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@amber-colored-autism
Friendly reminder that there’s nothing wrong with being autistic
i’m being neurotypical for april fools day
How do you do, fellow functioning brain owner!! I sure do enjoy looking people directly in the face while I speak to them, don’t you??? After we comfortably tend to all pressing responsibilities for the day, what say we participate in a loud, crowded social gathering?? Maybe later when we all go home we can lie down in our clean and well made beds long before four in the morning and enjoy a nice, refreshing eight hours of uninterrupted sleep! I hope tomorrow will be both very warm and brightly lit!!!
i understood what you said the first time you said it because i paid attention and because my audio processing brain meat works super normally, and i’m agreeing with you! i would also like you to know that my brain produces the normal amounts of all my chemicals, nothing more and nothing less
I remember the text you sent me 5 seconds ago, fellow person with a functional memory! Let me send you a direct reply! Oh, I so enjoy executive functioning! Oh, you replied? I shall immediately check your text without anxiety because my rejection sensitivity is so average!
Isn’t it great that we can all do things we want to do and should do JUST because we’re literally capable of doing them???? After I’ve done some things, I might spend some time thinking some thoughts that I chose to think for an amount of time that I’ve also chosen. Maybe I’ll throw in some worries, just to spice things up, about only real problems that I can control.
Happy April!
Autistic perspectives matter!!!
I have something I wanna say - no one has a right to speak for the whole autistic community. Autism $peaks certainly don’t but nor do I or anyone else. Everyone’s experience of Autism is individual and so are people’s opinions toward it. However, sharing your experiences of autism & opinions is vital in building the community and changing how autism is thought of across the world. I hope I’m adding my voice & experiences to the community but if you feel differently (so long as you are being respectful towards others) to my posts that’s also fine! I am only speaking for me & my view.
Your voice and your experience matters!!!
(Please be kind & respectful towards others though, I do not tolerate abusive comments or threats - thank you)
it’s april which means my autism is at
maximum power
[autism never $peaks, unless autistic people are talking.]
friendly reminder that it's April so the color blue is now illegal for all of Autism Acceptance Month!!! sorry!!! i don't make the rules!!!
Mod Rowlf would like to share this awesome email I received from the Sesame Street newsletter with you all.
More anti-Autism Speaks stuff for this April. Free to use.
hey its almost april and im gonna just say: don’t just not light it up blue. abstaining from that just tells them that they need to try harder to spread it to more people.
participate in RedInstead, which is the most common autistic created, acceptance-based counter to LIUB.
This Autism Acceptance Month, YOU can make a difference in the lives of autistic people.
With a call, email or tweet, you can help #StopTheShock torture of students with disabilities at the Judge Rotenberg Center. Find out how here and in this post!
You can call or email the FDA and let them know #WeAreStillWaiting for them to ban electric shock devices used at the JRC. We make this easy with our scripts.
Congress can help us put pressure on the FDA. You can call or email your Members of Congress and ask them to get involved. We show you how.
Have a little more time? Host a wait-in and show the FDA that we are still waiting for the ban! Organizing a wait-in doesn’t have to be a big deal: you can get friends together and hand out flyers, grab a table at a local cafe and write letters, put together a post-it wall in your community, and more. Find out how here.
Good at writing? Write an op-ed and let readers of your local paper know what they can do to end electric shock torture at the JRC. Not sure if you’re good at writing? We’ve still got you covered - you can use our op-ed template to get started!
Only have 5 seconds? Post on social media to spread the word and get your friends involved. We provide sample tweets and posts to make this easy.
April 24th will mark 5 years since the first FDA hearing on electric shock devices. In those 5 years, autistic people and those with other disabilities have faced torture at the JRC. We are closer than ever to seeing these dangerous devices banned for good, but we are still waiting - and so are they. Join us to stop the shock now!
Even if you don’t think you’ll be able to do any of the above or live in another country, reblogging is helpful.
30 Days of Autism Acceptance 2019
Rules: Answer the prompt of the day on your own separate post. You can answer as many or as few of these as you like. Answer with as much or as little detail as you wish. And tag your posts with the hashtag #30daysofautismacceptance. And make sure you tag it as #2019. Please help me spread this before the start of April!
April 1: Introduce yourself. Talk about who you are as a person.
April 2: Post a red instead selfie today!
April 3: Talk about what autism acceptance means to you.
