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Happy Autism Awareness Month! I AM SO TIRED OF BEING AUTISTIC!`
for this disability pride month, i want to highlight a couple of things with autism and ahdhd, particularly in girls.
if your teen girl is staying up every single night until 3 am doing homework, and she's been at it since 230 pm when she got home from school... that needs to be acknowledged and addressed. thats not normal, even the insane amounts of schoolwork that a white rich school would require for students in those college level courses wouldnt require almost 12 hours of studying a night. especially if her grades don't reflect that level of attention.
if your teen girl forgets things constantly, if she makes mistakes in sending the right documents or doesnt buy what you tell her to at the store, she is not lazy, stupid or malicious. these are symptoms that need to be acknowledged and addressed, this is not normal brain behavior. there is something going on cognitively.
if your teen girl is amazing and lovely until she's explosively angry, she's not an evil person hellbent on ruining the family. this is emotional disregulation, she needs help. these are symptons that need to be acknowledged and addressed.
if your teen girl is talkative and likes being around you until she doesnt, and if she goes silent until she's allowed to go to her room and sleep off the grumpiness, she's not being hateful towards you. she is likely burnt-out socializing and needs to gain her energy back, let her be. this is a symptom that needs to be addressed and acknowledged.
if your daughter constantly needs to chew on gum, even after you berate and shame her for doing so, to the point where her jaw often hurts, this is not her being defiant. this is a symptom and needs to be addressed and acknowledged.
if your daughter walks funny, laughs funny, dances weird, cries too much at commercials that are overly dramatic, and you make her feel bad for displaying any of these traits, you're harming her. let her exist in this world without feeling the need to box in her behavior into "acceptable" mannerisms. unlearn what it means to walk, laugh, dance "funny" and examine why you feel the need to bully people who don't behave in ways you've approved beforehand.
if your daughter has had trouble making friends her entire life and if you often catch her talking to herself in rehearsing full on conversations, she is most likely exhibiting symptoms of autism and these need to be acknowledged and addressed.
if your daughter learned to do things early on and had an extensive vocabulary or skipped the crawling stage and walked immediately, or if your daughter never learned how to "play properly" i.e. she loved having toys but only to organize and line them up and refused to let anyone else touch them, your daughter is exhibiting symptoms of autism that need to be acknowledged and addressed.
if your daughter often refuses to acknowledge her tone or states that "i didnt say it like that" "i didnt say that" or "thats not what i meant" and if she repeatedly tells you "i dont understand what tone you're talking about" she is not gaslighting or manipulating you. she is not being stubborn, she is not lying. she is exhibiting signs of autism that need to be acknowledged and addressed.
if your daughter only likes to eat certain things, to the point that it affects her health, she is not a picky eater. this is a symptom that must be acknowledged and addressed.
if your daughter is black and white in her thinking, to the point where she will argue with you about things that she thinks are objectively unfair or wrong to her, she is not doing it out of spite. she is exhibiting symptoms that must be addressed and acknowledged.
if your daughter loses her shit at not being allowed to sleep in on the weekends, especially if you know she's been pulling 12 hour "study sessions" all week, she is not being spoiled and ungrateful. she is exhibiting signs of autism/adhd burn out and she biologically needs to sleep more than other people to begin with, let alone in the situation that she is currently in.
please stop demonizing the behavior of your teenage daughters and start looking at each individual situation as pieces to a larger puzzle. if your daughter shows a majority of these signs, please start looking at these behaviors as manifestions of the symptoms that are distressing your child in that moment.
autism in girls is often treated as "bad behavior" that parents often try to "discipline" out instead of symptomatic behavior of a disorder that has gone unmanaged and unaccomodated for probably over a decade and half at that point. please treat your daughters with respect, love and dignity even in their worst times because that is when they need the most.
it doesn't help when you demonize your child as being purposely spiteful and hateful towards you, especially if you feel like you've communicated with them sufficiently and they aren't listening or compromising with you at the very least, because your children *do not* want to hurt you. your children are begging to be heard and you refuse to help them.
please research autism and adhd, especially how it can differ in girls versus boys, and please start treating your teenage girls with more love, kindness, and empathy.
HAPPY AUTISM AWARENESS DAY!!!
❤️🧡💛💚🩵💙💜🩷
Where my Autistic people with OCD at?!
They don‘t get enough recognition from the media and get forgotten in general (In my opinion).
