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steakout-05 · 24 days

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i forgor it was autism day yesterday so i'd like to wish a very happy autism month and late autism day to data from star trek specifically :)

#star trek #star trek tng #star trek the next generation #star trek next gen #data soong #data #commander data #data tng #autism #autism acceptance day #autism acceptance month #actually autistic #autistic #data's so autism it has to be canon #like #he doesn't get social cues or humour #he mirrors the actions of his human friends (especially geordi)#he has a flat effect #he has a special interest (sherlock holmes)#he can't process his emotions in a ''human'' way and doesn't quite get facial expressions #and even when he does get the emotion chip installed he still exhibits literally every other autism trait #that's what i love about data post generations. the emotion chip didn't suddenly make him human-#-or neurotypical. he's still good ol' autistic data he just knows how to laugh and cry now :)#that what i was afraid of when i first watched the movie because i thought they'd just do a whole 180 with his character-#-as soon as geordi installed the chip but luckily they did not and i'm very happy about it #anyway shoutout to data!! i love him very much <3

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hiccupmistress · 5 months

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PSA; autistic people have a tendency to take things quite literally. I saw a TikTok the other day (I'm afraid I didn't save it, sorry) where someone was talking about when neurotypical people will use a question as a veiled insult. I.e, "Why are you doing it that way?" is often meant to mean "You're doing it wrong", whereas neurodivergent people will take this at face value and answer why we find a method of doing a thing preferable, and vice-versa, we'll often ask "why are you doing it that way?" out of genuine curiosity to learn, and neurotypical people will interpret it in the veiled insult way.

I'd like to add to this with an experience I just had of taking something literally when a neurotypical person was being somehow non-literal. My Mum approached me with her laptop and said "I'm in no way telling you what to do, but this just popped up and I thought you should know". It was an advert for a new job vacancy at a local business. A local business that I have applied for numerous times in the past and not only have they rejected me, but their rejections have been rather condescending and inconsiderate. I simply said "They haven't exactly been encouraging in the past", and my Mum then shouted "WELL CAN'T YOU AT LEAST APPLY???", and I said "I thought you weren't telling me what to do?" and my Mum then silently stormed off, went out the front door and got in the car and drove off to have a sulk. For real though, why did you say you weren't telling me what to do if you were literally telling me what to do??

My Mum is always insisting she understands my autism and tries to accommodate it, but she is always doing things like this, no matter how many times or how carefully I explain it, and I'm apparently always the bad guy. Just say what you mean and its less of an issue, if you're about to tell me what to do, don't preface it with "I'm not about to tell you what to do". How do neurotypical people even function when nothing they say is what is meant??

I've heard of "reading between the lines", but should I just assume every day is opposite day?!

EDIT: I should clarify that I love my Mum dearly - she's the most supportive person in my life by a country mile, and she is just trying to help me get a job in this anecdote. No issue with any of that, I'm grateful. Just wish she was a little more receptive to me explaining my issues - its unfortunately a repeating pattern and I've done my very best to communicate it.

#autism #neurodiversity #neurodivergent #i literally can't help it #you made an absolutist statement and i took it at face value what was i supposed to do?#how in the world do neurotypical people function

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spinsun · 10 months

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hello welcome back to my segmente mspaint; where i only post stuff i made on paint. today we have: late shadow birthday stuff, fun with different brushes and also an entire page made of mouse doodles :]

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darubyprincx · 5 months

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re: my last post, being autistic fucking rules actually. i'm a little bundle of joy, i know way too much about extremely specific topics, and if you make a loud noise around me i will be incapacitated for a period of fifteen minutes to seven plus hours depending on context and situation

#ray's tag #autism #literally how do neurotypicals survive

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biceratops7 · 11 months

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Uhhh… so I am now no longer holding true to the idea that the writers didn’t intend for Donnie to be autistic at first 😭😂

#yes yes I know #Sheldon ew #me too #but I understand how he’s unfortunately kind of the first thing neurotypical people think of when they’re trying to go for ‘’autistic’’#considering he may’ve been a reference?#im amazed by the representation we got /g #rottmnt #rottmnt character designs #rottmnt production #rise Donnie #rise of the teenage mutant ninja turtles #rise donatello #autistic donnie #tmnt #autism #but like… literally why do those HAPPEN to be the two visual references 😭#biceratops

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beamobailey · 11 months

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the second my mental illness gets to a certain point it’s over for y’all.

every moment you are not running i am only getting more fuel for my ship to info dump to you. :)

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caffeinatedopossum · 2 years

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Ed recovery with autism and adhd is so weird.

