting people's feelings unless they are told. 

We are a wide spectrum. There are varying levels: level 1 (generally low support needs on most days/for most people), level 2 (generally medium support needs on most days/for most people), and level 3 (generally high support needs on most days/for most people). 

I find that a lot of the time when people are introduced to the topic of autism it is from a level 1, low support needs autist who is great at masking. While those people deserve and need platforms too- I myself am a level 1 with lower support needs, though I am not very good at masking- we often ignore the level 2 and 3 autistics and those who are visibly autistic.

There may be a time when an autistic person says something that makes you upset or uncomfortable and you need to communicate that. Not everyone can tell they said something that made someone uncomfortable. I think we would all also benefit from being less judgemental when someone makes a social mistake. All humans make them from time to time, though especially autistic people and other neurodivergent people do. 

I am also tired of people saying that mentioning you’re autistic after accidentally saying something that makes someone uncomfortable is using it as an excuse. It is not an excuse and shouldn’t be used as one! But it is an explanation. Understanding that someone is autistic is really good background to knowing why they may have said something. An autistic person may share they are autistic after a misunderstanding so you know it wasn't intentional and that they understand now and hope to avoid the same thing in the future. 

As a lot of ya’ll are my friends, and I may be one of the only autistic people you are friends with, though only online. I want to tell you about my own social mistakes. I come across much more neurotypical online because I can overthink what I say lol. And most of the time it isn't healthy. I am so anxiously self aware to the point of self sabotage sometimes. When I am in online spaces I overthink what I'm going to say and sometimes edit and revise messages before I send them (I am trying to stop doing this). This is how I tend to avoid misunderstandings! I do get scared I'll mess up and people won't want to talk to me anymore. I shouldn't do that! But yeah, irl I have accidentally said things that people didn't like. I've accidentally made people uncomfortable because I couldn't edit and revise my words after I said them like I can when I type before sending. 

This is an easy thing to do in general even for someone who isn't autistic! We've all done something like this before. But when you're autistic and you may miss the context of jokes others were making or you may entirely misread a social situation. Then you try to join in and sometimes it doesn't work or you fuck up. It happens! I've done this before many times. And unfortunately people tend to be really judgmental about social mistakes, at least in my experience. It makes being autistic really hard sometimes. 

And this does not mean that you shouldn't tell an autistic person they've made you uncomfortable or said something you didn't like! That kind of constructive criticism is okay and necessary! People won't know you're upset if you keep it to yourself, especially if this is a person who reads social cues and body language poorly. This post isn't to excuse something negative an autistic person may say or say your feelings are invalid if an autistic person makes you upset. It's just to hopefully help people be more understanding. 

i don’t wanna type a tldr, just read/skim i guess. but here’s a crappy one. 

Social mistakes are a huge thing for autistic people and it just saddens me and makes me self conscious sometimes the harsh ways people deal with them. it can be really easy to make a social mistake for most people, but especially for autistic people, and especially in online spaces. 

prepare for more of my rants & musings about autism related things

#actually autistic #autistic women #autism #autistic #autism awarness month #autism awareness #autism acceptance #disability #neurodivergent #fandom issues #fandoms #online spaces

[clippy]

How did you become so interested in iasw? I’m genuinely curious and I would love to learn more about it! Also, what’s so special about… 𝐓 𝐇 𝐄 𝐂 𝐋 𝐎 𝐂 𝐊 .

Would you believe me if I said it was literally an accident LOL...

Like okay. I grew up going to WDW and Disneyland (as well as other theme parks but those were the main two; my dad grew up going to WDW so the obsession has spanned generations I guess lmao) small world was always a must-do, but my main theme park interests as a kid lied within everything Epcot-related (and it still does)

Anyway, my last trip to WDW prior to getting the Disney parks as a special interest was in 2014. I went with my high school band and it was kind of a whole thing (high school drama shit + spring break week + having to do performances in band) so we didn't get the most park time possible. We wound up skipping small world which makes me Wonder if this interest would have been kick started sooner if we didn't skip it. But anyway. Fast forward to 2018. I am visiting my friend (and now roommate) who is watching a bunch of animatronic and theme park videos and I, a clueless man, decided to watch with her and it literally awoke a sleeper cell in my brain or something because I've been *nonstop* obsessed ever since 🧍

