#mod har

[autistic-google]

My therapist thinks that I can't be autistic because I "pursue" friendships and have a boyfriend and enjoy people sometimes. Do you agree that this could be valid or does that seem a little outdated? Ty

This is not valid and is very outdated.

-Mod Har

[autistic-google]

Can be an aspi a bone marrow donor? I heard that I can't beacuse, autism is a genetic illness and it will be dangerous for a recipients (but autism doing nothing with blood. Only neurology is different). Is this a truth?

I don’t know where you heard this and it sounds suspiciously like bullshit, but I am no doctor and this is a question for a professional. Whoever you would be donating through could tell you whether or not you’re eligible.

-Mod Har

[autistic-google]

iiaat- once my mom told me i had to go to a birthday party that i didn't really want to go to. i wasn't necessarily really tired but i felt like it was impossible for me to go. she said i had to, i cried, but then when i got there everything was okay???

Not particularly. 

-Mod Har

[autistic-google]

You should maybe reconsider your nomenclature around searches. In 2014 google partnered with autism $peaks on their genome project, offering the cloud for them to store their information, and find that pesky "autism gene". They're still partnered btw.

Excellent point, thank you. I’ll talk with the other mods about it and see what we can come up with.

-Mod Har

[autistic-google]

I saw someone say something on another blog about preferring to use tiny silverware and how it might be related to their autism. Is this a common trait, because I do it too

I strongly prefer tiny silverware and I’m very uncomfortable when I have to use silverware that is too large or too long. Anyone else?

-Mod Har

Replies:

the-sound-of-stars

I don't get uncomfortable with bigger silverware, but there's something incredibly comforting about small silverware, for me the smaller the better :x

raspberrytrap

i love small silverware! i used to use tea spoons as normal spoons

catlikesb00ks

Same here! Tbh I thought this was just like normal. Like why would someone choose a big ass spoon over a smaller one??

pandora-siren-atlas

Yea!! I do that too

neurodivergent-crow

autie here and SAME i like tiny forks and tiny spoons and such

postnuclearwar

i can't use any silverware that is too thin, it makes me very uncomfortable

imperialpoet

teaspoons forever

maquillagebookmark

I also won't use spoons with too much texture on the handle. I will actually wash a dirty spoon to use before I'll take one with a bumpy handle.

[autistic-google]

Can echolalia be with thoughts? My brain will frequently get stuck on a word or phrase for days but I rarely say it out loud

Some autistic people think it counts. This happens to me.

-Mod Har

[autistic-google]

Could it be an autistic thing to have a need for things to be the 'right' way? Like grammar or the way things are organised?

Yes.

-Mod Har

[autistic-google]

can you go nonverbal, but like, not completely ? like, you can talk, you're just worse at it, or you do it very little

Yes, this is possible.

-Mod Har