#Autistic

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MaxieMoosie

So here’s a problem I found on reddit and I want advice on this. A young autistic woman is dating a trans man. She has a sensory sensitivity to leg

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FunFactsLulu

While the Liberal govt is v proud of itself finally forwarding legislation to ban LGBTQ conversion therapy, they are Also working with well-known eugenics organization Autism Speaks, to fund a

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pipagaopoetry

Everybody talks about men and abusers needing therapy but few people acknowledge the frequent and real opportunities for abusers to weaponize therapy language and their therapist against you. this feels

Pete Wharmby

commaficionado

#autistic? Stuck in #lockdown? Looking for ways to cope? Look no further. Here is my genuine, certified, bona-fide guide to surviving the shut-in when #autistic. Thread - please share. Also

billy

HJPGENDER

As an autistic person I very much emphasise with the whole draco-crying-in-the-bathroom scene - With that, and my autistic draco headcanon, I definitely interpret it as draco having a meltdown:

Kathy D'Arcy

KathyDArcyCork

My Aspiphany: a big long thread.Hi, I’m autistic. I was diagnosed a few months ago and one of the things I notice is I’m very bad at telling people I’m

Irulan, Princess Royal, Bene Gesserit-trained

Nicole_Cliffe

I definitely felt comfortable identifying as “neurodiverse” but had that very common thing where I thought I wasn’t “autistic enough” to bother getting a diagnosis and wasting anyone’s time. I’m

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oceanselene

just watched a really helpful video on autistic "compensatory strategies" which aremasking: hiding aspects of yourself to blend inshallow compensation: making eye contact, following social scripts, copying people & body

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thresershark

since April is #AutismAcceptanceMonth , and i'm frankly sick of hiding it for so long in shame, i'm coming out and saying i'm autistic.no, this isn't an April Fools joke,

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yugyweeb

honestly, this who jaemin thing kind of bothered me. considering that i’ve been called the slur when i was a kid because i had a learning disability, and even been

Autistic Truth

TruthAutistic

I’m deeply disgusted by what’s happened with this. They used clips from an interview Fierce Autie was in and CUT HER OUT completely and replaced her with Fiona O’Leary (she’s

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yogaphile9

Autistic women and autistic men don’t express autism the same way. As a woman I had to navigate this mainly alone because most of the research is made about males.

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SAMOYEDCORE

ouroboros haha lemme tell you: not the first time autistic people have been told that when expressing our sensory needs! Haha! Ha ha. haha ha. ha. haha. ha. this whole

Pete Wharmby

commaficionado

Non-autistic people of the world, please could you imagine something?Imagine that you notice every sound that's made around you, all the time, and that this gets worse if you're stressed.

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WorldofZhen

#ActuallyAutistic I think about how one of the traits NTs assign to us is "rigid thinking." Yet Autistics, I find, are some of the quickest to shift their beliefs or

Liz Bernstein

yeralizard

Hi. Let's talk a little bit more about self-diagnosis, since there was some pushback on my post the other day. I majored in Psych when I first went to college