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mentally unwell autistic person. i also have adhd, dyscalculia, alexithymia

[minnnieminmin]

does anyone else get tired of people thinking it's so cute and quirky when a non disabled/neurotypical adult collects toys from their childhood and but the vibe instantly changes when it's an autistic person who collects toys from their childhood suddenly it's all about how we have a lower mental age and can never grow up and shit. so fucking tired of it, let me collect things that are meaningful to me and not be painted as having the mental age of a child when i'm an adult. fuck off.

[minnnieminmin]

high functioning/low support needs autism feels like seeing the world without glasses on. you can recognize shapes and colors and what things look like vaguely, and if you squint hard enough/try hard enough you can see some more details. but squinting hurts your eyes and takes up a lot of concentration so you only do it when you feel like you need to (like in most social situations). if feels like you get the gist of the world but no matter how hard you squint your eyes and try to focus you still can't see it clearly

[minnnieminmin]

I don't care about sports but her design alone makes me want to watch the movie

[auxins-insanities]

me when the fixation is hyper and the interest is special

[thund3rnrain]

when the autism is being an actual mental health problem instead of making me obsess over fictional characters again:

[the-sun-system]

Hey, here’s a concept. What if we stopped saying “but autistic people CAN do all those things” (erasing high support needs) and instead started saying “not being able to do those things doesn’t impact someone’s value as a person nor does it make it okay to commit eugenics”.

[status-quo-hater]

I think some of you forgot that autistic people sometimes act strange and say things that are poorly worded and speak with incorrect tone and misunderstand or miss social cues because they are autistic

[2003-playground]

Can we stop using "still lives with their parents" or "unemployed" or "doesn't have a drivers license" or "didn't graduate high school" as an insult or evidence that someone is a bad person? Struggling with independence or meeting milestones is not a moral failing.

[minnnieminmin]

shout out to judy for doing lola's classic ear updo hairstyle

[minnnieminmin]

do i think they could have done a better job with mega dragonite's design? yes. do i still absolutely love him regardless? also yes

[bpdohwhatajoy]

Me when someone offhandedly mentions my special interest or something that relates to it

[spongebob-autisticquestions]

"How can you hate loud noises yet have your headphones on a high volume?"

Because I can control the volume of my headphones and choose what I want to listen to, but I cannot control the volume of external noises nor choose to just turn them off

[thund3rnrain]

when the autism is being an actual mental health problem instead of making me obsess over fictional characters again:

[2003-playground]

Can we stop using "still lives with their parents" or "unemployed" or "doesn't have a drivers license" or "didn't graduate high school" as an insult or evidence that someone is a bad person? Struggling with independence or meeting milestones is not a moral failing.

[carrionhearted]

Sorry for infodumping about my special interest out of nowhere, you said a keyword and it activated my unskippable dialogue

[001x456]

people who don't experience hyperfixation don't know what it feels like to hyperfixate so much on something that it becomes not only your subject of obsession but also your source of happiness and literally the main reason why you still keep going; literal source of strength and life.

shoutout to my favorite fictional characters, favorite people, favorite ships, favorite movies, favorite tv shows, fanfics and archive of our own

[status-quo-hater]

I think some of you forgot that autistic people sometimes act strange and say things that are poorly worded and speak with incorrect tone and misunderstand or miss social cues because they are autistic