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I need to get a baby carrier for my cat

I designed the girls(and angel dust) dresses because I have nothing better to do

Plz do not repost

Hi there 👋,

My name is Mohammad, and I’m reaching out in a moment of desperate need. I’m a father of three young children living in Gaza, and we are caught in the midst of a catastrophic war. Our home is no longer a safe haven, and the future here seems increasingly uncertain. 💔

I’ve launched a fundraising campaign with the goal of raising $40,000 to relocate my family to a safer place where my children can grow up in peace and have a chance at a brighter future. 🕊️🇵🇸

Unfortunately, my previous fundraising efforts were abruptly halted when my account was terminated without explanation. However, I remain determined to keep fighting for my family’s safety and well-being. 🫶

If you could take a moment to read our story, consider donating, or simply share our campaign with others, it would make an incredible difference. Every act of kindness, no matter how small, brings us one step closer to safety and a new beginning. 🙏

Thank you for your time, compassion, and support. ❤

https://gofund.me/fd1faea2 🔗

I can’t donate but I will gladly share your message<3 best wishes my friend

Dear Supporter,

I hope this message finds you and your family in good health. My name is Rakan Zaqout from Gaza.🍉 I am reaching out to seek your urgent help in spreading the word about our fundraising campaign. I lost both my home and my school, my parents lost their jobs too, due to the ongoing genocide in Gaza and we are facing catastrophic living conditions.💔

I kindly ask you to visit our campaign. Your support, whether through donating or sharing, will help us reach more people who can make a difference. Thank you for your continued support for the Palestinian cause. Your dedication brings us closer to freedom.🕊

Please note, our campaign has been verified by 90-ghost and aces-and-angels.☑

You and yours are in my thoughts. I am unable to donate but I will share your story<3

When I said I liked older men I didn’t really mean Stanford pines old but here we are

https://www.etsy.com/shop/WeAreBookDragons

This is my mom’s Etsy shop!!!! She sells book earrings. Technically she hasn’t sold anything yet but it would be nice if you would buy something.

STOP MAKING ASSUMPTIONS

Obscure autistic experiences that I didn’t realize were autistic experiences

(These aren’t diagnostic criteria for being autistic, just things that autistic people relate to more often than allistic people do)

• Making PowerPoints for fun (peak entertainment when I was 12 years old fr)

• I can’t eat my dinner, it’s too hot outside

• Someone has shown up to my house unexpectedly; I have to ignore them until I mentally adjust to the fact that they’re here

• Stop giving me light, tickly hugs—I need you to crush me

• *in a friend’s house* Ok I have no idea how formal or familiar I am supposed to be so I’m just going to not touch ANYTHING and wait to sit down until I’m invited to do so

• Getting yelled at for “not playing correctly” (??)

• “Who’s your celebrity crush” uhhh idk I only watch this one movie from 20 years ago so I don’t know any current celebrities

• Motion sickness. All the time.

• No one else follows the RulesTM correctly! I hate group projects!

• Having constant stomachaches and headaches from overstimulation, but the doctor says you don’t have a physical problem so obviously you’re faking to get out of school

• How does everyone else just know how to do that?

• Practicing “normal” conversation before going out in public

• Touching all the soft fabrics in the store until you find that one Bad Texture and now it’s burned into your skin and you are going to die

• I made a joke and everybody looked at me strangely and now I can’t figure out what I did wrong but I think they thought I was serious?

• On the opposite side: I said something totally sincere and now everyone is laughing so I guess I join in?

• Wearing the same shirt over and over and over and over

Showering with sensory issues is difficult so here’s a few things that help me

1:2 in one shampoo and conditioner. It limits how long I have to stay in there

2: numbers on the temperature gauge. No need to guess what temperature is comfortable when you can just write it down

3: one of those non slip mats in the tub. Feels secure and if you get one like mine that’s got little bumps on it it’s a different sensory to focus on

4: music, audio books, podcasts. Listen to something and it can take your mind off it

5: don’t be so hard on yourself. Most of the time missing one shower literally doesn’t matter.(unless you’re dirty or yo stink)

6: safe clothes. Loose or tight, comfortable clothes are a definite must after such a difficult task involving so much sensory.

7: a good towel. A towel that’s sensory pleasant is really important. I prefer soft ones and massive ones like beach towels

8: chill out time. Just chill out for a bit after

9: sensory assistance. You could bring a fidget or a chew toy, maybe spray a little perfume or get a diffuser or something. Whatever helps

10: a door lock.

We really need to de stigmatise hygiene struggles. It’s really not easy for some people who are doing everything they can to just get through the task. Everyone talks about issues in work and school with autism but nobody talks about when we’re not trying to contribute in our own time. It’s important to talk about things like this so we can find what helps everyone. If you have any more feel free to add them

I didn't go to class today cause of burn out. Cause of this stuff. Bruh, I wanna do hw but I'm so tired mentally.

"contract grading" "only 4 absences or you drop to an F" "in this class we will be teaching about disabilities. attendance is mandatory and i do not accept late work" "please respond to at least two of your peers in this discussion post" "people with autism need time to decompress in a classroom environment. your class is four hours long with a 7 minute break." "we like to let students learn the way THEY want to learn. please buy our 150 dollar textbook."

I know I'm SUPER late to the party, as I usually am when it comes to consuming new media, but I have finally, finally, finally started watching A Kind of Spark, which is a new show that follows Addie Darrow and her quest to solve the mystery of the witch hunts of England and Scotland.

I am only one episode in. I definitely wish they were longer than half an hour, but at the same time, I am glad that they aren't an hour long like when I watched Peaky Blinders. Anyway, I am loving it already!

