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āwhy are you flapping your hands like that?ā
me:
Roomba literally just sitting in a tub of water while Pepe holds down her towel.
You... called a cat Roomba?????
Yeah my boss forgot that I'm banned from naming cats. Roomba is blind and beeps a lot so she just kinda moves along until she hits a wall. She also grooms any cat she bumps into.
Op why are you banned from naming cats? Cuz naming that sweet little baby Roomba is fucking accurate af and hella cute
I have been banned SEVERAL times.
1.Ā i named a cat Potato.
i donāt see a reason to explain why i named him that.
2. i named my three-footed kitten Yardstick
3. i named this kitten Kickstand.Ā His leg was permanently stuck in that position, like a bikeās kickstand.Ā i mean, it was until it got amputated.
4. I named a kitten with many toes Terry Toetopolis.Ā also featuring Kickstand again.
5. i called a kitten ābastardā so many times that it was the only one heād respond to.Ā in my defense, he was 100% bastard.
6. a coworker and i had a game going to see how many kittens and cats we could name after harry potter characters before we were caught. (7.Ā the answer is 7.Ā āHedwigā is the name that got us caught)
i think thatās it, but i might be forgetting a few incidences.Ā
To all the autistics who are relearning how to stimā¦
Itās ok if youāre embarrassed to stim in public
Itās ok if you need to try out a whole bunch of different stims to figure out what works for you
Itās ok if youāre self-conscious about your stimming
The more you stim, the more comfortable you will become
One day you will find yourself stimming in public and not caring
One day you will find that your stims flow naturally
One day you will be able to appreciate the beauty of your stimming
And itās ok if that day isnāt today.Ā
No matter how comfortable or uncomfortable you are stimming, you are valid and deserve the best. Keep embracing your natural ways of being.Ā
Autistic teens and adults who were taught not to stim when they were younger and who are now trying to relearn and rediscover the joys of it are so rad. Youāre so strong. Youāre so cool. I love you so much.
Shout out to the autistic people who used to be called āgiftedā andĀ āprodigiesā when they were younger kids, only to then get screwed over by the school system and left feelingĀ like faliures.
Despite what those feelings might try to tell you, you are not a faliure.
The school system failed you. You did not fail it.
Some stims from after I went into sensory overload tonight due to a restaurant being too loud. This is the first time Iāve allowed myself to stim in years, and it feels wonderful! I spent all day trying out new and old stims, and some made me so so soooo happy.
that autism feel when fireworks are visual heaven but auditory hell
Thatās why I put my music in really loud! Not only do the fireworks look like theyāre dancing to the music, but you can also feel it vibrating in your chest without the problem of actually listening to them!
That Autism feel whenā¦
ā¦is it a crush?
ā¦is it love?
ā¦is it friendship?
ā¦orā¦is this acquaintance your special interest?
New neurodivergent ask game for the month of April!!
Stimming asks!!!
š-Record you doing your favorite body stim! (Flapping, rocking, etc)
š£-Record you doing your favorite vocal stim! (Humming, singing, etc)
š-Whatās your favorite visual stim?
š -What do you like to chew on, if anything?
āļø-Favorite object(s) to fidget with?
š„°-Record you stimming with a comfort object!
š®-Whatās your āidle animationā?
š-How do you stim when anxious?
š-Do you have a ābad habitā stim? What is it? (Self harm, biting nails, etc)
š§©-Record you happy stimming to say āfuck you!ā To Autism Speaks!!
Free to use! Please ask me these!
embarrassing vocal stim club
ill go first: i meow when im agitated. im 20 years old and i meow to myself.
I squeak, bark, growl, purr, howl, and scream.
Did researching autism just become my new hyperfixation ? Possibly.
Me, researching autistic traits: Wait, my parents have told me stories about how I used to do that before I even have real memories of doing that.
Late or Undiagnosed Autism Things!
āYou donāt seem autisticā
(after relearning/learning how to stim) āWhat are you doing?Ā Stop thatā
Internally: āOh shit that wasnāt a temper tantrum, that was a meltdown because my comfort object was literally taken from my handsā
Obsessed with That One Thing that you canāt shut up about
Being deeply and personally offended by Sheldon Cooper
Asking your friends to tell you to shut up when they get bored because you Canāt Tell
I could wear these pants yesterday, but today they feel like theyāre made of Sandpaper, so I Canāt
*cuts every tag off of every piece of clothing ever*
*sees self in every autistic coded character* weird
Watches stim videos for 4 hours like ????? why good
*chews on something* why
Literally eats the same thing for lunch for 11 years without getting bored of it
I Canāt find the Thing I Need so Iām Panicking Now
āLook at me when Iām talking to you!ā
Bounce leg bounce leg tap pencil click pen bounce leg
*gets tested for ADHD*Ā *inconclusive results*
*rolls toy truck over face* nice
Feel free to add your own, also this got so much longer than I thought it would be
(bonus round: youāre AFAB)
Any autistic person can tell you how easy it is for autism to go undiagnosed. For example
meltdowns can be misinterpreted as tantrums
sensitivity to food, light, sound, etc can be misinterpreted as whining or being picky
not knowing how to interact with people can be misinterpreted as shyness
one tiny, once-in-a-blue-moon success at something can make people believe that the problem never existed
autistic people often hide their traits to prevent being judged, and may eventually become good at hiding those traits
doctors have literally refused to diagnose people based on stereotypes (girls canāt be autistic, you have friends so you canāt be autistic, etc.)
Because of the possibility of autism being undiagnosed, itās very likely that autism was just as prevalent in the past as it is now, and affects females just as much as males, even if statistics of the number of people diagnosed say otherwise.
Some Tumblr funnyman: Haha I can't believe some people actually HISS at people lol
Me, knowing full well that I hissed at people from the age of 4 to the age of 7: haha yeah, weird right...
Shoutout to all my other autistics who make āanimal noisesā like meowing, whimpering, barking, etc. to express how they feel.
autistic alderheart headcannons
packing herbs together is a big mouth stim and alderheart always asks if he can do it when that chore comes around
similarly sorting herbs into their different nooks and crannies is a Good Task and he sits sorting and resorting for hours
as a kit and apprentice, sparkpelt would lay on alderheart. Originally this was supposed to annoy him, but the pressure stim was nice for him, so thatās how they ended up always cuddling
as they got older, sparkpelt would lay on alderheart occasionally to comfort him (i.e. when he was chased by the dog)
because heās so big, he likes standing on rocks that are balanced and rocking them back and forth with his big paws. a good stim
jayfeather is also on the spectrum and thatās part of why heās always so distant with other cats; he doesnāt quite know why but he knows that communication between him and others is limited by something
thatās why heās starting to enjoy alderheartās company and conversation - they justĀ āget each otherā on a level neither of them have with any other cats