holding a witcher and a secunit up next to each other 'look creatures that were made to keep people safe but are treated horribly by those same people'
Autism and helping people who are upset/mid-meltdown
Wish
Thereās a lot of things that I wish the people around me had known. Things that parents, and teachers arenāt taught. Some things, I wish everybody knew, just in case. If I meet a stranger on the street, while Iām mid-meltdown, there are some things that would be useful.
Touch
The thing about consent is, most people only think about it in the context of sex. And, when theyāre met with someone whoās crying, they want to help. And any idea about consent goes out the window. They arenāt trying to take advantage of someone, they just want to help. And touching someoneās arm, or giving them a hug, is soothing. Right? Physical touch is always comforting. The thing is, itās not.
When Iām crying, Iām mid-meltdown, and my brainās shut down. Iām not really in a place where I can talk, this can be true for a number of autistic individuals even if theyāre usually quite verbose. So I canāt tell you, at least not verbally, to stop touching me. I have no way of using words to communicate the fact that, your hand on my arm is painful and stressing me out. Yes, I do mean painful, it hurts. And it is making the situation worse. It is much harder for me to calm down, while you are actively hurting me.
So, please, donāt touch strangers. Good intentions does not translate to consent, you need to ask.
Questions
Often, when confronted with someone whoās very upset, most peopleās first instinct is to ask questions. āAre you okay? How can I help? Whatās wrong?ā, in their concern and eagerness to help, most people ask way too many questions. If Iām upset my brain is already kind of overloaded, and itās common for an autistic individual to need more time to process questions (or language in general).
Problems with auditory processing are fairly common with autistic individuals. So, imagine this, youāre upset and now someone has decided this is the best time to quiz you on types of birds. But, they donāt give you any time to answer any of your questions, instead they just keep asking new ones. Irritating, isnāt it? Now add on to that, an inability to talk. Itās not that just that they arenāt giving you any time to reply, even if they did you canāt answer. And in this scenario, thereās a chance you donāt know anything about birds.
Sometimes, an autistic individual doesnāt really know why theyāre upset. Or if they do, they might need a while to figure out how to explain it.
When youāre trying to help someone whoās upset (I personally think this should really be standard practice and not just when the situation involves autism), focus on asking one question at a time. It is vital, that you wait. Give them time to understand what youāve said, and then more time to figure out what they want to say, and then more time still to actually reply. Patience.
I also want you to keep in mind, that sometimes the very best thing you can do for someone, is leave them alone.
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I'd be interested to hear if anyone has similar thoughts, or if something else along these lines springs to mind.
has anyone thought about what ART is doing with the money it seems to have? Assuming that ART isnt just a huge fan of tax fraud and /or embezzlement what does it do with its private funds?
ALSO Theories on where it gets the money?
An easy answer might just be hacking people ot doesn't like and stealing their money. But what if it's got an obscure side job
What if we find out its got royalities from a book it wrote? What if like Iris said they loved idk dinosaurs or something and ART made toys/books/tv shows for her and then just ended up also monotising it
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