A Kind of Spark was written by Elle McNicol, who has written several other books with neurodivergent characters, and the fact that she is autistic herself and insisted on casted neurodivergent actresses to play the characters, is almost revolutionary, because positive representation of autism and other disabilities in fictional media is so few and far between.

Especially in females, who often go undiagnosed or misdiagnosed because of masking.

I highly recommend checking out Chloé Hayden on TikTok and YouTube. She can explain this sort of thing a lot better than I can.

Anyway, while I can go on a full-on rant about all the reasons why I love this series, I don't want to keep you here longer than necessary. I will probably be back with more as I continue watching Addie's journey!

But for now, I shall say goodbye.

Wait- I thought this was normal???

PDA autistic culture is hating the demand that comes with labels so much that you don’t even like identifying as agender because it still feels like…a gender (a concept which society forcefully imposed on you, and you therefore want no part of)

it's so much fun to arbitrarily sort things. box of candy in different colors? you're going into color-coded piles. a bunch of beads? I'll sit at a desk for hours and separate them one by one. I rearranged a cluttered drawer one night just because I had the urge. it's always so surprising when I find out that someone hates sorting/cleaning up and I'm like ?? but it's fun ???

She’s just a girl

Off topic but I’m very disappointed with the fact that Baldur’s Gate 3 and fucking Greek mythology have become my autistic special interests.. but they are bomb af so there’s that.. well maybe not the second one cuz YEESH the drama that goes on in Greek mythology is crazyyyy. Also Epic: The Musical is bomb as shit I can’t do this anymore. I’ve been listening to each saga on repeat and I’m going bonkers also Marika Hackman. Listen to Marika Hackman’s “Blood” from her Big Sigh(?) album it reminds me of Astarion’s romance a lil bit. I’m rambling, also hopefully I’ll get more Skyward fanart out soon cuz the last thing I tried to make I ended up hating bc well, hair. I won’t be elaborating on that.

Enjoy the sneakpeak and my senseless rambling.

autism is kinda crazy cuz one little change from my expectations and my day is absolutely fuckin ruined. mood obliterated over something most people wouldnt really care about. everything gone to shit because its not perfect. like my life cannot go on peacefully afterwards and thats so fuckin crazy

A RANT ABOUT AUTISTIC/ADHD VOX

Fuck it, I’m rambling.

(THIS COMES FROM SOMEONE WITH BOTH ADHD AND AUTISM)

Autistic Vox, ADHD Vox, lots of people love it, but why?

I fucking hate autistic/adhd Vox with all my being. He doesn’t have either in what we get from the show.

“Oh but he’s obsessed with sharks! He loves sharks!” Okay? And?

“He hyper fixates on sharks!” No, he really doesn’t. He looked at the sharks once. ONCE and now people think he has adhd/autism.

From someone who has these, it feels like people don’t understand that autism and adhd isn’t just hyper fixating, it’s a fucking problem. I hate being on the spectrum, it’s hard with the way people look down on you. With adhd Vox, all that portrays him that he has it, is that he hyper fixates. That’s it. He has no other changes besides “taking meds” (I also do, so don’t take this the wrong way).

Overall I just fucking hate it

And y’know what? A lot of bullying is not exactly visible. A lot of bullying I have experienced and have seen other autistic people experience is through gaslighting and manipulation of our lack of understanding of social norms. People would act like my friend, and I would not get the message that they were being mean to me straight to my face, like the concept of being my friend was a joke to them. It hurts deeply, and it’s awful because I tried to bring it up to adults, and they wouldn’t take me seriously. It’s so isolating, and I’m tired of bullying being seen as something you can hear, as just verbal insults or slamming into lockers. It’s usually more covert and more devious than that.

all public school anti-bullying activism is extremely transparent and meaningless

I have an autistic level one (low support needs) character that doesn’t speak, but physically can. Just finds it painful (emotionally? not physically) and hard. He was mute before I decided he was autistic, and I want to know if it can be the sole cause for it? I’ve seen a lot of contradicting opinions on what being nonverbal means. He used to speak bc he is physically capable but he got comfortable w himself and others and doesn’t do it anymore, or very rarely. Can this be solely autism-related? I feel like it is not selective mutism because not speaking is simply what they prefers, not something caused by any particular emotion or anxiety. I experience that sometimes and would like to know if it can ever be permanent/full-time and in that case if it can be considered being non-verbal.

Hi,

Autism is definitely a common reason for people to not speak, or to previously have been able to speak but no longer being able to do so, either at all or consistently.

Here's a blog post from Assistiveware, an AAC company, explaining intermittent, unreliable, insufficient, and expensive speech! It has its own resources. To me it seems like your character experiences intermittent or expensive speech — I hadn't heard of expensive speech before, but I knew of the other three — and is therefore semiverbal.

Nonverbal is more for people who don't speak (whether it's because they never do, or cannot), and people can become nonverbal without having been so their whole life. Sometimes it's extended to people who have maybe a couple words, like 1-5.

You could potentially describe your character as 'doesn't speak,' or 'rarely speaks,' and those are perfectly acceptable descriptions, too.

Hope this helps!

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Awww! Sorry if I don’t do it right, I kinda slow 😭 but stuff I like is

1: hyper fixation on my fav character or ship

2: drawing

3: listening to music with my headphones or just wearing my headphones

4: seeing new art or fanfiction of my favorite ship

5: watching my favorite shows/movies or YouTube videos on repeat

I hope this answered it! Sorry I overthink sometimes :)