I myself am strange and unusual.

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[sweetandsavageautistic]

Please help me out; I need fellow autistics to speak out about this and give their input. (CW: Mention of Trump as a descriptor for something.)

I've been working on a concept for a Danganronpa-style game where the protagonist's talent is Autism Advocacy, and of course she's autistic. It's something I've been passionate about and since we're working on the autistic young adult community as part of my research assistant job, I think it could be beneficial to have something where older I know there are a lot of us in the fandom too, so I was hoping he could pay me for it; it could help me take control of my future financially. Sounds perfect, right?

Not according to my dad.

He thinks making a Danganronpa-style game with autistic characters is gonna get pushback or considered "Trumpian" (because autistic people are getting killed in it, which...that's how Danganronpa fucking works) and get pushback and doesn't want it as part of this autistic young adult community. So currently he won't support my efforts for it.

It feels like a stab in the heart to hear that; autistic characters are too often presented as sanitized versions of who we really are. Why should a game that centers autistic people--one that I get financial support for--have to be...clean? Why are we never allowed to be messy or angry or complex without being seen as problems or burdens or violent? Why do our portrayals always have to be seen as comfortable or palatable? How is that fair?

I need backup; I need fellow autistics to add their voices; maybe if he sees that there is a demand for this, that there is a need for it, then maybe he'll realize this passion project is worth paying me for.

[sweetandsavageautistic]

Hey. So my dad has this nonprofit comic book thing he's been working on combining CBT and superheroes, and I've been doing my own research for neurodivergent superheroes to potentially create something for it; my dad thinks doing outreach to organizations would be a good idea, so I wanted to get some recommendations. I'm looking for credible organizations that are about:

-Autism.

-ADHD.

-Anxiety Disorders.

-Depressive Disorders.

-OCD.

-Pathological Demand Avoidance.

-Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria.

-Maybe alexithymia? My therapist thinks I may have that as well, so it might be worth my time to create something with that.

Please reblog and comment organizations for me to research; I'm especially looking for organizations comprised of people who actually have the conditions.

[sweetandsavageautistic]

Still need this.

[sweetandsavageautistic]

Hey. So my dad has this nonprofit comic book thing he's been working on combining CBT and superheroes, and I've been doing my own research for neurodivergent superheroes to potentially create something for it; my dad thinks doing outreach to organizations would be a good idea, so I wanted to get some recommendations. I'm looking for credible organizations that are about:

-Autism.

-ADHD.

-Anxiety Disorders.

-Depressive Disorders.

-OCD.

-Pathological Demand Avoidance.

-Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria.

-Maybe alexithymia? My therapist thinks I may have that as well, so it might be worth my time to create something with that.

Please reblog and comment organizations for me to research; I'm especially looking for organizations comprised of people who actually have the conditions.

[sweetandsavageautistic]

Not an April Fools' Joke.

Something else I hate is when people expect you to know why they're mad at you.

Like you ask them "hey; why are you mad at me? What did I do?" and instead of explaining--y'know, something that would made shit easier on us both--they say shit like "you know what you did".

...

Why the fuck do you think I asked?

Do you think I'm some kind of telepath? That I'm a damn X-Man?

Do you think I'm so bored that I decided out of nowhere "I should go ask so-and-so why they're mad at me even though I know the answer lol"?

If I was that bored, I'd just engage with my hyperfixations or something; I wouldn't waste my time asking someone a question I find pointless.

Why do they not get that when we ask a question, we're generally looking for an actual answer? WHERE IS THE FUCKING LOGIC?!

[sweetandsavageautistic]

(Not an April Fools' joke)

Not saying this as a monolith, but neurotypicals feel kinda hypocritical.

They tell you to be honest, but then when you're honest, you're told you're being mean or insensitive.

You try to be polite, but then they don't even meet you halfway.

They tell you to be yourself, but then when you are, they hate you.

When you say exactly what you mean, they suspect that you have ulterior motives.

It feels like an unwinnable game that I never agreed to play, one where everyone expects me to know the rules by heart and keep up with when the rules change out of the fucking blue.

Like why the fuck am I the one who has to bend over backwards for you when you won't even try to understand me? If you genuinely don't get it, then SAY THAT instead of assuming I know. /gen

Anyway, happy April; every character is autistic now. /hj

[only-knives]

hi can you like/rb this post if you are also struggling with loneliness and mainly interact with people online or through doctors/therapy appointments?

i've been so mean to myself about my difficulties with in-person socializing and. i know i'm not alone, or worthless, logically.

but it'd help me, and could help others, to just have that little in-your-face remidner that no, you're not alone... no, you're not a failure... you're just struggling, and that's okay.

i need to take my own advice. always easier to be kinder to others than to ourselves, huh?

[sweetandsavageautistic]

Yeah...

