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[firjii]

Help me spread the word about my autism poetry ebook (and maybe help get it into some libraries)? 😘🙏🥺🤗

Hi there, self-diagnosed adult autistic/AuDHD woman here. 👋 I just published a poetry ebook. It covers various subjects and writing styles but mainly explores autism itself or neurotypical/societal opposition to autistics.

Here’s the problem: for safety/stress reasons, I can’t promote this book via traditional book promo methods.

I live with people in denial and I'm not "out" about being autistic IRL (for privacy reasons, I published under a pen name), so I can’t tell my neighbors in case word comes back to said people. For the same reason, I can’t locally advertise this book or do public readings. I need to be careful about how I even talk about it online.

This is where YOU come in.

Although I included retail links here for those inclined to buy things and support tiny indie creatives, I’m not specifically asking anyone here to buy this book. I get it. Everyone’s broke and/or only buys things they know they’ll like.

Instead, I’m asking you to do 2 things (yes, preferably both) that don’t cost a penny:

1) Reblog this post.

Yes, I said REBLOG. Tumblr doesn’t use popularity algorithms, so likes and comments don’t spread a post. Only reblogs can do that.

2) Request this ebook through your local library so you (and other folks!) might be able to read it for free.

Libraries have different procedures for book acquisition, so you’ll need to investigate that part yourself. In some cases, it’s as simple as logging into your online library account and looking for a book request button. Book requests don’t automatically mean success (library budget sizes and expenditure schemes vary wildly between regions, states, and countries), but requesting it is the first step towards giving it a chance to be available in your area.

And that’s it.

I’m not specifically asking anyone here to buy it firsthand. I’m not asking anyone here to even like the book or leave a review. I’m just asking for a chance at getting it into some people’s hands.

There aren’t exactly millions of books out there directly addressing the autistic experience firsthand. I’m just trying to contribute my own cranky little voice to a narrative that's still largely defined and controlled by outsiders rather than the people who live it every day.

To the best of my (admittedly crash course) knowledge, this ebook meets basic accessibility requirements, but please understand this is my first ebook and I'm human, so there's always a chance that it might glitch out on the occasional device.

If you’re still reading this, thank you.

(This book will eventually be available on many other sites and I didn't knowingly exclude any site or country when I uploaded it, but my distributor doesn't disclose their full list of retail partners, so I just chose the 3 biggest sites I currently have links to.)

Kobo

Lulu

Amazon

Content/trigger warnings (just to be really thorough):

Rare instances of swearing

General themes of depression and mental health struggles

1 instance of the word "rape," but in a non-sexual context ("Employment")

1 poem that broadly discusses suicidal thoughts ("The Opposite of Wrath")

2 poems mentioning injuries or body horror ("Self Reliance, Age Eight" and "Dream Transcription, Part Two: Drifting Further")

Occasional descriptions of harmful stimming/anxiety behaviors (mostly in "The Perils of Suggestion" and "Definitions")

[demonlineswhore]

Bf Hongjoong x audhd gn reader

SFW

A/N: I myself am audhd (autistic and adhd) and I haven’t really seen much at all of ateez and nd reader stuff so I decided to write about it myself, specifically Hongjoong as he’s on of my ults. This is based around my nd habits/brain/experience, as obviously I know myself best so I draw from my own experiences, however I did try to include a bit of other nd experiences.

Hongjoong is nd in this, if you don’t like that, don’t read. (Let’s be honest, that man is most likely nd in reality anyway)

Fuck that’s a lot of writing. Onto the actual content:

• He’d silently notice when your brain is completely scattered and you just can’t think of what you’re meant to be doing. He’d come over and ask what you’re trying to do and then direct you on what steps to do to achieve it. You know the steps, but your brain just can’t sent them out. (with demand avoidance idk if this would work for everyone, but ik for me this is basically a love language)

• Throughout the day he’d ask if you’ve been eating and drinking, softly reminding you to if you haven’t. Or if you have decision paralysis he’d bring up the list of your safe foods he has on his phone and suggest some

• He’d always carry a spare pair of charged noise cancelling headphones with him, even when you’re not with him (he probably needs them too, I’m 99% sure that man is neurodivergent) he’d have them for you in case yours die or you forget them

