A Sense of Self

Engage your senses. Engage your self.     An autistic run and owned business.

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Check out my new TikTok for more awesome stimmy positivity!

[Video description: two white hands moving a marble through a purple outer space themed rectangular fabric marble maze fidget. Next the hands squish and bounce a black bean bag with cherries and polka dots on it. Then the hands are fidgeting with a blue and pink beaded fidget. There is a voiceover and closed captioning that reads- Hi! My name is Milo! I’m an autistic creator and I make fidgets and stim toys for my Etsy shop, A Sense of Self. This is an example of a marble maze that I sell in my shop. It’s calming to push the marble around the maze. This is a sensory bean bag from my shop. They come in minky and cotton fabric. You can squish it, bounce it, whatever you want! The next one is a bead squiggle. This exact one is no longer in my shop but I have a bunch of pride flag ones available. Thatnks so much for checking this out! There’s a link to my shop in the bio. Happy Stimming!!!]

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Come check out my stim toy shop and support an autistic trans artist!

You can find these pride themed beaded fidgets, clear beaded fidgets, and a whole bunch of other kinds of stim items on my shop!

You can check out my tiktok for more videos.

I’m also on instagram.

Thank you so much for looking!

[Video description: a variety of pride flag themed beaded fidgets lie on a white surface. A white hand picks up one is that is pastel rainbow colors and the person rolls the beads between their fingers. Then the camera pans over the fidgets to show them all.]

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@softnoobgirl​ This is wayyyy too for tumblr to let me fit it in a reply comment. But that is a great question. Spoons, in this case, reference the Spoon Theory developed by Christine Miserandino to explain person's energy level (more or less) based on their experience with an illness or disability. A person with chronic pain, chronic illness, or another disability or illness has a certain amount of spoons at a given time. Everyone has a different amount of spoons based on their own experience of their disability and different things either deplete or replenish spoons. When someone uses spoons it can be very difficult to get those spoons back. Sometimes sleep can... but what if you’re in too much pain to sleep? Sometimes rest can... but what if you’re too overstimulated or you don’t have the time to rest? Sometimes it is not possible to gain more spoons immediately. For me, times with no spoons are extremely challenging. Sometimes I’m even operating on negative spoons. I have to choose how to use the spoons I have wisely. Although this doesn’t always happen, despite my efforts. Sometimes I don’t even have enough to make food or even get up to eat even when nourishing my body could theoretically give me more. I may even want soup or ice cream but I just can’t get it, or any food, or anything at all. This is what I meant by “no spoons” on the patches I made for my shop.

Here is Christine Miserandino’s Spoon Theory written out much better than I can explain it.

I hope this helps clarify things. Thank you for being curious and for wanting to learn. You don’t have to apologize to me, it’s okay to not know things and to ask or look it up. I appreciate your willingness to acknowledge that you do not know.

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I love this review of the Rainy Day Sensory Bean Bag from my stim toy shop so much! It made me so happy to read. Thank you to all of my dear customers who write such kind honest reviews about the items that I take great care in making.

[Image description: An image of a hand holding a light blue rain drop patterned Sensory Bean Bag. There is a five star review below that reads, “This bean bag fits perfectly in my hand and in my pocket! It has a comforting weight, and I really love the shape. It's easy to hold and fun to play with. I also love the fabric: its calming unisex colors and unassuming appearance, as well as the cool cottony texture. This is the perfect portable stim toy. Also, it came with an adorable hand-written note with a themed little drawing. I can feel the love."]

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There are new items up on my Etsy shop! I made some autism, neurodivergent, and disability themed patches.

[Image description: image one is of three overlapping black patches that say “autistic” on them in a dripping font in green, glittery purple, and white. Image 2 is of two patches that say “neuroqueer” on a rain cloud fabric and a floral fabric. Image 3 is of two patches that say “no spoons” on floral and outer space fabrics.]

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ADHD and Autism masterpost

This masterpost is part/the continuity of the ND Masterpost, don’t hesitate to take a look at it for other blogs and website on different neurodivergencies.

ADHD:

ADHD answers: @tfw-adhd

ADHD vibes: @adhdmorelikeyaydhd

Help Blog: @theydhd-help

That’s ADHD, babey!: @adhbabey

ABCs of ADHD: @abcsofadhd

OCD + ADHD (+ ASD) Things!: @meintheadhd-ocd

Oh it's just my executive dysfunction: @yayydhd

My ADHD Life: @adhd-chaos-queen

ADHD Alien: @adhd-alien

Autism:

ASAN: @autisticadvocacy

AWN: @awn-network

Autistic people are speaking for ourselves. are you listening?: @autistics-speak

Jumbled Beans: @autistic-apple-sauce

Autistic Questions and SpongeBob Stuff: @spongebob-autisticquestions (also talks about ADHD sometimes)

Stim toys and else shops:

Stimtastic closed

Flappy Happy: @flappyhappystim (Canada) (ND owned)

Stim Sensory: @stimsensory (UK) (ND owned)

​My Sensory Tools (US, Ohio)

Therapy Shoppe (US) (occupational therapist owned)

A Sense of Self : @asenseofselfshop (US) (ND owned)

I you have other blogs or other ND owned stimtoys shops (no matter where in the world) don't hesitate to tell me so I can add them!!