April 4: What do you wish more people knew about autism?
April 5: Talk about how/when you were diagnosed. Alternatively, if you’re self-diagnosed, talk about how/when you realised you were autistic.
April 6: Talk about stimming. What does it mean to you? In what ways do you stim?
April 7: Talk about special interests. What does having special interests mean to you? Talk about your current special interests. Or talk about past special interests. What’s the most unusual special interest you’ve had?
April 8: Talk about ableism. Have you ever faced any ableism for being autistic?
April 9: Give a shoutout to your favorite autistic advocates/blogs.
April 10: Talk about your favorite autistic creators. The creator could be a youtuber, an artist, a musician, a writer, etc.
April 11: Talk about your support network. Are your family/friends supportive of you?
April 12: Discuss stereotypes. How do autism stereotypes negatively affect you? What are some stereotypes that you hate?
April 13: Discuss meltdowns/shutdowns. What are they like for you? How often do you have them? What helps you during a meltdown? What doesn’t help you?
April 14: Discuss relationships. How do you think being autistic has effected your relationships. It could be romantic relationships or platonic relationships.
April 15: Free day! Write about any topic you want!
April 16: Talk about sensory issues that you have. It could be touch, sound, etc.
April 17: Talk about your favorite canonical autistic character.
April 18: Talk about your autistic headcanons.
April 19: Discuss autism and bullying. Have you ever been bullied for your autistic traits?
April 20: Discuss identity. Do you prefer person first (person with autism) or identity first (autistic person) language? Why? Do you consider autism to be an important part of who you are?
April 21: Talk about school. How has being autistic affected your school experience (whether you’re currently in school or used to be in school)?
April 22: Discuss accommodations. Have you ever received accommodations in work or school? How have they helped you? If you haven’t, what accommodations would you like to receive?
April 23: Talk about stim toys. How many do you have? What’s your favorite stim toy? What stim toys do you wish you had?
April 24: Discuss routines. Do you generally have strict routines that you have to follow? Talk about what is part of your routine and when. What does it feel like when you can’t follow your routine?
April 25: How did you come to accept yourself as autistic? What was the biggest help for you in learning to accept yourself?
April 26: What have you learnt from the autistic community?
April 27: How did you feel about autism when you first found out you were autistic? How do you feel about it now?
April 28: Talk about things you struggle with as an autistic person. Why do you struggle with them? And what do you think could help you with the things you struggle with?
April 29: Talk about your strengths as an autistic person. What do you think your good at because of your autism?
April 30: Discuss autistic pride. What does autistic pride mean to you?
Sensory Hell
When people spray perfume in public, especially when on public transport.
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Ahhhhh!!! I’ve been nominated for the Postive Role Model Award at the National Diversity Awards!!! If you’d like to vote for me you can follow this link: https://nationaldiversityawards.co.uk/nominate/21908/ and don’t forget you’ll need to click the link in the confirmation email you receive for the vote to be registered. Thank you so much!!! I’m actually speechless!
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Please vote, she’s a lovely person and is so helpful to anyone seeking advice!!!!!
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Autistic meltdowns don’t happen for no reason
So many times I’ve seen adverts or websites talk about autism and the meltdowns we can experience. One thing I’ve often noticed though is that they tend to make it look like something that happens merely because we’re autistic, and nothing else
Meltdowns don’t just happen randomly
If an autistic person is having a meltdown, there will always be a reason for why it’s happening, even if you can’t understand it
Look for the signs. Is there a lot of noise? Are there a lot of people? Could it be the lighting? Some autistic people may not even be able to cope with touching certain things (I, for example, cannot handle touching stickers)
It is not a temper tantrum. It is not something happening merely because they’re autistic. It is a reaction to something they’re finding too hard to cope with
As April approaches and the community starts kicking around pin ideas for Autism Awareness, please remember that blue and puzzle pieces are symbols to be avoided here!!!
An ad about understanding autism that changes as you move
I looked into the organization that made this ad (national autistic society) and found out that their website actually features posts written by autistic people to persuade people that rather than “curing” autism, the differences among people should be celebrated and theyre primarily recommended to parents learning with new diagnoses :^)
“I’m not naughty, I’m autistic” would’ve changed my life as a kid.
okay but can we also just appreciate how accurately they managed to visually represent what overstimulation feels like?
This ad is 11/10 👌🏼