Like I'll either forget to eat lunch entirely or I'll forget when I ate last and end up eating lunch 3 seperate times instead.

Then sometimes I have to literally ask my girlfriend if I'm hungry because I don't fucking know what my body is feeling ever and she's usually like "Yeah you should eat".

Then when I go to prepare food it's like:

Me: okay body so how much food do you want

Body: hm...m... food...?

Me: yes food. But HOW MUCH

Body: uhh... s e v e r a l

Me: WHAT DOES THAT MEAN

And then I end up making too much for me to eat (thank God I'm allowed to not eat all of my food now- I hated that rule so much growing up) but its still so goddamn confusing skgjfjfhff

#wrong #anyway im incredibly thankful for my girlfriend who is so so patient and supportive #the amount of help and support i never realized i need is actually insane #like i genuinely cant function without help because of my autism (and adhd to a lesser degree)#idk its just really nice to not only have help but not feel like i should be ashamed of needing it either #oof i forgot the other thing that happens when i make food is that i prepare it and then by the time its done cooking #i dont even want it anymore -_- like wtf? i literally was JUST hungry #or i wont feel hungry but then as soon as i go to bed and cant make food because everyones asleep #and the lights are all off and im all cozy and sleepy #THEN im starving. my body has the worst timing ever sometimes istg #still not as bad as before recovery though #ive just elected to be a lot more patient with myself #i used to compare my recovery to other peoples never understanding what i was doing #but the truth of the matter was those people i was comparing myself to #had only had eds for like 2-5 years. which is still bad of course but its not applicable to my scenario #they were also neurotypical and cisgender which i also couldnt relate to #the thing is i never learned how to eat properly. before my ed i still wasnt eating enough #because my parents were neglecting me #i only know hunger and i never learned how to eat properly or what being nourished feels like #that means i have to not only relearn things but learn them entirely for the first time #i have to learn what hunger feels like and what being full feels like and when it is and isnt ok to skip a snack #its just really hard learning these things for the first time ar 20 years old #and once i acknowledged that- that it was really hard for me- i think i felt a lot of relief #like im struggling but it makes sense that i am and i wont always feel like thia #one day i will heal. i just needed a little help

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the-old-man-has-the-phonebox · 6 months

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People are like “bro I love TADC but it would suck to actually be in it. I’d hate forgetting my past and my name and everything”

Me, with a shitty enough life that I wouldn’t be opposed to losing my memories and life in the real world so I can reinvent my entire being in a fun circus world:

#‘I don’t remember my name’ bro do you know how stoked I would be if I got to rename myself?#not in like a trans way but in like a ‘I simply like my name because it’s all I’ve ever known but I don’t really have a kinship with it’ way #(that might *still* qualify as ‘a trans way’ but I do not have the emotional stability to unpack THAT)#but bro do you know how PSYCHED I would be to get a new body and new name and just start from scratch #all my trauma? can’t remember the sources anymore!#my self-hatred due to the social norms implemented by capitalism? gone.#no more not doing things because I’m fat! no more issues making friends with neurotypicals!#no debt! no rent! no cost of living!#there are literally minimal downsides #‘but what if you abstracted?’ I’d just slap a post-it not on myself before putting on the headset that says ‘it’s not worth remembering :)’

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biromantic-nerd · 1 year

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I think representation in characters is so funny bc some people are like "I'm [rep] and that is the WORST rep I've ever seen" and some people are like "I'm [rep] and this rep is so important to me this is exactly my experience"

and by funny I mean no character is going to match every single person's experience simultaneously. Someone might criticize a character for being a stereotype and someone else might recognize themselves in that portrayal. And vice versa, etc, and so on and on forth.