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You can find this Unicorn Magic marble maze fidget toy on my Etsy shop! 🦄 🌈

[Image description: a purple rectangular fabric marble maze fidget toy with a unicorn with a rainbow mane and a pink gem is lying on top of a hand written card with a doodle of a gem on it. There is a business card to the left of the marble maze that says “A Sense of Self” and “Hand Crafted Tools for the Senses” on it.]

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A Chunky Rolly Bead Squiggle fidget toy in action!

You can find a whole bunch of colors including clear ones on my Etsy shop!

[Video description: a white hand is holding and fidgeting with a blue beaded fidget toy by rolling the beads around in different positions.]

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Oh my goodness! Thank you to the lovely person who wrote this review! This made my entire week and I’m so glad they enjoy their new stim toys! ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜

You can find many new colors of chunky bead squiggles up on my Etsy shop, including clear beads with different colors of string!

[Image description: a screen capture of a stim toy review. At the top is the text “Chunky Rolly Bead Squiggle for Stimming, Fidgeting” and a picture of beaded fidgets. Below that is five black stars and a review that reads, “Yes yes a thousand times YES. I got two of these and they're both very well made, the cord is just tight enough that the beads aren't super loose but I can still roll them comfortably between my fingers. I adore the texture of the beads, so smooth I can't feel any imperfections even if there are any. This is one of the best fidgets I've ever had."]

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Come check out my fidget/stim toy etsy shop and support an autistic artist!

There is a new Raindrops marble path up on my Etsy shop and I renewed the Rainy Day sensory bean bag!

[Image description: image 1 is of a fabric tube with a marble in it that is white flannel with different colored raindrops on it. There is a key chain ring attached by a rainbow ribbon. Image 2 is of a pyramid shaped bean bag that is light blue and has different colored raindrops on it.]

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Come check out my fidget/stim toy etsy shop and support an autistic artist!

The Strawberry Fields sensory marble maze fidget toy is up on my shop! Perfect for spring time and all your stimming needs!

[Image description: a flat rectangular fabric marble maze fidget toy made of white fabric with strawberries and black dots around them is lying on a pink strawberry themed background.]

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Come check out my fidget/stim toy etsy shop and support an autistic artist!

I have a new bubble minky sensory bean bag on my shop! This one is red for red instead. ❤️

[Image description: two images of a red pyramid shaped bean bag in bumpy textured minky fabric. The first image is from the side. The second image is from the front.]

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Come check out my fidget/stim toy etsy shop and support an autistic artist!

The yellow Trekkie marble maze sold out but it’s back in blue!

[Image description: a rectangular flat marble fidget toy made of blue fabric shows the words Star Trek on one side and various characters from Star Trek on the other side. There are two variations for the back showing different characters.]

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Come check out my fidget/stim toy etsy shop and support an autistic artist!

I’m so excited about this coffee themed custom fidget toy order!

Just a reminder that you can always contact me on Etsy about custom orders if you don’t see what you want in my shop.

[Image description: two images of three coffee themed fidget toys. There is a beaded fidget with three different colors of brown beads on a key chain, a rectangular fabric marble maze fidget toy with coffee cups on it, and a long fabric marble path fidget toy on a key chain with coffee beans on it. In the first image the marble toys are overlapped with the beaded fidget bent and to the left. In the second image, they are separate and in a row.]

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Come check out my fidget/stim toy etsy shop and support an autistic artist!

As always, I love seeing the combination of fidget toys that people get from my shop.

[Image description: a collection of stim toys on a light blue background. There are three rectangular fabric marble maze fidget toys, one is yellow Star Trek themed, one is purple outer space, and the other is Doctor Who themed with the TARDIS on it. There are also four pride flag beaded fidgets. One is the LGBTQ+ flag, one is the pansexual flag, one is the asexual flag, and the last is the trans pride flag. In the back left are a few short marble path fidgets of different colors and in the back middle is a thank you card with doodles of a rainbow, outer space, and the TARDIS on it.]

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Check out these Animal Crossing themed fidget toys and and go to my TikTok for more stimmy positivity!

[Video description: two white hands are playing with two different rectangular fabric marble maze fidget toys that have animal crossing characters on them. One is white with characters inside colorful squares and the other is light blue. There is a voiceover with closed captions that say: “There are two new Animal Crossing themed sensory marble maze fidget toys up on my shop. This first one is called Animal Pals on Etsy. The marble glides smoothly through the maze as always and is foldable which is perfect for fitting it in your pocket or almost anywhere. This second one is called Friendship Crossing on Etsy. Unfortunately I have a very limited quantity of this one so come get it while you can. Both mazes are plain cotton, not flannel. But they are still soft and smooth. Be sure to check out my video about textures too. Happy stimming!!!”]

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I just want to say thank you. I’ve got OCD and a fair plethora of other things, so seeing your stim toy marble mazes - especially the Star Trek themed one! - brought me so much joy :) I have it with me whenever I’m working and I use it all the time, it’s amazing !! Thank you so much

This makes me so happy to read! You’re welcome! I’m so glad that you use it all the time and that you find it helpful. Thank you so much for sharing this with me! 😍