#different not less

[havvabreak]

Autism Sometimes Sucks

How it feels to be autistic

[lucifer-is-a-bag-of-dicks]

I'm only on chapter 3 and I've already cried twice what rhe fuxk

y'all read this book if you wanna feel so fucking seen

[mymourningmoth]

Learning to show up as who I truly am—despite a lifetime of being called ‘weird’—has been deeply healing to my inner child. - Luna Rae Duvall |MyMourningMoth 🥀

[loki-core-the-variant]

Retro post from my Zucced fb page, Loki-Core: The Variant * Say what you mean.

* Believe what we say (not what you assume we "really" mean).

* Don't teach children not to interrupt, especially using shame, and then act like autistic adults still taking that literally until we have to raise our hands to be listened to (awkwardly, because you have to face you've been hearing and ignoring our 47 false-starts), or autistic/ADH(d) adults doing it "incorrectly," are a problem. Teach us the unwritten rules of overlapping communication or GTFO. Learning by "the vibes" doesn't work for us and you know it. It's why you don't listen and interrupt us all the time, or think we're weird when we butt-in "wrongly". I've tried to get right by observation for 32 years and I'm still wrong all too often.

I suspect it's actually social hierarchy at play, and not a blanket set of rules, but I'd hate for that to be true because I actually care about other people, and it's always the same people shoved to the sidelines.

[blaze-ri0t]

"Different, Not Less."

[crazycatsiren]

Meemaw is right. I'm an ostrich.

Birds are expected to fly. When we think birds, flight tends to be the first thing that comes to mind. I can't fly, like other members of my species, like others would expect me to be able to do, even though I do have wings. But there are things that I can do, that I'm good at. I can run really fast, bite hard, swim, make myself pancake shaped, and lay very large and tough eggs.

Of course, bless meemaw's heart, she used to affectionately call me ostrich because of my very long and lanky legs.

[pathologylab]

Today, on #WorldDownSyndromeDay, we celebrate the power of diversity and the beauty of inclusion. Let’s continue to raise awareness, break barriers, and create a world where everyone’s potential is recognized and valued.

#InclusionForAll #DifferentNotLess #g2m #genes2me #syndromeday #day2025 #beauty #healthcare #downsyndromeday #awareness #world #celebrate #nipt #downsyndromeawareness

[theghostinurattichasautism]

I just finished reading “Different Not Less- A neurodivergent’s guide to embracing your true self and finding your happily ever after” by Chloé Hayden.

Wow.

Just wow.

Not only is she an incredible writer, but she is incredibly powerful in the way she speaks about her experience with neurodiversity, namely autism but ADHD as well. As someone who was diagnosed “late” like she was, I saw myself in her own story more than I have ever seen anyone before. I haven’t been active consistently on Tumblr or this blog consistently in YEARS, but she had a a bit of her book about blogging and how much it helped her, and it reminded me of the reason I started this blog in the first place.

I was absolutely blown away by this book. I have never read a book about autism that didn’t have a part that made me irritated or feel misrepresented, mainly because they’re nearly always written by allistics. This type of book is so so so important and I am so glad it exists. Will definitely be returning to my blogging because of this, I finally feel like someone said all the things that were so hard for me to say and helped me find my words again.

I urge all of my friends here on the actually autistic side of Tumblr to read it if you can. There is also audio book form.