If you hear floorboards creaking in the middle of the night dont be scared, thats me on my way to retrieve a hands full of chocolate chips from the kitchen cupboard.
Hey if ur autistic and you like the stim by chewing, however you have a dislike of reusable chewables due to fear of contamination but do not find most gum to be a satisfying replacement:
Try that incel jawline gum
I bought some out of curiosity and it's such a satisfying chew.... From a stim perspective it's perfect.
As a wheelchair user I'm trying to reframe my language for "being in the way."
"I'm in the way," "I can't fit," and "I can't go there," is becoming "there's not enough space," "the walkway is too narrow," and "that place isn't accessible."
It's a small change, but to me it feels as if I'm redirecting blame from myself to the people that made these places inaccessible in the first place. I don't want people to just think that they're helping me, I want them to think that they're making up for someone else's wrongdoing. I want them to remember every time I've needed help as something someone else caused.
Had a really awful panic attack/meltdown this morning and Clover was tasking without being asked 🥹
Every time I sat down for like the next hour shed put her upper body in my lap and do dpt. She has a very specific way of doing dpt where she presses her torso onto me, almost like she's hugging me. I'd pet her and then tell her off, and then she'd come back five minutes later and do it again.