Autistic Safe place

Hi Autistic people and non-autistic people. This blog is mainly aimed for Autistic people but if you're not autistic, that's okay! You can still join in the fun! I like fandoms, and funny things. I hope i don't get any hate though. Keep in mind, that not all autism is the same so some of the stuff i say isn't supposed to be offensive. It's just me being me.And by that, i mean i may say that a certain character is autistic but its only because i can relate to them! Anyway, this is a safe place so if you got any hate, use it on someone else.

[autism-blogs]

It’s me after an eternity.

I’m gonna be honest here and say something a bit controversial.

I dislike the idea of associating myself with a “mental illness” i mean, sure I have autism but that doesn’t mean I’m ill or something. I just struggle at things where people succeed (like socialising). But that doesn’t mean I’m a lesser human. I can do things which other people can’t do. Like memorise the square numbers up to 100 (for example, 1,4,9,16….4096…..9025….12,321) or not get offended at things at political things. so I’m not useless, I’m just different and I don’t think that’s an illness or anything. Then again, ik that there are other people on the spectrum who probably prefer to say they’re mentally ill and that’s totally fine, it’s just that I’d no longer probably affiliate with those people, is all.

[butterflyinthewell]

Actually, it’s a bad thing to call autism a mental illness and I’m glad you don’t. Autism is a neurodevelopmental disorder. Calling it an illness only adds to the stigma that we’re diseased or broken. You’re on the right track.

[defectivegembrain]

Um, while autism isn’t a mental illness… those of us who are mentally ill also aren’t broken, useless or lesser humans. We’re just struggling with something different. If the reason you separate autism from mental illness is because you think mental illness constitutes any of that, you’re absolutely wrong and harming a lot of people with that.

[autism-blogs]

i understand what you mean @defectivegembrain it’s just that the canontations of “illness” seem to imply a disease or defect which is why i don’t think autism has anything to do with that however with that being said, the whole idea of what I was saying is that the phrase “mental illness” seems to suggest anyone underneath the mental illnesses category are “broken”; which is what I dislike. I wouldn’t want to change the label as that would just be confusing but I’d rather not associate myself with that category, That’s all. If you have a “mental illness” but agree with what i am saying, then you are also welcome to join me outside where we do not associate ourselves with that philosophy.

[defectivegembrain]

It seems to suggest that because of stigma. Illness does not have to mean that. I’m autistic and I’m mentally ill. Those are different things, but neither of them mean “broken”. I don’t have a problem with whatever you want to call yourself, but I don’t agree that the phrase mental illness has to mean broken. If you simply object to the term “mentally ill” in general though, and don’t think people who could be described as mentally ill are actually broken, then I don’t have a problem with you.

[autism-blogs]

how about we talk about this in the DM's

[autism-blogs]

It’s me after an eternity.

I’m gonna be honest here and say something a bit controversial.

I dislike the idea of associating myself with a “mental illness” i mean, sure I have autism but that doesn’t mean I’m ill or something. I just struggle at things where people succeed (like socialising). But that doesn’t mean I’m a lesser human. I can do things which other people can’t do. Like memorise the square numbers up to 100 (for example, 1,4,9,16….4096…..9025….12,321) or not get offended at things at political things. so I’m not useless, I’m just different and I don’t think that’s an illness or anything. Then again, ik that there are other people on the spectrum who probably prefer to say they’re mentally ill and that’s totally fine, it’s just that I’d no longer probably affiliate with those people, is all.

[butterflyinthewell]

Actually, it’s a bad thing to call autism a mental illness and I’m glad you don’t. Autism is a neurodevelopmental disorder. Calling it an illness only adds to the stigma that we’re diseased or broken. You’re on the right track.

[defectivegembrain]

Um, while autism isn’t a mental illness… those of us who are mentally ill also aren’t broken, useless or lesser humans. We’re just struggling with something different. If the reason you separate autism from mental illness is because you think mental illness constitutes any of that, you’re absolutely wrong and harming a lot of people with that.

[autism-blogs]

i understand what you mean @defectivegembrain it's just that the canontations of "illness" seem to imply a disease or defect which is why i don't think autism has anything to do with that however with that being said, the whole idea of what I was saying is that the phrase "mental illness" seems to suggest anyone underneath the mental illnesses category are "broken"; which is what I dislike. I wouldn't want to change the label as that would just be confusing but I'd rather not associate myself with that category, That's all. If you have a "mental illness" but agree with what i am saying, then you are also welcome to join me outside where we do not associate ourselves with that philosophy.