#literally i hate what the show Monk does to Monk - sets the audience up to laugh at him #but i LOVE Monk #first character with OCD i've ever seen and he made my life easier just by existing #i love him #absolutely hate watching the later seasons of the show though bc they don't even pretend anymore #that the show isn't about shoving him into situations that distress him #and it's not framed as upsetting. it's framed as comical. look at how ~weird~ his OCD is. our main autistic character with OCD.#like bruh you MADE that character.#anyways i did not vote for Monk in a poll #and i thought it was interesting bc i saw a tag about not liking him #(hi myth 💕)#but i DO like him #don't like his writers though :( they deliberately try to make him ~cringey~ for neurotypical people and it's like okay thanks #i still like him.#he is not exactly my experience #no i WISH i had a helper my life would be sooo much better off i really do need a helper #watching it and finding one solution for an issue i had was like - i don't even care how ableist this show is. this show helped me.#a real life person.#like you can say what you want about bad rep not being better than no rep but i thought it was good rep since it HELPED me.#HE was good rep. the show was bad at framing it bc they wanted you to laugh at him. hope that makes sense.#anyways.#Monk ily. sorry i never kept watching bc i couldn't bear to see anymore of the situations they were putting you in.#i could not reblog the poll with my Monk tags without letting this go. I know I voted for Dirk but I do love Monk but I hate his writers

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antimony-ore · 21 days

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Actually some things happening to me would be easier to explain if someone was able to go through my to do lists and journal directly

#I had an entry about how I just want a quiet morning to myself #but no matter how early I get up my mom is up and always says something judgy before good morning #after an extensive talk about my depression and me shutting down and sleeping most of the day yesterday she asks:#what are you doing up?#after getting up outta bed before 10 for the first time in a week somehow the same day I was finally able to #idk fighting the rot #I mentioned trying to form healthier habits so you’d stop questioning everything #why do you sleep until I wake up even if I wake up at noon and then are in every room I am in all morning #why do try to hold my hand and speak every thought you have with no filter #why did you cook dinner after the hours of ‘talking’ we did Tuesday and the resolution we came to #why don’t you work on the the things I ask of you in return?#no means no #not play a mom card #mom card expires when your kid has already outgrown the need for you #like I’m so sorry but you are literally killing the progress I made by saying things like #I can’t see any value in anything you do and my mental illnesses are fake or less debilitating then I make them out to be #I’m pretty much like SORRY I’m particular and living with you #I try to disappear so it’s not an issue for you most of the day #but you still seem to have a problem with everything I do or at least commentary #if doing AB and C gets me to where I need to be it is not your job to stop me and try to make me XYZ #fuck off #you can’t make me neurotypical suddenly #I’m turning into such a bitch #maintaining boundaries is hard

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flopsy-art · 10 months

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the autisic urge to compile a fully referenced document of spock moments from TOS to pull out every time someone says the characterization of SNW spock is accurate

#i am literally going insane #how do i explain this to hou #this spock is from before kirk I KNOWWWWWWW #i KNOWW THATS WHATS EVEN WORSEEEE #media literacy should be a requirement for clubs #i am jokinh jusr fyi #i do enjoy snw spock #he is such a silly little neurotypical straight man #but he is certainly not Spock #words by flops

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tcypionate · 3 months

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im a big hater on people who diagnose themselves as autistic by just reading a short list off of the webmd page but i always feel like the normies will kill me if i say what's on my mind

#edited to clarify;#i do think self-dx is fine. especially with the state of mental health care #like idk how to say this but behavioral conditions are usually something neurotypical people do too but to the point where it causes #issues in daily life. and imo there's no point for diagnosis if it's not necessary #like i get actively hindered by my autism diagnosis and have it used against me regularly. it isnt fun!!#this all also applies for literally any disorder. i fucking hate people who go ''im sooo ocd and adhd :)''#biting and killing you in my mind

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eats-the-stars · 8 months

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my coworker consistently baffled by my ability to "either predict errors or create performance anxiety in the machines" because i will stop and look directly at a machine right before it malfunctions, and when she first pointed this out to me i was just like "huh. weird" and it's driving her crazy. i figured it out but i don't think i'll tell her yet because it's honestly really funny to watch her wrestle with this "impossible predictive ability" and i kinda wanna see if she can logic this out for herself. so far she's only really told me that she's ruled out anything visual, like spotting a tangle before it jams, because she saw me working at the table w/my back fully to a machine when i stopped and turned around and watched it thunk along a few seconds more before it jammed up. so i couldn't have seen anything...she's so close...you really just need to ask "what's the difference between me and the other ppl working the floor?"

