eleven is autistic!

on indefinite hiatus. main is @night-dark-woods. icon by @bvtchicons! feel free to use my gifs in boards as long as ur not: terf/radfem, truscum, cgl etc, "maps," alt-right

[stranger-stim]

(ID in alt)

uh. LONG time no post. tumblr gifmaker doesnt do squares anymore i guess.

[noonlight-stims]

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[soft-stims]

Glowsquid stimboard for anon

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[flappyhappystim]

FlappyHappy is a small business that has been started. It is run by autistics. Our goal is to make stim toys affordable and accessible to those that need them.  Many places that sell stim toys are focused on the needs and experiences of parents of young autistic children.  Here at FlappyHappy, autistic needs and voices are centred over caregivers. Our stim toys are also great for people living with trauma, ADHD, chronic pain, anxiety, or other needs! 

As a small business, we could use your help to get the word out and get started. 

If you can’t afford to purchase from our shop, you can still help by tagging us in social media (the links to all of them will be at the bottom of this post). You can also help us by sharing our social media posts whether that be on our Tumblr platform or other ones like Twitter, Facebook and TikTok. 

A lot of our success will depend on being able to get the word out. 

We will be using the proceeds of sale to expand our product line to bring you a variety of quality, affordable stim toys. 

Links here:

Our Website | Our Facebook | Our Twitter | Our TikTok | Our Instagram

[traumasurvivors]

This is the business my friend and I started. Please help spread the word if you can. Especially on other social media if possible.

[traumasurvivors]

I see a lot of people asking about alternatives since Stimtastic shut down. You can also really help us by recommending us!

[stranger-stim]

ID. three gifs of a clear plastic christmas tree with a color changing led in the base being rotated at various angles. End ID.

ornament from my mom thats very good to look at :3

[noonlight-stims]

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[soft-stims]

Al-An stimboard for anon

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[illnessfaker]

functioning labels are problematic but i want other autistic people who wouldn't be classified as "low-functioning" to understand two things:

intellectually disabled autistic people and autistic people who are nonverbal and in need of things like care teams to support them in their every day life are in a different material circumstance than autistic people who are neither, and are the primary targets of ableism against autistic people (especially in terms of hate crimes such as parents who murder their autistic children.)

don't shame or attack people who have been labeled as "low-functioning" for identifying as such because it's their way of expressing this material difference in their circumstance from the rest of the autistic community and their particular risk for ableist marginalization against autistic people. the problem with "functioning" labels is moreso to do with coercive application to autistic individuals (from medical professionals or parents, etc.) and its usage to deny care or autonomy. it's different when an autistic person labels themselves as low or high functioning.

some people have taken to using low support needs/high support needs to express this difference, since it refers to the reliance on external care for everyday life rather than "functioning" per-se.

others use verbal/nonverbal - contrary to popular misusage of the term, nonverbal doesn't refer to a temporary state and instead refers to autistic people who cannot speak period. many nonverbal autistic people prefer for that label to refer to them exclusively instead of situations that would more accurately be described as selective mutism.

anyway, point being, intellectually disabled autistic people and nonverbal and/or high support needs autistic people are generally often left behind in the online autistic community and we need to do better by our siblings. they shouldn't be robbed of language to accurately express their experiences and differences from verbal/low-support-needs autistic people. this is not to create unnecessary division but to acknowledge that are needs and experiences are not always the same and that nonverbal/high-support-needs autistic people should have their own voices, thoughts, feelings, and opinions (often ignored) about their experiences prioritized over ours rather than us contributing to that ignorance and silencing.

[sevvalistan]

[cray0n-b0x]

flappy hands are happy hands! happy autism acceptance month!!!

(inspired by Keith Haring :D!!)

[popcorn-joints]

[Image ID: a simplistic drawing in a doodle style showing a human figure flapping their arms up and down. above the figure is a rainbow infinity symbol for autism, and the figure is colored with rainbow stripes. End ID]

[stranger-stim]

Who started the stim freely tag? I forgot their URL

oh man i really dont remember sorry! i think i remember seeing it first on either @stimmingsensation or on the blog of someone who is no longer on tumblr (elzear), but that may have been where i first saw it not where it came from.

[soft-stims]

Howl’s room stimboard for @deadenbytrash

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[helium-stims]

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[fortheloveofjellycats]

Jellycat Blossom Dusky Blue Bunny Stim Board

Disclaimer: images are not mine unless otherwise stated. Sources listed below for credit.

SENSORY WARNING: Some sources below contain other stim images, including slime.

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[stranger-stim]

made some bead frogs!!!

[practical-stims]

How do you make them they’re so cool

[stranger-stim]

thanks! i tried to find the specific bead lizard tutorial i originally reblogged, but could only find this post: (link) (thats my main). but basically theyre a much smaller version of the bead animals u can make with the large plastic beads (pony beads) and lanyard material! these were made with glass seed beads and thin wire. if u google "make bead animals" or similar, im sure a lot of options will come up! :)