Colors taken from my autism support needs flags (link), while the nautilus comes from @ipso-faculty's autism pride flags (link).
Althought ASD levels and supports needs aren't strickly the same concepts, they're often used interchangably and they're often directly linked, ence why I've choosen the colors of the autism support needs flags as a base.
In @ipso-faculty's flag the shell symbolises plural ideas: stylised verson of the Autism Spectrum Wheel, a fractal-like pattern that reminds the infinity symbols and a representation of our autistic metaphorical shells.
I've kept the same ideas in the design. Though, in addition, the different shades are linking each levels together, to highlight that they're diverse, complex yet an interconnected continuum.
Find the PSD on Deviantart (link)!
Level One Pride Flags
PT: Level One Pride Flags /end PT
ID: a stylised nautilus with various shades of green, light green and yellow on its shell, on a dark grey background. end ID
ID: the same image this time there is diagonal rainbow lines in the upper right and lower left corners. end ID
Level Two Pride Flags
PT: Level Two Pride Flags /end PT
ID: a stylised nautilus with various shades of yellow, green and cyan on its shell, on a dark grey background. end ID
ID: same image this time there is diagonal rainbow lines in the upper right and lower left corners. end ID
Level Three Pride Flags
PT: Level Three Pride Flags /end PT
ID: a stylised nautilus with various shades of blue, cyan and yellow on its shell, on a dark grey background. end ID
ID: same image this time there is diagonal rainbow lines in the upper right and lower left corners. end ID
A sentiment I see sometimes, mostly in the high masking level 1 LSN autistic community, is the disdain for all labels about how impaired you are, especially the autism levels and support needs.
A lot of what I see is people saying they're bad, there's no need for them and that they have no use, that they're basically functioning labels and ableist, that we shouldn't be comparing ourselves and each other, and that they somehow don't include high masking people.
None of these things are true, they ignore the fact that often these labels are self-identifiers, and honestly, I think when having discussions on terminology like autism levels and support needs, the voices of levels 2-3 and HrSN people need to be centred. We're the people who need these terms, we're the people who often depend on them to actually communicate our needs, so when people go around saying these terms are bad without having so much as an afterthought about us it is really upsetting and hurtful.
I've seen people say we don't need the terms because we can just explain the supports we need as if it was so easy to do so. Many of us have such complex needs that trying to explain them all the time isn't possible.
🚨BREAKING: Israel’s National Security Council has elevated the travel advisory for Canada from Level 1 (no warning) to Level 2 (potential threat)– citing growing terror threats against Israelis and Jews.
Israelis in Canada are urged to stay vigilant, avoid displaying Israeli/Jewish symbols, and exercise heightened caution in public spaces.
A crackling sphere of unstable force tears through magic itself, rattling focus and silencing spells mid-cast. Wizards feel their control slip as the battlefield briefly forgets how magic is supposed to work.
💬 Would you use this to break a caster’s focus—or shut down magic at the perfect moment?
“I found a backpack… it was just laying there. I don’t know if was someone’s… or maybe it got here the same way I did… it’s a nice addition anyways… I was walking and I found a staircase… I think this “place”or whatever kind of shit hole this is might be is some sort of alternative dimension or wormhole or something-
I don’t know anything about that- but I know this place isn’t working like anywhere normal. I went down the stairs case and I ended up in some sort of basement? It’s covered in old pipes and it’s this network of concrete hallways… I keep hearing this thumping noise… and I found a broken off piece of pipe. I hope I don’t have to use it on someone… or something…”
If you've been in the Blocks Universe Wiki™ for a while now, you may have seen my Alphablocks backrooms posts. Now I'm going to post the first three pictures with the stories attached to it
You had just entered the Backrooms. You faintly remembered exiting your bedroom after a bingewatch of Alphablocks. You looked around, being surrounded by walls of mono-yellow, soggy carpets as the floor and the unignorable sound of buzzing lights. You slowly got up and wandered around the place. Where am I? What is this place? Is this a dream? you thought to yourself. As you explored the level long enough, you started to feel a sense of uneasy dread, wondering if there is an exit to this nightmare. Then, you hear a series of small footsteps. You looked around nervously to see where the sound is coming from, only to see a red cuboid creature peaking out from one of the walls. The creature is red with white stripes on its face, three feather-like integuments on each of its arms, small eyes, a triangular nose and wears a red helmet on top of its head. It also has a glass cage with a letter 'v' floating in the middle. You recognised that critter as one of the 26 titular characters from the show that you bingewatched before you no-clipped into this hellscape. The creature slowly walks towards you, albiet more slowly as to not frighten you. It then said a soft "Hello". You greeted back to it and it suddenly smiled. "I am V!", it said.
After wandering around this nightmare with your new red companion for what seems to be hours, you noticed that the surroundings changed and transformed into a parking lot. You and V found yourself in Level 1, which is nicknamed the Habitable Zone or the Parking Zone. While wandering around this new place, V stopped and gestured at something, as if he sensed another being within this seemingly empty place. Then, out of nowhere, another Alphablock peeked out after V signalled her to. She is light blue with an orange star on her right eyeand wears dark blue make-up. The Alphablock, like V, has a letter floating inside her glass capsule, only instead the letter is a 'b' instead of a 'v'. The Alphablock seemed unamused judging by her facial expression and can be concluded that she just wants none of your business
"What do you want?" B groaned.
"Meet my new friend! They seemed new, so I guided them here!" V eagerly said.
"A human? Oh wow, we've seen plenty of them around here!" B replied.
"I know, B, but trust me, he will be a good friend for us Alphablocks" V chimed.
"If you say so, Vroomer," B sighed.
Doesn't have a story yet
So what do you think, guys? Is my writing good? Should it be on AO3? Mmm? Mmm?