#hsn autism

[crispnuqqet]

autism flag for those who like to use the puzzle piece and feel represented by it, this is meant for msn-hsn autistics only (autistics who’s support needs fluctuate from lsn to msn and msn to hsn are included)

there are no color meanings, its just based on the red, yellow, and blue autism puzzle pattern

if you are a no support needs autistic or just low support needs, this flag isn’t for you

recolors and inspired flags are allowed, all i ask is that credit is given

[the-firefly-herd]

Hate how so much of my words are scripted. I wish i could not. Like everyone will hate me eventually and not talk to me because of how much I script and use the same words over and over (like the words wish and hope use them to much) its just how I communicate but I wish it wasn't and that I could make my own words more.

Even in my own thoughts most if what it is is repeating of things ive heard. Thats part of how my thoughts work but lot of how my thoughts work I don't know how to explain. Maybe like a TV when you switch the channels? Its like that a lot not always but a lot. But there's more to it to beyond those

[the-silence-collective]

i think some of you people are using support needs terminology as a synonym for functioning labels rather than the alternative it was meant to be and it's starting to get really uncomfortable

[vorpalsys]

i do not Suffer from Nonverbalism so much that it is Others that make me feel like I am losing out just because my brain + experience doesnt match theirs.

makes em uncomfy im able to keep going despite language brain being offline

Yes my autism disables me; but I am enjoying saying nothing. I like saying nothing. the fact allistics dont like it is not my problem.

[spir1tualauura]

[red--stims]

Moving Out

soon I'm am move to autism specialist housing. I move out of my parents house and feel excited, happy. live with my parents is not happy

I have been approved for full day support and will carers look after me all day and sleep in night staff. I am do lots of transition work with staff at my day centre, lots of questions, spend time with staff that will look after me, plan how I will move out

we all excited so for my life to be better

[transshanehollander]

High support needs autistics I love you always. I love your smiles and your laughs and your stims and your voice and your advocacy and the ways yall have taught me to listen with more than my ears and to communicate.

I love being friends with yall and watching bluey and marvel movies and Arthur and frozen and every movie because I love being with people who are excited. I love that I get to have friends that have provided me with so much support in so many ways that it makes me teary eyed. I love having nonspeaking friends so much.

And not in the ableist inspiration porn way but in the: my non seeming friends are so fun to hang out with because they are just fun people

I love being in community with you and I love that you are apart of the autistic community and I have your back always

[python-nebula]

Stop saying that you’re ‘going non-verbal’. I’m talking to both allistics and also autistics who can usually speak/have lower support needs. Being non-verbal is a continuous state of being, not something that turns on and off. I am a lower support needs autistic, and sometimes I cannot speak. The phrase I use for this is ‘[having a] verbal shutdown’ rather than ‘[going] non-verbal’ because mine is a temporary state and will stop within a few hours or if I’m removed from a stressful situation. I used to use ‘non-verbal’ before being informed that I was not using the correct language (I now know better). I see a lot of other autistics who are like me using ‘non-verbal’. I’m sure many of you may not have known not to, since it’s unfortunately more normalised now to say it with the incorrect definition, but that’s why I’m saying this now. Listen to the higher support needs/non-verbal autistics who have been telling you not to use their phrases because they don’t apply to you. And allistics who say it; you can just say that you feel like being quieter, or you’re overwhelmed. Don’t take the language of a group who are already massively overlooked. (non-verbal/lsn autistics, of course feel free to add on or correct me if I’ve said something that’s incorrect; I don’t want to speak over anyone, nor is it my place to)