• He’d always appreciate it so much when you check if he’s eaten and drank water as well, even if he doesn’t necessarily express it, because he forgets to a lot

• He’d know most if not all of your safe songs, have a playlist of them on his phone for if you need to listen on his phone for whatever reason

• Music is 100% both of your shared special interest. You’re always sharing songs with each other and singing together

• One day he asks if you want to see how he makes music. You gladly accept and so he takes you to his studio and starts showing you how he makes beats, how to put the song together, his recording process. He infodumps and gets so goddam excited to show his favourite person one of his favourite things ever. It just makes you so happy to see him so ecstatic taking about his special interest

• The look he gets on his face when you’re infodumping about your special interest to him makes your heart melt. It’s so so so loving, because he’s seeing his favourite person at their happiest, feeling completely safe unabashedly sharing their favourite thing with him

• He’ll sometimes see you nesting with all your soft toys when you’re in sensory overload, and he thinks it’s the cutest goddam thing ever

• You’ll both occasionally come home to the other person having cleaned a significant part of the house (usually the bedroom) because dopamine dopamined

• I feel like he would know he’s nd but wouldn’t actually know heaps about it, like the traits of it, and what it means for a person in their everyday life and how their brain works, so he’d learn so much about it from you, always willing to try to understand you better, and never telling you that you don’t have certain traits/diagnoses simply because he hasn’t done the research (lol not me trying to heal myself through this post)

• You’d pick up stims from the other members, just from random things they’d do or say, not even necessarily them stimming, but their stims as well (Seonghwa I’m looking at you). Hongjoong would jokingly get jealous that you’re not picking up his stims. You do though, ALL THE TIME. One of you gets a new stim and suddenly for the next 2 weeks that’s all that’s happening around the house, whether it’s vocal stims or physical stims

• You guys find it so difficult to be in social situations and often get anxious when you’re not with each other in social situations. Which gets really difficult for Hongjoong cos of his job, but your shared special interests and stims gets him though it usually.

• When you guys are together in social situations you are glued at the hip, never leaving each other’s side; you’re both each others safe place

• HJ already isn’t fond of physical touch but when he’s in sensory overload he can’t stand someone being even a little too close to him. You’re his safe place, safe person, but if he’s too overstimulated he will go into shutdown if you come to close. You learned this early on from experience and you now know what his stims and behaviour are when he’s overstimulated and know to give him the space he needs, which he appreciates infinitely. He loves you even more for it and you will always do it for him because you love him

• On that same idea, he will come to learn what your sensory issues are, and what triggers them, what your behaviour and stims look like when you’re in sensory overload and what to do to help you best. He just wants you to feel like he understands you and wants you to know he respects and loves you for your nd, not in spite of it

• You both aim to best understand each other’s neurodivergence and respect it and it brings so much love to your relationship

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I think that’s it for now. If you’re a nd atiny and there’s anything else you can think of lmk and maybe I’ll make a pt 2

This wasn’t planned btw, completely impulsive lol

[beneaththecosmicwaves]

Donate to Support Neurodivergent & Women-Led Sci-Fi Audio Drama, organized by Kelty Greye

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Hello! I am one of the crew working on Beneath The Cosmic Waves- a women-led sci-fi audio drama written and produced by neurodivergent and queer friends. We're really hoping to be able to pay our cast for their time, so our author set up a little GoFundMe. Absolutely no pressure, honestly we'd just appreciate a reblog. Or if you feel compelled please check out the video she made (which includes a silly song and a lot of her darling cat Ozzie).

[neurospicediaries]

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[neurospicediaries]

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(No, it wasn’t)

I couldn’t help myself.

(Yes, I could.)

They were so delicious.

(Yes, they were.)

They were in my head, dancing like sugar cookies.

(No, they weren’t.)

They conned me into eating them.

(No, they didn’t.)

Oh, they were so good.

(Yes, they were.)

And now here I am, with glucose spiking and insulin on board, blaming baked goods for my choices. But maybe that’s the real trick of the cookie: it’s not just sugar and oats and raisins — it’s temptation disguised as innocence.

So no, it wasn’t my fault.

(Yes, it was.)

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