#the autism spectrum

[lemonfairyd]

HORSE HORSE HORSE HORSE

#my little pony friendship is magic #lemonfairy art #mlp redesign #transmasc rainbow dash #transfem applejack #these horses #the autism spectrum #luna moth

[cy3n-hrdc0re]

Everyone I wake up I see this and I laugh my ass off

#“what are you on?” #THE AUTISM SPECTRUM #JACKASS

[snakeautistic]

People underestimate how much it fucks you up to be subtly excluded as a kid. I would try to talk to my classmates and be met with disinterest or annoyance. The one friend I had, who I clung to and nodded along to his every word, had other friends he liked just as much or more. And his other friends didn’t care for me at all.

I look back at pictures from the time and see how separated I was from them. I remember knowing I was different. I remember posing questions about the world to the girls playing next to me and realizing that they had never asked the same ones to themselves. That the ways we thought couldn’t be more different.

I kept myself amused with my own fanatical stories and musings in my head. I would wander the playground on a circular path, imagining a friend and being sorely disappointed when it didn’t feel as real as I’d hoped.

There was a bubble separating me from everyone else, thin, and nearly invisible, but with a pearly sheen you could catch under the right conditions. I knew it was there, they knew it was there, and it changed me

#autism #actually autistic #autistic thoughts #autistic experiences #neurodivergent #autism spectrum #asd #autistic #neurodivergence #thoughts

[pigeon-cave]

Diagrams are helpful to me

#autism #actually autistic #pigeon thoughts #asd #actuallyautistic #autistic #autism spectrum disorder #disability #actually autism #adhd

[itsaspectrumcomic]

A 2pm appointment can take all day when you're autistic

#actually autistic #planning #autism comic #neurodivergent #autism #autobio comics #funny #its a spectrum #edited to include links

[aspiring-apparition]

(I bring a sort of “Everyone has inherent worth regardless of their productivity” Vibe to every conversation that ableists don’t really seem to like)

#autism #actually autistic #neurodivergent #ablism #disabled #actually adhd #on the spectrum #neurodivergencies #neuropunk #autistic spectrum #autistic memes

[adhdxxsdiary]

#autism #actually autistic #autistic brain #autistic adult #autism spectrum disorder #autistic culture #autistic characters #autistic experiences #being autistic

[fallenstarcat]

sometimes i feel like people forget autism is a disability. and that’s not a bad thing! i’m all for disability acceptance, im proud of my disabilities. but i feel like we forget autism can hurt.

it hurts that i have to put more time and energy into socializing than others.

it hurts when i need to move so bad, usually cause im overwhelmed by either my surroundings or emotions, that i thrash and hurt myself.

it hurts that i cant be in places that are too loud or too bright, which on bad days can be as simple as a small, quiet noise or dim lights.

it hurts that i struggle to tell when im hungry, thirsty, tired, etc. so i can’t properly take care of myself. it doesn’t help my insomnia and i get very nauseas and get UTIs.

i 100% believe in autism acceptance. i don’t want a cure. but i also want us the acknowledge that it can hurt. it doesn’t mean my entire life will hurt, but some parts will. and i want a community where we can see both sides, see the hurt, and celebrate it anyway.

#autism #autistic #actually autistic #actually autism #autism acceptance #autism acceptence month #autistic things #autistic experiences #autistic community #autistic spectrum #autism spectrum disorder #autism spectrum #disabled #disability #disability pride #disabled pride #disabilties #autistic life #autism life #autism advocacy #neurodivergent #actually neurodiverse #neurodiversity #neurodevelopmental #developmental disabilities #developmental disability

[teleportzz]

"bluntly honest" autism but in the sense that i absolutely cannot refrain from complimenting strangers if i like their earrings or their shirt or i think they have a friendly-sounding laugh or i think their art is beautiful or i think the fic they wrote portrays the characters so well. "bluntly honest" doesn't have to mean "mean". i love to tell people things that are kind and also true.