[autism-blogs]

It's me after an eternity.

I'm gonna be honest here and say something a bit controversial.

I dislike the idea of associating myself with a "mental illness" i mean, sure I have autism but that doesn't mean I'm ill or something. I just struggle at things where people succeed (like socialising). But that doesn't mean I'm a lesser human. I can do things which other people can't do. Like memorise the square numbers up to 100 (for example, 1,4,9,16....4096.....9025....12,321) or not get offended at things at political things. so I'm not useless, I'm just different and I don't think that's an illness or anything. Then again, ik that there are other people on the spectrum who probably prefer to say they're mentally ill and that's totally fine, it's just that I'd no longer probably affiliate with those people, is all.

[runeru]

I get told that people can see that I’m ‘special’ like it’s a bad thing

Let’s change that! <3

[buttscentedbreathmints]

listen we’re always pushing back against anti-vaxxers with the science showing that no, vaccines don’t cause autism, but can we please talk about the underlying problem here which is that people hate autistic children? 

even if the poorly researched pseudo-science was right and vaccines had any link to autism in children, i would still want myself and my children vaccinated because guess what, there’s nothing wrong with autistic people.

 what i hear when people say they don’t want their children vaccinated against deadly illnesses because they believe that vaccines cause autism is not just that they’re horribly misinformed, but that they’d rather have a sick, dying, or dead child than an autistic child. and honestly, that’s pretty fucked up and just goes to show that neurotypical people don’t view us as people who are equally entitled to life.

[skyward-nerd]

*PUNCHES REBLOG BUTTON*

[dalishranger]

As someone who works in an industry that provides education and leavening materials to help teach life skills and communication to children with autism and learning disabilities AND as someone who has several loved ones on the spectrum, let me just say…

Fuck antivaxxers, seriously.

[autism-blogs]

More ideas for my fanfic

[autism-blogs]

wow. I'm so happy

That i have such great-

wait a minute

WAIT A MINUTE

OH GOD NO.

[autism-blogs]

I'm on an aeroplane.

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA MY EARS 😭😭😭😭

please MAKE IT STOP.

OW OW OW OWWWWWW

IT'S HURTING.

IT'S HURTING ME 💔💔💔

PLEASE AH. MY EARS ARE "POPPING"

OWIE. RRFFGN.. AAAAA AAAAA AAAAA

.. please it's hurting me😢😞😣😣😣😣😣😫😟😩😩😩😩

DON'T FIT DON'T FIT. DON'T SCREAM.

It'll be over soon. Try to stay calm..

okay.... i can do This.

10,000hp/564,456

9,000/564,456

9,099/564,456

Oh... finally home... ahhhh. This is better.

Hp has been restored!

[xandragates]

Hating someone because they are Jewish

Is as bad as

hating someone because they are black

hating someone because they are gay

hating someone because they are trans

hating someone because of anything that is to do with their race, sexual orientation, religion/non-religious beliefs, gender and biological sex.

ANTI-SEMITISM DID NOT END  WITH THE HOLOCAUST

It continues even today

Reblog if you do not and will not tolerate Anti-Semitism.

[autism-blogs]

Autism acceptance month:Tips on how to survive NT madness

So this post is mainly for Autistic people who are excited to share their culture. And when i say "NT" I mean like people who are basically autismphobic... I'm sorry, still getting used to the terms. Anyway people are getting attacked for sharing autism headcanons and facts and art etc..

And its mostly by NT's who don't understand anything. Like if you share a headcanon saying something, they pretend that they'll understand it by claiming that you're being offensive or trying to generalise Autism. Or that "my 1 year old cousins, dogs, neighbours dads, friends, grandmother's, grandson doesn't act like that, therefore this is wrong" Most people with Autism will probably understand it better but you need to keep in mind that Autism is very wide. You can't look at one autistic person and say: "THEY REPRESENT EVERYONE ELSE" There are people who probably like wearing clothes when going to bed at night, because it's comfy and sleeping naked makes you feel weird in certain areas. And there will be people who feel completely sensory killed because of the clothing. Anyway that's one of my points. There's also people who love making friends but don't know how to and people who prefer being alone because human contact is a pain. Anyway, you have 3 options when an NT attacks. You can either Educate them, fight with them or ignore them. 1) It's important that people understand that autism isn't just an insult, 12 year olds use online to insult someone. You need to explain that autism is like the pics art color gradient (that's the only example i have). Maybe they'll understand better and won't be so ignorant.

