Rice With a Spoon: An Autism Blog

Thoughts and other posts from an autistic adult.

[bluef00t]

“you talk like a smart/pretentious person” actually I just forget simple words constantly and am forced to rummage through my brain for the nearest synonym, which is usually twice as long and needlessly specific

[peachdoxie]

#see also: the exact feeling im trying to convey with my sentences doesnt get across the same way without that specific word

[ricewithaspoon]

7 Cool Aspects of Autistic Culture | The Aspergian | A Neurodivergent Collective

When you are autistic, you spend much of your life feeling very alone. No one can understand why you are melting down because someone bought Old Dutch brand chips instead of Ruffles. People get im…

I like this article! It explains a lot. And autistic people will identify with a lot of it.

[myautisticjournal]

Autistic culture is being afraid to ask people for help when you don’t understand something because people have gotten so annoyed with you in the past.

[ricewithaspoon]

Myautisticjournal, I think you just wrote my whole life story in one sentence.

[autter-pop-old]

big reminder to neurotypical folks that what might seem perfectly normal to you may be incredibly painful for an autistic person. 

if an autistic person is telling you or showing you that something is hurting them, don’t tell them it can’t hurt them. because it can, and it is. 

[autie-j]

30 Days of Autism Acceptance 2019: Day 15

April 15th: Free day! Talk about anything you want.

I’m going to briefly talk about something that I find really frustrating as an autistic adult. It can be really difficult to find good resources intended for autistic adults.

If you try to find resources for autism you’ll likely discover that a lot of the resources you’ll find are aimed at kids instead of adults. And usually it’s the parents that the resources are meant for, it can be really hard to find resources meant specifically for the autistic person.

This is something that needs to change. Autistic kids don’t just magically stop needing help and resources when they become adults. And I especially believe that we need more resources intended specifically for autistic people. And it would be even better if autistic people had a hand in creating those resources.

[ricewithaspoon]

Absolutely!

[autism-artism]

When neurotypicals think it must be super easy just because their brains can do it automatically…

[autistickeely]

30 Days Of Autism Acceptance 2019: April 9th!

For day 9 of @autie-jake’s tag I’m going to shout out a few of my favourite autistic bloggers!! There are thousands of blogs I follow and love on here so it’d be impossible to list them all but I have the ‘blogs I follow’ option public if you want to check them all out!

Some blogs I love are:

@spongebob-autisticquestions

@autie-jake

@neurowonderful

@autismproblems

@vampiregirl2345

@autisticadvocacy

@butterflyinthewell

@jacobsjottings

@autisticjoy

@autism-artism

@myautisticjournal

@positivelyautistic

@autism-freaking-rocks

@neuro-positivity

@candidlyautistic

@autistic-hufflepuff

@pro-autistic

@autasticanna

@whatstodaysstim

@autistic-reptile

@positiveautistic

[ricewithaspoon]

Here are some good autism blogs. :)

[pro-autistic]

Autistic people can fall in love

Autistic people can be loved

Autistic people can have steady partners

Autistic people are not inherently incapable of loving or being loved

[ricewithaspoon]

So true.

I myself think that love is the most important thing in life. Love in general, and not just romantic love.

[autistickeely]

Happy Autism Acceptance Day!! ❤️ Here’s your reminder that autistic people don’t just need awareness, we need acceptance too!

[ricewithaspoon]

Autism Acceptance Day

Ah, yes. Today is the day when I try to correct those well-meaning neurotypicals who think that by wearing or promoting the colour blue, they’re showing solidarity with autistic people.

It’s pretty draining.

As part of this blog, I would like to do a series of posts explaining autism to non-autistic people.

For now, here’s an article explaining about the blue thing:

https://www.inquisitr.com/4109798/light-it-up-blue-autistic-adults-suggest-red-instead/

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Also, I’m still trying to think of a name for myself to use on this blog.

[ricewithaspoon]

Introduction to this blog

I like to eat rice with a spoon.

In North America where I live, many people consider it weird and wrong to eat rice with a spoon, because it's not something they do, or it's not something a lot of people in this area do.

Being autistic, I do a lot of things differently from most neurotypicals. Sometimes the way I do things is actually wrong or inefficient, and I appreciate being corrected. But sometimes my way of doing things is just different, but it works better for me - like eating rice with a spoon instead of a fork.

This blog is not literally about eating rice with spoons. I'm using that title to say that autistic people may seem different or unusual than allistics, but we're not inherently bad people for being different.

In this blog I write about autism in general, my own experiences with being autistic, and similar topics. I'll also reblog posts relevant to the topic of autism.