Your Needs Aren't You "being Difficult."

Your needs aren't you "being difficult."

I've come to realize that I've been masking from a young age, even if I wasn't good at it when it came to social interaction. I've felt the need to be as unproblematic as possible my whole life. All I wanted to do was fit in, even if people still bullied me and avoided me. But lately? I've been losing the ability to care, because apparently people still clock me.

I still suppress stims as much as possible due to self consciousness, but I'm voicing my discomforts and needs more often. I am the definition of 'acting more autistic' since finding out that I am autistic, because I was trying to be something I wasn't my whole LIFE, wondering why my peers HATED me, why their parents looked at me with disdain when I got 'too loud' as a child.

And if you have a similar story? Good for fucking you. You aren't faking, or being theatrical for literally being MORE AUTHENTIC TO YOURSELF. I'm so TIRED of allistic people saying I look like I'm acting when I show atypical discomfort towards a situation. I'm tired of being painted as difficult for having fucking boundaries. Jesus Christ.

The 'this autism meme is relatable but I'm not autistic lol' to 'I am definitely autistic' pipeline

i’m seeing a lot of people reblogging suicide hotlines and this is just a reminder that this is a suicide help line that works like a text-based instant messenger for people who may need to talk to someone but have trouble/are uncomfortable making phone calls

I find it funny when someone self-diagnoses themselves with autism, allistics and neurotypicals are always the ones complaining about it. “You can’t diagnose yourself! You’re mocking people with actual autism! It isn’t valid! You’re taking away resources from actual autistic people!”

But, then diagnosed autistic people themselves will look at that same self-diagnosed person and be like: “Oh, yeah. You’re definitely one of us.”

Also, the question is this; What resources are we taking away from diagnosed Autistic people? What resources are there for us to take? And, how would we do that anyway?

Real

conditional acceptance is NOT acceptance

if you cant accept ALL queer identities, you are a queerphobe!

queer liberation includes all queer labels, including the ones YOU don't like!