#actually aspie

[part-time-public-menace]

Love that I can just say something random like

Autism is cool ranch Doritos and neurotypicals are plain, unsalted tortilla chips with no guac

And all my ASD homies come out of the woodworks to support and I fuckin' love that.

[traumatisedfangirl]

[xautisticsunitex]

Autism/ADHD doesn’t suddenly disappear when we become adults and yes, we still need support.

[apparentlyautisticandanxious]

Getting a diagnosis finally broke the spell my parents had put on me for my whole life. The spell that said it’s rude to be on your phone at dinner or to wear ear plugs/headphones around others. Getting diagnosed finally let me seek out accommodations to make me more comfortable in a world that isn’t built for my autistic brain. It helped me know that it’s okay to not make eye contact with strangers and that I can wear pajama pants all day if I want because the fabric is Right. I am disabled. This society isn’t built for people like me, but I can make my little corner of it a little more bearable.

[mischiefmanifold]

Autism and ADHD are not the same disorder. Stop spreading the idea that they’re the same or on the same spectrum. It’s incredibly harmful and there’s NOTHING to support this medically.

[invalid-request]

I think I need a different word than "masking" for how it relates to my autism.

When I'm "masking", I'm adding facial expressions, vocal tonality, body language, etc so I can be better understood. I make eye contact so people know I'm listening. I'm trying my best to act like an allistic person instead of true autistic self, hence, "masking", right?

But what I'm not doing is being fake, deceitful, or pretending to be something I'm not. The facial expressions, body language and vocal tone are meant to communicate my true emotions, just in a way that allistics can read. I make eye contact because I'm actually listening and I want them to know I am. I have to do these things, otherwise I get misunderstood. (E.g. if you don't make eye contact, they may think you're not listening even though you are. And God help you if you talk to someone like 😐 instead of 🙂 — people think you're being spiteful to them, so they'll be spiteful to you.)

So it's not really masking, is it? Masking has a different connotation, as if I were hiding what's within. That's how the ADHD community uses it (e.g. pretending to pay attention to someone when their ADHD brain has actually gone somewhere else entirely). But I'm not trying to hide what's within; I'm trying to "translate" it — from my natural, autistic way of expressing myself, into a communication style allistic people understand.

"Autistic translating"? Idk.

[bananabreadgirlboss]

"You shouldn't disclose your autism online, you never know what people could do" what are they gunna do,,,?? email me a puzzle piece??????send me a picture of a crowded room????????????

[isahebec]

i can't wait to meet her (me)