#autistic play

[my-autism-adhd-blog]

Autistic Play is Play…

Neurodivergent_lou

[gaymerjekyll]

Autistic Character Month: Day 13 - Goldfish Crackers

@autistic-character-month prompt: Autistic Play

Chapter 30 - Project STIL-E5: Stiles, satisfied for exactly three seconds, suddenly frowned again. “Okay, but… why can’t I go too?” Scott gasped, scandalized. “Yeah! Why can’t we go? We’re brothers now too!” Noah huffed out a tired laugh, rubbing a hand over his face. “Because both of you are going to be in bed and asleep when we get home.” Stiles’ whole face crumpled in betrayal. “What? Why?” “Because school starts next week,” Melissa reminded gently. “And bedtime is eight o’clock now.” Stiles let out a sound that could only be described as wounded goose. Scott looked genuinely horrified. “Eight? Like… eight eight?” “Yes,” Noah said dryly. “Like eight eight.” Stiles slapped a tiny hand to his chest. “But that’s soon!”

This is a chapter from a larger series. I just love it and felt like it fit too perfectly for this, so here you go. It's from my longer fic titled, Project STIL-E5. It's complete and posted already. Before anyone asks, yes. This is 100% a play on Sourwolf.

Quick context: Jackson is 17, Isaac is 13, Stiles is 6 - Scott is also 6 because, reasons. Stiles is a fox hybrid, so he has a fox tail and ears (as well as human ears). Isaac is a werewolf. Jackson is a wolf/kanima hybrid. They grew up in a lab. Stiles was the experiement. Jackson and Isaac were convenient. They thought the world outside was gone, turns out - it wasn't. Now they need to learn how to live inside a world they never knew existed.

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[sporecringe]

I just spent an hour sorting my tamagotchi collection in various orders and infodumping about them. My mom was like “this is so autistic of you” and I was like “dang I didn’t even notice. Im Fr being so stereotypical rn”

[infinitemonkeytheory]

Why Do People Assume Autistic Play Is "Wrong"?

Why autistic play (solitary, stimmy, etc.) is not "wrong," and can have an important function in supporting relaxation and recuperation.

Does the way autistic people play need to be fixed?

Not according to a team of researchers at Cambridge University.

Many people believe negative stereotypes about autistic play that stem from studying us autists by looking for our “deficits” when compared to non-autistic people. To counter this bias against autistic people and how we play, these researchers decided to examine what autistic play really looks like. They decided to ask autistic people, approaching them from a neurodiversity perspective: That is, starting from the principle that there is nothing wrong or deficient about playing in ways that differ from neurotypical play.

[neurodivergentrebel]

Autism & Social Skills - Autistic People Socialize & Play in an Autistic Way

"Autistic People are bad at socializing." NO! Let's reframe that: "Autistic People socialize in an Autistic way." That's better!

I’m creating a new community outside of social media on Substack (where I can have more control over my space), and I hope you’ll join me as a free member (but I also have paid subscriptions if you want access to bonus content). Learn more “Autistic People are bad at socializing.” NO! Let’s reframe that: “Autistic People socialize in an Autistic way.” That’s better! I’m Autistic, and though…

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[autism-asks]

iiaat to categorize things? When I was a kid, I would put all of my toys in line and write all of their names in a book. Then I would divide then based upon species (the toys were animals) and count them repeatedly to see how many I had and to make sure I was counting correctly. Does that make sense?

Yeah, those are all autistic things and a pretty good example of how autistic play as a kid can differ from allistic play.

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[autism-asks]

rhtut hi!! i was wondering if this is more like NT play or autistic play as a kid?? i would always kind of "direct" other kids when we played pretend, and say "cut" or "pause" when i wanted to fix them, like i was directing a play. i played alone most of the time + when i did i was usually pretending to be an animal, like a racoon or somethin?? and when i played with toys like barbies or something i never named them or made them do stuff, they just had conversations -herobrine asks

That definitely sounds like autistic play. Autistic children often “direct” other children when engaging in group play. We also tend to play alone and many pretend to be animals. 

-Sabrina