Taking a little summer break from posting :)
Sorry for not posting regularly .°(ಗдಗ。)°.
I have a lot going on atm, and don’t have much time for my blog (๑•ૅㅁ•๑)
Anyways, stay safe and don’t overwork yourselves. Take breaks and do something you enjoy!💕
Chemistry exam today!!!
Wish me luck 🍀
*talking to my friend about how im autistic* her : "I think im a little autistic" me : "idk i dont think u are" her : "well I can be a little autistic sometimes" what guys, autism isn't just a 'silly haha' thing!! autism makes life harder so much, you feel things differently, you process things differently, sensory issues, loud noises, etc. its not just stimming bruv.
Autism is embarrassing. So embarrassing. Embarrassing to unmask, embarrassing to use chewlery in school that I CANT FUNCTION WITHOUT since I have it. Very embarrassing. Worst thing is when people stare at me because of it.
Oh, I also forgot how embarrassing it is to even TALK ABOUT autism. You can feel how uncomfortable the other person starts to become.
With Autism Acceptance Week (28/03 to 04/04) here, and April being Autism Awareness Month, here's a reminder:
Source ~ Autistic Truth
[Image ID: Light blue background image with dark blue lettering. Several symbols used to represent autism appear, some with a "No" symbol over them.
Use These Symbols for Autism:
-> Rainbow Infinity Symbol for Neurodiversity
-> Gold Infinity Symbol for Autism
Please don't use these:
🚫 (image of a ribbon made of primary coloured puzzle pieces)
🚫 (Image of four interlocking puzzle pieces in primary colours red, blue, yellow and green)
🚫 (Logo of Autism Speaks, with a puzzle piece of blue fading into pink)
- These Symbols are offensive to majority of autistic people
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Coexist.
autism awareness & autism acceptance not either or. not mutually exclusive. can coexist. need coexist.
“there enough awareness for autism already 🙄 we need acceptance”
ok. you aware of high support needs autism? aware what that even means? not “need reminder take meds need remind take shower” “high” support needs autism, but “need full physical help do bADLs lack danger awareness may accidentally hurt self or even kill self without support” high support needs autism? not just higher support needs people who can be independently online do advocacy, but those who need help from others even be online, or those who cannot be online at. all.?
aware of nonverbal nonspeaking people? not just nonverbal nonspeaking people who can write grammatically correct cannot tell apart base on writing. not just nonverbal nonspeaking people who can be online who can advocate online.
aware of nonverbal nonspeaking people who cannot communicate in way that easily understood, either for now, or ever? aware of nonverbal nonspeaking people without functional communication, aware of how without functional communication, how that drastically limit communication, even though behaviors are valid communication? aware of nonverbal nonspeaking people who may never use AAC fluently even with best support?
aware of technically verbal but very limited verbal autistics who may only able say wants & needs but not other things and certainly not online advocacy, “despite being verbal”?
aware of just how much our life depends on caregiver/carer/PCA/etc? aware how vulnerable that make us? aware of abuse from caregivers? aware of caregiver burnout from lack of support for caregivers, & how that impact our care we receive? have you even heard of term respite care? aware of those of us who cannot separate ourselves from caregiver? aware of those of us who cannot participate in autism community without caregiver?
aware of visibly autistic people? aware how we not automatically believed? aware how we often bear blunt of violence because we most easily identified target because we visible? aware visible =/= get support, aware that many those diagnosed severe who now adult so no longer qualify for services under 21 year old, languish in hospitals because nowhere to go? aware how long life saving necessary waitlists are? aware that even to this day parents have to fight school fight day service fight government fight insurance for them give their nonverbal nonspeaking child AAC & be properly taught how use it? actually, are you aware of how properly teach AAC to nonverbal nonspeaking, developmentally delayed child who may or may not have intellectual disability?
actually, aware of autistics with (correctly diagnosed) intellectual disability & how they make up big amount of autistic? aware of institutional systemic & legal impact of mental [r word] right & the human rights abuse justified using r word right? wait, you aware that r word come from old term for intellectual disability, that, actually, still in many laws because no one bothered updating, right? aware of what severe profound ID look like? and aware they real and they still human deserve education deserve life deserve care, yes?
aware of early diagnosis 20 30 or even 10 years ago, not same as now, even less resources & knowledge about autism now? aware that while gender race class 1000% impacted diagnoses, a lot of early diagnosed people early diagnosed because… they die without support unlocked by diagnosis, right? but also, aware that in old times, early diagnosis often did mean doom, not because autism bad or anything, but because severe lack of support & diagnosis can literally bar you from so many things including basic education?