Fighting with them is kinda stupid but hey, if you wish to just be the PC principal in South Park (no i don't watch it, I've just seen a video clip of it.) Just try and find the things they say and change it into something offensive. But i wouldn't recommend it. You're just wasting your time.... unless you're a loser.

3) Ah the best one. Just ignore them. Some NT's lack knowledge, meaning they're unintelligent. It's hard to explain autism to someone who's stupid.

Btw, if you're an NT (not autistic) don't take offence. i mean this mostly for people who insult autism or assume they understand it when they don't.

[autism-blogs]

How to deal with hate

We have all probably experienced hate before and the difficulties it comes a long with. No supporters, or all supporters it’s still a crap thing to deal with.

Because  not only does hate come with the feeling of knowing someone dislikes you but it’s also the feeling/fear of wondering if they’re right or not. Especially when it’s more than one person. In the past, usually people would spread rumors to others or you would find out their colors, by them saying it right to your face. Now we have the world web and with the fast development of technology it’s become easier to give your unwelcomed opinion to people and to have fights with each other. The problem with this is, that people can now emotionally attack you and threatened you. It doesn’t even take long for someone to send a horrible message to you and “runaway” with no consequence. The online world is a scary place and even if you threw your phone into a river and never attempted to look back, curiosity will eventually draw you back. In other words it’s impossible to run away. Especially when you get people who have multiple accounts and followers who will constantly attack you, till you give up. So how do you escape from the madness? Well hopefully this post should help a bit.

You see,people who go online on a quest to go out on a constant witch hunt are nothing but losers. No matter how cool they may make themselves to look. A person who essentially wastes time trying to demonize you, are people with nothing better to do.If they were smart they wouldn’t be so focused on engaging in petty flame wars which don’t really get you anywhere in life. You have to realise that these people are NOT smart and aren’t the type of people who succeed in life. Also, try to understand that the things you're getting attacked for aren't your fault. And that there's a difference between the mere critic and the devilish haters. You see, the critic will give you truthful and respectful answers if you wish for some advice on improvements. They'll probably also give their own opinion on how to adapt the thing their talking about. A hater just says what they want, with no authentic advice. If you want to behave smarter, try not to retaliate. Retaliation is you being just as bad. And i don't mean the whole "2 wrongs don't make a right" I mean that some people aren't just worth fighting. Especially the weirdos who take their time to attack you. Understand that these people are below you. Imagine you as an indestructible armoured monster. And now imagine an ant/a group of ants trying to attack you. They can't. You don't even need to flick them off (ik this is factually wrong since ants are strong. But i guess you could also say that the ants are stronger when you fight back). Anyway, my advice would be to just not fight because the hater is just a waste of space. Thanks for reading.

[autism-blogs]

Autis story

I'm sick of people saying that I'm disabled because of my autism. It really makes me sad. So I've decided to make this story called "Autis story" it's about young teens to adults which have autism but their autism gives them super natural powers. However because of this, they suffer being outcasts from society. Anti autism groups try to track them down so they can kill them. But as the story goes on. There's no black and white. Some autistic people are bad and some Neurotypicals are good and accept autistic people.

[autism-blogs]

Celebration.

tysm for 10 followers. What should i do to celebrate?

[classicrandy]

It’s his only joke.

image | twitter | youtube | tapastic

[autism-blogs]

Autism relates #2

Getting sensitive over a scene in a movie but trying to not cry about it.

[autism-blogs]

Autism relate #1

Do you ever get someone being really nice to you and you just don't know how to respond. It's not like you're being rude, you're just terrible at socialising

[lavender-sprinkles]

How Stimming Changes Over Time

We all know for a fact that autistics stim to regulate our inner and outer stimuli and to express ourselves, but another thing we don’t usually hear about is that stims change over time. That can feel very invalidating when we track the patterns of our stims and see certain stims drop out of use, or stims we didn’t like before becoming more normalized in our behaviors.

What can change our natural stims?

