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dude I'm at a end of the summer party at my little sister's friend's house right??
Mom is talking to one of her friends while we're eating the party food and I tapped my mom's hand in comfort in silentcause the conversation turned to alcohol and I know mom is kinda an alcoholic.. and she said to her adult friend "Oh, she's got bit of the tism!!"
... so now we're acknowledging it?
it took you 16 years to realize??
EVEN GRANDMA WARNED YOU "Oh, she's definitely autistic."
I tend to go into my head too often
And sometimes that can lead to overthinking, increasing anxiety, doubt myself, etc
Anyone else?
Girl I need to stop comparing myself to my autistic peers I can see them doing so much more that I am able to do but then I realized
AUTISIM IS A DISABILITY
it effects everyone differently
And my autism makes me way too g a y for a twink lizard
Girl I also might be dyslexic XD
I totally agree that Samwise is autistic coded, because, well, Tolkien was too! His characters are autistic folks and that's how middle earth is! <3
I love the head canon for Sam specifically, when he was tempted by the ring it was like "you can uhhh have your special interests forever?" And I headcanon Sam was able to resist because personally, the urge to focus on my special interests is always a temptation to me and I have years of experience saying "no, we'll do that later. First we have to be responsible" So I think Sam had that same self discipline when it came to the ring.
Long message sorry :) Love your art and I have lurked on your comics for a while <3
Oooh no way?? I don't know vm about Tolkien himself but that's so interesting to hear!! I mean that just makes Sam make even more sense hehehe :3
I totally see that too! Like a lot of autistic ppl myself included have learned a lot of self discipline just through having to not be yourself half the time lol.
I can't help but think of that but in Rivendell when Sam is stroking Frodos hand n just staring at it for too long and then realising what he's doing and stepping back lol
Oooh I forgot to say thank you for your kind words about my comics too 😄
I don't know if it's because of my autism but I don't understand the difference between platonic love and romantic love. How can it feel different ? I get that you can love some people more or less but how can you love people differently ? It doesn't make sense to me. What's the difference ??
Things that annoy me as autistic person:
First I have sensitivity problems. It's something that I can't really explain but it's like sometimes i don't like structure of thing that I'm holding. Like there's this rough part of sponge. I don't like it because it's not nice to touch.
Some food parts or just food. I was never picky eater. I always ate everything and left plate clean but there are parts of food I don't like. Especially in meat. Mostly hard or jelly parts. It's making me sick. I also don't like eggs.
Sounds. As somone who has autism from well 4th grade of primary school I can say that yelling, scratching, loud noises such as loud chewing are annoying me but I love Loud music. It really depends on my mood.
These are my things but everyone is different so not for all people its the same.
Hello.
Since Autism Acceptance Month starts today, here's some reminders for this month as well as all year round:
Don't support @ut1$m $p3ak$. They're a hate group that supports eugenics. They don't help autistic people or their families and the vast majority of their funding goes towards research "for a cure". They have made a video called "I Am Autism" back in 2009 that compared Autism to cancer, diabetes, and AIDS, and said that autistic children will destroy everything you love, essentially. There are more reputable autism organizations out there that are run by autistic people FOR autistic people. I highly encourage supporting organizations like the Autistic Self Advocacy Network (ASAN), the Autistic Women and Nonbinary Network (AWN), Autistics For Autistics (A4A), and Autistic Inclusive Meets (AIM)!
Don't "Light It Up Blue". Light it up Red Instead.
Quit using functioning labels to describe autistic people. They're based in outdated science, don't tell the whole story about autistic people, and they're not a compliment. In place of functioning labels, say that an autistic person requires more or less support needs. This goes for disabled people as a whole!
Autism is a spectrum. There's no "mild", "moderate", or "severe" autism. That sounds like you're describing spice levels. We're not spices! /lh
The spectrum isn't linear. It's like a circle that's made up of what an autistic person's strengths and weaknesses are. That's the best way I can explain it.
Autism doesn't have a look. They aren't just little white boys in elementary school or young white cishet men. Autistic women, girls, nonbinary people, BIPOC, AAPI, LGBT people, teenagers, and adults exist.
Autistic people are more likely to be LGBT!
No, you don't need to be "aware" of Autism Spectrum Disorder. It's not a disease. Autism has always been around. All we ask is to be accepted without having to constantly mask, have open accessibility and accommodations made for us, and in layman's terms, to exist without being treated like shit.
Puzzle pieces basically say that autistic people are "missing a piece", that we're broken and "need to be fixed", that we're a "puzzle", and it drives the grossly inaccurate point home that only autistic children exist (since puzzles are commonly associated with children). The vast majority of the autistic community doesn't use the puzzle piece, myself included. We use the rainbow infinity symbol (for neurodiversity as a whole) or the red and gold infinity symbol (which is just for autistic people).
Here are the websites for the few autism organizations I mentioned that are reputable and are run by autistic people:
Autistic Self Advocacy Network (ASAN):
Nothing About Us Without Us
Autistic Women and Nonbinary Network:
Neurodiversity is for Everyone ™
Autistics For Autistics:
Autistics 4 Autistics (A4A) is a collective of autistic adults, advocating for reform to Ontario’s governmental and non-governmental approac
Autistic Inclusive Meets:
A truly inclusive autism association
Here's a website for anyone who wants to see which organizations to avoid and any other reputable organizations to support:
Image description: Examples of good autism advocacy organizations at the top, such as the Autistic Self Advocacy Network, Autistic Inclusive
Have a great day, everyone. Happy Autism Acceptance Month!
