#low functioning

[cryslittlelibrey]

Tips For A Low Spoons Day: ╔═ . ☾ . ══════════════════ Hey there little one!

Not feeling it today, huh? Well thats ok, we all run out of spoons sometimes! what matters is that we look after ourselves while we give those spoons a chance to get back in the drawer, ok? Don't worry, I have just the set of tricks to help ya out.

🌙﹒It's ok to have a slow start, if you get out of bed late, then you got out of bed late. Try to remember that it's ok to have off days, just means you need a little more self love that day.

💤﹒If cooking feels like too much today, try a picnic plate instead! a picnic on the carpet can be super fun; crackers, cheese, yummy crunchy salad, sandwich meat- maybe something sweet, whatever you can put together!

🌙﹒If its a shower day, which i know can be super hard when you're not feeling up to it, take it nice and slow- there's no rush! try to focus on the sounds and the warm water, see what shapes you can find in the steam! if you're worried about keeping the shower on too long, try a bath instead!

💤﹒See if you can choose just 1 thing you want to get don't that day, something small and achievable like folding your clothes or finishing a doodle so can feel accomplished by the end of the day!

🌙﹒Bring a stuffie friend with you on whatever you have to get done, stuffies love adventures and wont mind tagging along at all!

💤﹒If you don't have a stuffie friend, play something in the background like a podcast or a cartoon, anything to fill the silence can make the time go much quicker and can help chase those grey feelings away <33

🌙﹒share your achievements, telling someone about what you've gotten done can make you feel a lot more confident! if you don't know who to tell or don't feel like you have anyone, you're always welcome to tell me!!

💤﹒If its a bed day, bundle up all cozy in your blankets and pillows, make a sleepy nest just for you, you deserve to be comfy after all!

🌙﹒Make sure to stay hydrated! keep a bottle of water by your bed so it's super easy to grab!

💤﹒When the day is all over and the moon comes back up to say hello, brushing your teeth can make the world of a difference, it's the last thing to do, and you've done great.

🌙﹒And most importantly, try to remember that whatever you got done today, you did amazing. your worth is not defined by how productive you can be or how much work you can get done, you are worth taking care of, and you deserve to rest when you need too.

You got this little star! No matter how hard the day might seem, i know you can do it <33 ╚═════════════ . ☾ . ═════

[pixierainbows]

wish for smart autism people to STOP saying things like "most autism people actually smart ! ". is not true! is just so erase big part of autism community ! of people like Pixie, and intellectual disability autism people !

STOP say , is not okay ! people like Pixie, people with intellectual disability , are BIG part of autism community ! we deserve be part of own community !

STOP try push out of community, is ableism !

[clown-around-and-find-out]

everyone is all about autism acceptance until they meet an autistic they can't infantilize

[chiropire]

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.

[catgirl-catboy]

Honestly people should stop seeing autistic people as high/low functioning and start thinking about it like Pokemon stats.

For instance, I have a low stamina stat.   Need to bring my headphones everywhere because loud noise really wears me down.   However, there are some stats I’m quite high in.   I can eat most foods without sensory issues, and I think I can small talk quite well even if I don’t care to.

There is no such thing as the strongest (or most neurotypical) pokemon!  It depends a lot on type matchups, movesets, playstyles.   A Pokemon most people would think of as strong, like a Charizard, might struggle when faced with a rock type.  So! Give yourself an item or teach yourself a new move. 

[five-thousand-loaves-of-bread]

“it’s frustrating being a neurodivergent person (in school/academia/medical settings as patient/life in general) because you’re not ‘low functioning’ enough to get support…”

woah people considered “low functioning” don’t miraculously get more support either

understand you’re frustrated and looking for someone to attribute this to but low functioning people aren’t your enemy here unpack your biases & advantage & privilege

(yes, you can simultaneously have advantages & privileges as a neurodivergent/any minority)

[janedoodlee]

the other day my little sister (7 yrs old) and i were trying to build a fire with a magnifying glass and our dad was trying to help by blowing on it and my little brother (9 yrs old, mostly nonverbal autistic) came and saw what we were doing, and we told him that we were building a fire. he went back inside for a few minutes and came back with a lighter

[voidxbrat]

This is some love going out to other people with severe mental/developmental/etc disabilities! I mean severe like, in of need full-time assistance or *a lot* of accommodations. I mean people who legitimately can’t always control or understand their own behaviors. People who cannot live on their own, or maybe can’t make their own decisions. The people who get left out of everything, by everyone, even those who say to support people with stigmatized mental illnesses and not very nice symptoms and behaviors. Because, for all everyone shouts that they support these things - you really show you don’t very often (even on this site). Something people on here still really need to understand and support, is what *serious* and *severe* mental/developmental/etc disability really is.