A Physical Illness. If you are feeling physical pain somewhere in your body, you may stop or change certain stims to avoid the pain. That stim can permanently be altered even after the pain goes away. Another example is if you develop a physical disability, new stims may come along with it like popping joints out of your socket or feeling scars on your body. If you are blind, you may like the way light shines on your eyeballs. Losing your hearing may give you a love for musical bass because you can physically feel the music in your chest.

A Mental Illness. Sometimes mental illnesses may make you choose to self-harm, but even after you’re emotionally better, you may still self-harm as a stim. Mental illness causes more internal distress, which may require us to stim more to regulate. Autistics who are anxious may stim more and autistics who are depressed may stim less, because our moods easily affect our stims.

Environmental Change. If you used to live in a bigger place, but had to move into a smaller place and vice-versa ,your stims would most likely change to match your area. If, for example, you liked to pace a lot, but you could no longer do it, you might start relying on rocking more. It’s probable that living in a hotter climate, you may stim less outwardly to avoid overheating. Living somewhere colder, you may increase bodily stims to keep warm.

Ridicule and Abuse. This is one nearly every autistic has experienced. As a child, you may have been repeatedly punished or put down for engaging in a stim that someone did not like. Being in school, peers will have likely bullied you for doing something that they deemed “weird”. Even if we aren’t abused, we are usually self aware enough to recognize when someone thinks we are abnormal. They might make a remark that they think is harmless, but it actually causes problems with our self-esteem. All of these things can make us choose to suppress our stims to avoid further punishment and ostracizing.

Pride and Knowledge. On the other hand, learning to love ourselves and gaining pride and familiarity of who we are as autistics and what that means may cause us to feel more comfortable engaging in many different forms of stimming. A couple of weeks of learning could “change” us from doing hardly any stimming at all to doing a lot. This increase of outward stims does not mean we weren’t stimming before. There are so many subtle ways to stim that it’s 100% possible that we were still stimming back then and just didn’t consciously recognize it as such. (Continuing to learn about stimming and autism may help you figure out what those were.)

Growing Older. While growing older, our body may start to like certain stims less and other stims more, even if they do not cause pain. This could be for a number of reasons, but I believe it’s just our brain changing and adjusting with the increase of our life experiences. When you were younger you were probably working a lot harder to learn about life, and you were doing so many things for the first time and probably needed a lot more regulation than maybe you would while in your 40s, feeling very settled in your life and developing a hard set routine that hasn’t changed much in the last ten years.

There are a number of reasons why our stimming habits may change. There are ones that exist that I couldn’t even touch on and the ones I wrote about may not completely match up with your own experiences. The main point, though, is no matter if your stims have changed, increased, or decreased, they are still valid, and you are still autistic.

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Day 11 of Autism Acceptance Month 2018

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[stimmy-puppy]

Honestly, I’m so tired of being called out for “relying too much on my phone” or “being addicted to my phone”… This thing right here has given me so many good things and experiences in life!

Thanks to my phone, I can:

Take pictures of things I like and show them to people, keep good memories of places I go to and things I saw, actually go back and easily look at a photo so I can remember something more easily

Message my friends to know if they’re okay, chat, plan things, help them and ask for help

Meet people from all over the world, learn about how people from other countries live

Know so much about the world, read articles, read the news, stay on top of what’s happening worldwide

Write, read and share stories, books, articles and much more

Actually have a way to communicate whenever I’m nonverbal by using Text to Speech apps

Keep myself and my loved ones safe by telling where I am, being able to call the police when on dangerous situations, calling someone when I am having a meltdown and/or need help

Also:

Having an easy access to games has helped me so much when having sensory overload by distracting me

Messaging my friends a lot has helped me to socialize, be safe, feel safe and to distract myself and my friends

It’s an useful tool at school when I’m too anxious to ask a teacher but need help (I get nonverbal when dealing with a lot of stress and can’t talk normally with teachers as you would expect me to do)

It actually helped me when depressed thanks to music, online friends, internet and so much more

Cellphones aren’t only a “device that teens get addicted to” and they’re not only bad!

They can actually do so much good, and I’m really thankful for having mine! My phone is a comfort object and a useful, much needed tool to help me cope and function in my everyday life.

This applies not only to cellphones, but also computers, tablets and most of the devices people keep calling “evil” or “bad”.

Don’t feel ashamed for actually using devices, they’re here to help us and we shouldn’t feel guilty for using them.

(okay to reblog!)