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Tfw u realize for the nth time, that the silly little thing that only you do that no one understands when u explain it, is an AuDHD thing again actually

Having ADHD and Autism just makes this 10 times worse

showering and sensory issues

dont go well together. I hate showering because when I get out I have to put on my clothes and my skin is all wet and sticky. I was reading compound fracture and idk why i never thought of just... waiting until I was dry...

Thank you ajw you are the reason I can take showers regularly 👍

yapping (and advice?) 👇

Now I just sit in my towel until I feel okay enough to put on clothes and it's like my life has been changed completely. This is why neurotypical people can't give advice to neurodivergent people because everyone else just told me to put on baggy clothes but the autistic people really pulled through with this one.

Btw if you have problems with remembering when to eat and knowing when you're hungry I highly recommend setting alarms periodically throughout the day (mine go off for lunch, snack, and dinner). Also a lot of my friends find it helpful to call a friend and eat while on the phone, or otherwise have social interaction while eating idk but it's pretty nice for some reason.

I told y'all that the best AuDHD advice comes from AuDHD people lmao 💛💛💛

NOW GO DRINK WATER

Do you guys have a grounding box? What kinds of things do you use if so?

We do!! Though, we call it our sensory box. It's got a large mix of things we've collected over the years (and I do mean years.. we've got a baby rattle in here from childhood, lol)

essential oils and candles for scent based grounding

fidget toys: chewy things, pointy things, fidget spinners, fidget cubes, head scratcher, pop-it, putty

a kaleidoscope

stuffies: including three peas in a pod that we can throw at stuff without doing damage if someone's angry

puzzles: Rubik's Cube, one of those ball pushy things, and a couple metal puzzles

self harm alternatives: acupressure bracelets and rings, silicone slap bands, and some random keys haha

and a letter from my mum about how much she loves us (as a system)

and the box is decorated with things that make us happy!!

Sometimes accessibility is using an electric toothbrush

One of the best things I did for my chronic pain and ADHD was buy an electric toothbrush with a timer and an app.

This is gonna sound nuts but hear me out.

I've been repeatedly cracking jokes to my dentist, physio and therapist that that my life would be so much easier if I didn't have to stand up for two minutes while brushing twice a day (and end up skipping it because my body hurts too much - followed by getting anxious about not brushing), and my therapist had a stroke of genius (I wish I'd thought of this) and said "well, why don't you try an electric toothbrush?"

I have a crippling fear of the dentist (something about having vampire fangs and various impactions from 9-14 years, braces for 4 years, having eight might be more teeth pulled and ongoing jaw pain from early teens will do that to a bitch - also seriously? does anyone like the dentist? shout out if you do but I cannot relate) and he knows that I get overly anxious and obsessive about brushing my teeth well to avoid the dentist and fillings as much as possible. So, I listened and used my disability funding. It took a lot of back and forth to justify spending that much on a toothbrush, and I wouldn't had I not had the funding

But wowow, has it changed sm. It's easier to sit down to brush my teeth when I'm not having to put so much effort into it and my teeth feel cleaner. I'm doing a better job for the same amount of time and effort - anyone with chronic pain and fatigue understands how precious those things are... and the best bit? The app it turns the whole fiasco into a game (as long as sending notifications to remind to replace my toothbrush head and to brush). I look forward to cleaning my teeth to see if I can do better than I did yesterday. It's insane that something so simple as having a "brushing score" can hack the ADHD braincell into wanting to do it.

I dissed the app so much "why does a toothbrush ever need to be Bluetooth" I said, and now I laugh and smile to myself knowing it seriously helps.

...plus, my teeth got whiter? maybe that's the consistency from wanting to, or maybe it's the brushing, or some combination there of, but I'm not complaining!

I'm using the same amount of time and less effort, and getting a better outcome.

Sometimes accessibility doesn't look like ramps and mobility aids (though that's SO important too!), sometimes it's making things easier by finding routes that streamline your everyday routine, and being kind to yourself and allowing yourself the grace to let change, remembering that yesterday or last year's 100% may not be today's :)

Love you all 💕

Stimming isn't enough. I need to violently vibrate out of existence

Through the power of my autism and ADHD, I do everything wrong and somehow still succeed

[Pt: through the power of my autism and ADHD, I do everything wrong and somehow still succeed. End pt]

Me: I handle change well

Also me when an app changes almost anything: what the fuck is this shit

Do people with autism and/or ADHD come prepackaged with RSD or is this shit a trauma response

Secret third option: some fucked up mixture of both

I keep remembering the instance where I stumped my math teacher in 9th grade by getting the right answer the wrong way. I believe that's what prompted the original post as well lmao

Through the power of my autism and ADHD, I do everything wrong and somehow still succeed

[Pt: through the power of my autism and ADHD, I do everything wrong and somehow still succeed. End pt]

Hyperfocus can be scary...

Like, you do stuff and do some more and more and just like that hours have passed, you're tired and hungry and thirsty and really have to pee, and when you stand up you get dizzy and all your joints ache and you're like, 'how on earth did I not notice this?'

It's a really weird feeling...

hi people of tumblr, any recommendations for stim toys? you may have seen my previous post a month ago about them but those were from somewhere else and because of how we got into a fight and they were mean, they took it away.

help an autistic adhd person out please.

what type of stim toys do i need to make sure that everything’s okay and doesn’t go wrong?

story time today:

i was in my class and i got into a fight w my bullies and he threw his bag in my face (thank god i dodged cause my face would've been damaged), and i threw it back and got into deep trouble, and wasn’t allowed in the class.

this random teacher tells me she knows some kids with adhd, autism, etc and she goes ahead telling me, “why do you wear those ear defenders?” and i told her, “i’m autistic”, and she says in this manner, “you can’t keep wearing them. get use to the noise or i will make mom take them” okay so what if i start screaming and crying because noises get too loud leading to sensory overload, and can’t handle anything, i wouldn’t have anything to help me cause you took them all away?? and she goes ahead stereotyping me, using outdated terms, and she claims she knows autism yet i had to educate her on EVERYTHING. “oh you can’t wear those cause students will get mad” ok fuck them

“are you that autistic?”

“don’t bring toys”

“just stop making yourself look stupid. I’ll just tell mom to make you stop using them”

like how she gonna get mad or listen to you when she clearly got my diagnosis, be so for real women..

Since the Paralympics are happening and I’m seeing all sorts of people saying “See? This person doesn’t let their disability stop them!”

I would like you to remember that Paralympions are OLYMPIC LEVEL ATHLETES.

How would it feel if I compared your output to that of a literal olympic athlete and used that to justify not helping you or giving you what you need?

Oh, well Michael Phelps and Simone Biles can do it - why can’t you?

Thats how you sound.

i need people to ask me about my story or I'm never writing it

Having AuDHD is like having two different people in your brain that are polar opposites and are constantly in a fight to the death over how to do anything. And meanwhile NT people are asking how you get so little done.

Do you ever just mention something to someone and suddenly realize that it’s a symptom?

Like I mentioned to my grandfather that I currently work four jobs on top of school and he asked me why I do that and I told him that I need some form of working routine or I just have a crisis and just went oh. It’s because of the autism.

no one talks about the rage you feel when u realize that every adult in your life has failed u