[sweetandsavageautistic]

[Photo description: it's the draw 25 meme, but on the left the card says "Stop buying so many in-app purchases OR draw 25". On the right is a bald man of color with a bunch of UNO cards in his hand with the caption "Me with ADHD" above him. End description]

Damn microtransactions. Damn dopamine deficiency. I NEED MONEY FOR REAL THINGS, DAMMIT!

[sweetandsavageautistic]

ADHD/Anxiety Tip

If you can't find something, searched everywhere, even cleaned your room a bit, and are panicking, but you know where the last place you had it is, have someone level-headed search it; chances are they'll find it in plain sight

I mean, you'll feel stupid for a bit afterwards, but it'll very likely be found.

No, this is TOTALLY NOT from personal experience from literally just minutes ago; what are you talking about? /s

[my-autism-adhd-blog]

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Autistic People

Neurodivergent_lou

[noctomania]

THIS!

Years ago my dad recommended i try seeking out cognitive behavioral therapy when my first therapist (who was bad) diagnosed me with generalized anxiety. In researching CBT I didn't feel like it was anything new because I, too, am a very logic based analytical person. When something doesn't make logical sense it irritates me. I may pursue autism testing because I have so many times felt like some of the most relatable experiences I read about are shared by many autistic people. But even if I got a diagnosis...then what?

[sweetandsavageautistic]

Finding an autism-specific therapist could be useful if you still want to do CBT, especially if the therapist is also autistic; they're more likely to know how to revise CBT to make it work.

[blackautism]

Many Black women and girls do not receive ASD diagnoses as children, if ever, because they don’t fit the typical profile of autism. Such cultural stereotypes make it especially dangerous to be autistic while Black. Part of the reason people are quick to stereotype is that there is little to no research on Black women and girls with autism.

- Archuleta Chisolm, Autism While Black

[autistic-misery]

[internetgreatesthits]

[krisrisk]

There is a graphic tablet for blind and visually impaired people?!?!!!

So, basically dotpad is a tablet with a screen made of physical dots (i'll call them beads for easier writing from here), and it can be connected to a device like an ipad (appparently). It then loads whatever picture is shown and converts it into black and white and THEN it displays the image by lifting some of the beads while the others stay down.

ID: The image shows a black electronic device with a tactile display on top, then a row of buttons and a Braille line on the bottom. /End ID

This is amazing? And so simple? Yet I would have never thought of it as a concept. And I have never heard of it? And there's ony limited information out there, like, i couldn't even find it on my usual online stores?

Can we please spread those news? Please?

[autumnal-abomination]

[ohara-n-brown]

Saying 'You're not lazy if you want to do the thing. Choosing not to do it because you don't want to it's laziness-'

Still throws Autistic people with Pathological Demand Avoidance under the bus

Executive Dysfunction is not the end all be all and you are not better than others for 'wanting to do' the thing but being unable to.

There are many autistic people that find themselves unable to do something once their minds has decided that it's being forced to do an action.

Saying that if you don't want to do your homework or the chores or the laundry - then you are lazy - DOESN'T HELP

It's not that I want to shower but I can't get up. It's that I DON'T want to shower because I feel like I HAVE to or else I'll be ridiculed for not doing it.

It's something that helps me, but knowing I HAVE to do it today, and tomorrow, and the day after that, on end with no choice of my own - makes me genuinely want to avoid the act.

'if you were lazy you would be having fun' - that implies that if we ignore a challenging task we don't want to do in order to do something self soothing and fruitful we are lazy.

That it's a moral failing instead of a sign the person needs help starting, or motivating themselves, or understanding the task.

Of course if something is hard, or confusing, and time consuming - someone won't want to do it. ESPECIALLY if they're disabled.

Calling them lazy for that isn't okay. You're just throwing other disabled people under the bus.

You and your executive dysfunction are no better just because you 'want' to do the laundry but can't.

Or that you're not lazy but we are because you really really wish you could wash the dishes meanwhile I really really wish I could throw myself down a hole rather than complying with a forceful demand - no matter how small. Including someone asking me to wash the dishes.

We still have do those things just like people without PDA.

The only difference is we're still called lazy at every turn despite the fact that every demand feels like being held at gunpoint with no choice.

Just because you want to something doesn't make you 'not lazy'.

Laziness DOESN'T EXIST.

If you have PDA, and find it hard to do ANYTHING you don't want to do - I love you. You are not lazy. You're trying your best. Keep going.

CAN WE STOP WITH THE LAZY STUFF NOW

[sweetandsavageautistic]

It's not even always just boring shit; sometimes it's fun things too.

Bodily functions are also demanding.

[sweetandsavageautistic]

[Image Description: a big possum labelled "me" with seven little possums on its back labeled "autism", "adhd", "ocd", "pda", "alexithymia", "depression". Under the big possum is a little possum labeled "trauma". Above the possums is text that says "me and the girls vibing through life one mental breakdown at a time". I tried.]

Hi. not dead.

[sweetandsavageautistic]

I’m trying to set up an online community for young autistic adults, what do you guys wish there were more of in terms of support for young autistic adults?