Like literally during that session of watching videos I designed my objecthead version of Clockboy. My life has not known peace ever sense, and tbh has drastically been altered (I'll get into that later)

But yeah the Autism(TM) made me have an insatiable hunger for knowledge about everything small world-related... I still don't know EVERYTHING about it, as there are lots of variations and history, etc. involving the installments of the attraction outside of Disneyland, but my main focus is the original world's fair & Disneyland version of the attraction (since they're the same thing... Mostly) as well as IASW facades in general...

There are tons of people who have equally as niche interests within the attraction's history which I think is SO cool. Like the fact that this nearly 60 year old ride has enough meat on its bones to have whole sub-groups of what people like about it is endearing

The history about it is what has drawn me into it (aside from the funny clock) because it almost didn't happen! There was a near missed connection between a Pepsi exec and Walt Disney himself that, had that not happened, we wouldn't have gotten the ride at all. I don't want to relay the entire history here (the Imagineering Story & Behind the Attraction episodes about the world's fair attractions get into it, as well as a plethora of YouTube videos documenting the ride), but that story about the beginnings of it is so dear to me, and I can't explain why.

But anyway, since my primary focus is the original attraction and facades, I've done some reading about imagineers Mary Blair and Rolly Crump, who have become two of my favorite visual artists and large inspirations for me. Crump has a few books and interviews out that have been interesting to read, but admittedly I've had a hard time finding firsthand accounts from Blair herself. I'm sure some art out there but finding them has been tricky since I don't get a lot of time to do research in general (the stuff by Crump was all found on accident, and he also had the benefit of being alive until 2023 so getting firsthand accounts from him was easier)

Otherwise I am just... Constantly googling stuff and looking for old pictures and merchandise related to IASW. It gets me a lot of answers, surprisingly. I go to Disneyland at least once a month to go ride it and visit my boy.

Still not entirely sure WHY my brain fixated on IASW and the clock specifically, but that's just the hand I was dealt I guess 🤷 don't get me wrong, I still love Epcot stuff and have other silly theme park guys I love (RX-24.... 🥺) but the small world clock has such a stronghold on my brain and I genuinely don't think he's leaving any time soon LOL

It's so funny to me because 6 years ago, I would never have guessed this would have been my next special interest. I was working at a job I liked decently enough. I was still dropped out of school and had no urge to go back, and I was considering moving to Seattle... But now I work in a theme park doing a job I never saw myself having (which is fine, I like my job!), I'm back in school (pursuing a degree I hope I can spin into a career in theme park design 🤞), and I live in California now. Wild how that happens.

The small world clock may not be special to most people (I mean, a lot of people DO like him, I see tons of people taking photos in front of small world with him as the backdrop!) but he is extremely special to me. I treasure him so so so much, and do genuinely think my life has been better with him in it... It's silly that a funny clock face has done So Much to my brain and life but :'-) I love him so it's okay!

Anyway sorry that this is long and sappy LOL, you happened to ask this close to the 6 year anniversary of me getting into small world (it's on March 31 to be exact 😊) so it made me reflect a bit lol

TL;DR sources for more IASW info:

The Imagineering Story Episode 1: The Happiest Place on Earth (1964-1965 New York World's Fair stuff is about 35 min in) -- on Disney+

Behind the Attraction Episode 8: "it's a small world" -- on Disney+

"it's kind of a cute story" by Rolly Crump (interviews; written down by Jeff Heimbuch)

Defunctland's 1964-1965 NYWF video talks about it a decent amount if I remember right

any pictorial souvenir guides about the attraction (currently, and slowly, working on scanning mine in, and will share them once I do, but they're up on eBay a lot if you collect that sort of thing)

Sorry I don't have 🏴‍☠️ links for the D+ stuff or the book but I currently don't have the spoons to search for them

#hi. this is long so read more #sorry if u wanted a short answer