aware that for many people in special education, which impact specific group of autistic people, they not get degree when graduate high school, they just get certificate, which limit their educational & employment opportunities & others?
aware of life saving importance and necessity of masking for autistic of color especially Black autistic people, despite stress inducing traumatic? aware that live in broken system be victim of hate crime & police brutality just as traumatic often even more traumatic than masking? aware that many Black & other parents of color forced to teach their child masking because of this?
are you aware of most marginalized autistic people? aware of leadership of most impacted?
aware you can and need to care about autistic experiences & form of autism you not experience? aware that you can and need to do that without try twist your experience into our experience into our words our community?
aware that advocacy goes beyond about you?
aware that you can’t speak for all autistic? aware that you shouldn’t speak for all autistic?
are you aware of when you need to stop talking & listen & amplify others? aware of when and how to decenter self?
aware that even this long post, barely scratch surface? still so much to say?
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Something something Autism Speaks bad
"if the world was ending, I'd wanna be next to you."
LOOK AY THEMMM
THEYTE DSO PRETTU N HANDSOME AND UUGGGHHHHH
I can't take it anymore SOMEONE SEDATE MEEEE
GET OUT OF MY HEAD GET OUT OF MY HEAD LEAVE ME ALOONRNEEE
Change of plans
There was a change of plans. It's a holiday and actually it always goes like this, that my family meets sometime between 11 am and 1 pm o'clock.
This year they said we'd meet as usual, eat something, but keep it short because there were already so many parties coming up in the last few months.
It's at 1 pm. I go downstairs and I am told we won't meet until 4 pm.
And what do I do? I cry uncontrollably. Forgive myself to my room and hope the crying stops soon.
I had my own little plans for the afternoon. Exercise after lunch. Then lay on the couch, watch my current Netflix series and crochet.
Both things that take time. In order to exercise I have to eat something first because I'm on the verge of starvation. Then I can't start right away because I'll get sick, but without it I'll eventually keel over.
After the workout I'm easier to get riled up than usual, which will only make the get-together more exhausting than it already is. Then you have to find that window of time where you can leave without being rude. Then I have to come back down first.
Means walking in circles and daydreaming until I'm relaxed. Which can take a good two hours.
Means goodbye hobby time, because tomorrow you have to get up at 5 again to go to work.
It may only be a small change, but for me it just ensures that my day that was supposed to be for relaxation has been taken away from me and is only causing stress again.
I'm tired and I'm crying about it. I crack my fingers non-stop and would love to throw everything around me. But I can't. That would be 'babyish' an 'over the top'. I would like to stay home entirely.
I am very tired and I am tired of my plans never being important enough to tell me beforehand that something is going to change.
yes yes yes yes, we finally get to see them use their power after getting comfortable with it
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(via "Autism Is Not A Flaw It's A Skillset Funny Positive Quote" Cap for Sale by TheArtOfPat)
A humorous and uplifting quote that highlights autism as a valuable skillset, promoting a positive perspective on differences.
This is an Autism spectrum Pride Flag. I’ll keep it simple - I’m high functioning autistic. Acknowledging and learning about it has given me a lot of comfort, so I looked for a symbol that would represent it and connect me to others on the spectrum. I couldn’t find one that satisfied me, so I created my own! Symbolism: Purple is community; Blue is serenity and self-acceptance; White is potential; The white shape is not quite a square, not quite a circle - like us, it doesn’t entirely fit the neurotypical standards, but is just as valid. The flag is symmetrical, so no matter which way you fly it, it will be the right way. Use and share it if you feel it represents you, or you know somene who might feel like that! This is my gift to the community. Remember, each one of you is wonderful and unique; and you’re never alone💜
May I request an aroace Tech, in the vein of what you just posted with aroace Fox, if your requests are still open? If so, thank you so much!
Don’t worry y’all Omega got it
One AroAce Tech right out of the oven!💕
(Also this is my first time drawing both but I hope it’s okay🫠)
*I’ll be doing request all month for characters and ships (if you send one in, please specify any flags or identities you may want one to have)right now if you do request it will mainly be clone wars and bad batch but!!! As long as it’s Star Wars I’m perfectly happy with anyone!
I can't believe it's my birthday for a whole month!!