Th difference is this: nearly everyone at my workplace wears something to listen to music while they work, or ear-plugs, because the machines are loud, but i don't, because I love the sound of the machines. and when u listen to something so often u can subconsciously tell when there is a subtle change, which often happens when the machine malfunctions. so i hear it a beat or so before the machine registers it, stops, and displays the error notice. which is when i step in an resolve it. the error message itself comes with a flashing light and a loud noise that everyone can see/hear, so ppl don't really need a keen ear. And apparently the sound of the machines constantly at work drives ppl a little crazy, but I passed that point a long time ago so it's just stand-in music for me now.

#work #machines #it's an unexpected bit of fun #i also wonder if my experience w/background noises is different because i'm autistic #like i hear everything all the time so i notice when there's a change that other ppl just don't register #like i could hear it when the fridge in our kitchen 'sounded different' before it needed some repairs #so i'm not even 100% sure that my coworkers would start being conditioned to respond to subtle noises like i am #even w/out blocking out the noise of the machines #they might like...mentally tune out the noise? not sure how to do that #but i do know that neurotypical ppl can just...not hear things #or something #like sorry but i can't just choose not to hear the fridge? it's literally in the same room as me #and it's making noise so...#i do have one coworker who consistently does not wear headphones or anything #because she is very chatty #but she's also a bit inattentive so i can't really use her as comparison

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scribe-of-hael · 7 months

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Idk if my absence is even noticed. I'm just struggling with life right now. The sugery with my dog and the complications that it brought has just pushed me into such a stressed out state. I'm back into a depressed hole of waking up with anxiety and falling asleep anxious. It's gotten to the point I current feel numb to my fixations , even old ones I know make me happy.

I feel like zero joy right now. Even when I think happy things and for a moment I feel better. It doesn't last barely any time. I know I've had these feelings before when I go through them I feel like ill never be the same. This is just how I am now.

Me and the people I love around me have been having to deal with so much lately. Its ok just weighing so heavy. I'm extremely tried and upset.

The fact i can't even look at Knockout , starscream or any of the bots right now and feel comforted make my head and heart hurt so bad...

#Vent #Personal text #Literally no one is fronting so I can feel comforted #No one #It really fucking sucks that I feel so alone in my head #When this usually have some comfort character front #I hate this tbh #How do neurotypical ppl deal with shit like this #Without any fixations or anything #This is awful #depression #Mentioned

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queenofthecats · 5 months

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Shit posting, but I swear y’all are worst then Reddit and Twitter. Y’all just really are making random crap up.

Y’all use anti-fem and anti-queer talking points to back up random crap, and then claim y’all are inclusive feminist and pro-queer. Please stop. The oppressor cannot be the oppressed.

People can’t be oppressed for these reasons alone:

White people can’t be oppressed. Billionaires can’t be oppressed. Men cannot be oppressed. Cis people cannot be oppressed. Heterosexual people cannot be oppressed. Able-bodied people cannot be oppressed. Neurotypical people can’t be oppressed.

They can be oppressed for other reasons if they fall into another category, but are not oppressed by any of the categories above. I’m so tired of this.

REMINDER THAT FELLOW GROUPS DONT HAVE POWER OVER THEIR EXACT COUNTERPARTS: non-men, poor/middle class, people of color, transgender people, queer people, disabled, or neurodivergent people

I might as well go into one of those subreddits that think every minority is at fault at this point.

#queer feminism #disabled #poc safe #women #Misandry doesn’t exist #heterophobia doesn’t exist #cis people do not face oppression #reverse racism doesn’t exist #able bodied people are not oppressed #poor/middle class literally has no power #neurotypical people too #how is this even a debate at this point #not to mention tik tok #go outside #chronically online

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duskythesomething · 1 year

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every time someone tells me that I'm "high functioning" or "only a little autistic" it almost makes me wish i struggled more visibly. you Do Not Know what i go through every single fucking day

#mrowr.txt #my coworkers and i were talking about disabilities/autism #and one of them was saying how people shouldnt let their disabilities define them #and they should be more confident and stuff #like?? you are able bodied? your opinion doesn't matter?#depression and anxiety can be disabling for a person sure but you do NOT have a say #i literally cannot function because of how my brain works fairly often #like you're really gonna tell someone with EDS that their disability shouldnt define them?#someone in a wheelchair??#you gonna tell someone with a physical disability #that the world DOES NOT cater to #that it shouldnt define them??#not everyone wants to be above their disability.#not everyone wants to act like being disabled. visible or not. physical or mental. isnt so fucking hard #because it is. life is 500× harder #and you. do. not. get. a. say.#white abled bodied neurotypicals need to SHUT THE FUCK UP.

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