#i literally can't stop myself #if i have a compliment about something i have to say it #the other person has to know #i'll happily take the risk of coming off as weird or too friendly #audrey talks sometimes #actually autistic #autism #autistic things #autistic experiences #autistic spectrum

[autismwithoutpremium]

Just a thought

#autism #autistic community #autistic things #queer community #autism spectrum disorder #actually autistic #autistic memes #lgbtq #autistic adult #neurodivergent #its the neurodivergency #neurodiversity #neurospicy #adhd problems

[bli-o]

hey autistic people who get overwhelmed by large groups or noise or conversation or etc etc etc you’re not evil for wanting to leave a family gathering. just so you know.

#additionally hard when you have no diagnosis #people just think im “antisocial” and “rude” #while im over here completely burnt out #because the whole room is talking and the tv is loud and all the lights are on and every kid in the house is shrieking about something #and whoever you came with(looking at you parents) acts like you’re evil and hate your family when you even ask when you’re leaving #autism #actually autistic #autistic #autism spectrum disorder #autistic things #asd #autistic community #undiagnosed autistic #undiagnosed neurodivergent #undiagnosed autism #neurodiversity #neurodivergent #neurodiverse stuff #neurospicy #neurodivergence #neurodivergencies

[yellowyarn]

i always see sensory avoidant autistic people talking about how their favourite foods are all plain carbs but where are the sensory seeking autistics who live on garlic and spicy foods? the ones who will eat a straight lemon and hate buttered noodles.

#garlic my beloved #autism #disability #nuero punk #mental disabilities #autipunk #auti punk #nueropunk #asd #level 2 autism #autistic #level 3 autism #level 1 autism #sensory issues #autistic spectrum #the tism #tism posting #auti #sensory seeking

[snakeautistic]

Please, for the love of god, leave me CLEAR INSTRUCTIONS!!! If you think it’s implied, I promise you that to me it is not. If you give me poorly worded or vague directions I’m gonna spend half an hour stressing over the potential different ways to interpret them and either become paralyzed with indecision or inevitably interpret them the least correct way possible

#actually autistic #autistic rant #autistic thoughts #autistic experiences #autism #autistic #neurodivergent #neurodiversity #neurodivergent experience #asd #autistic things #autism spectrum #neurodivergence

[pigeon-cave]

Spectrum of overwhelm, now in triangle form due to popular demand

[Image description: A triangle chart titled, ‘Spectrum of Overwhelm.’ The three points are ‘404 Error,’ showing a person with an empty thought bubble; ‘wet beast,’ showing a person sweating and sobbing; and ‘rage beast’ showing a person clenching their fists in an outline of orange fire. The peak is the ‘404 error’ vertex, and the inside of the triangle here is coloured beige and labelled, ‘shutdown.’ The lower half is labelled ‘meltdown’ and is red on the rage beast side and blue on the wet beast side. \End description]

#autism #asd #autistic #actually autistic #disability #pigeon thoughts #adhd #actuallyautistic #autism spectrum disorder #meltdown #shutdown

[itsaspectrumcomic]

It's not that I don't want to visit, it just wasn't on the list I made in my head

#autism #autism comic #actually autistic #neurodivergent #planning #its a spectrum #edited to include links

[beenovel]

Anyway last week my professor told the class "coworkers will put up with poor technical skills but they won't put up with weird" and after class I just went and sat in my car and cried bc how am I supposed to survive if I still don't seem "normal" even though I've been doing behavioral therapy since first grade but masking hurts so goddamn bad that I'm only doing two classes a week rn but I'm still falling apart and barely functioning every day and barely getting my work turned in bc i come home from class and collapse for days at a time and its just not fair, its not fair, why do other people get to be the normal, why do jobs get to be easy for other people, why are 66% of autistics unemployed/underemployed its not FAIR

#actually autistic #actually disabled #autism #autistic spectrum #autistic #autistic adult #neurodivergent #audhd #asd #actually asd #neurodiversity #neurospicy #actually neurodivergent