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themaskedlady · 10 months

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my-autism-adhd-blog · 4 months

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Being an autistic adult means unlearning all the ways the world taught you, you were broken

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#autism #actually autistic #autistic adults #personal experience #neurodivergence #neurodiversity #actually neurodivergent #feel free to reblog/share #Neurodivergent_lou (Facebook)

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crazycatsiren · 1 year

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Yeah the stereotype of every autistic person being a super genius who has a hard time communicating and conveying their thoughts into vernacularly understandable words has got to die like, now.

#actually autistic #autistic adults #autistic women #autism #asd #autism community #autism awareness

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enbycrip · 3 months

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Self-checkouts are accessibility devices for those of us who are autistic, have chronic fatigue that makes communication difficult, are nonspeaking, have sensory processing disorder and many other impairments. Often one that makes the difference between being able to go to a shop and buy food and not being able to.

This ongoing crusade against self-checkout devices by so many leftists never acknowledges their necessity as accessibility devices, and that is incredibly disableist.

There are so many ways to handle the overwork, understaffing and exploitation people associate with self-checkout, most of which involve unionising and collective bargaining. Just ignoring the genuine utility it has for so many disabled folk for an easy sound bite is not okay.

#disabled #disability #disableism #chronic illness #chronic pain #neurodivergent #neurodivergencies #autistic adults #sensory overload #sensory processing disorder #union strong

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bwbawa · 6 months

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i always see info on autistic kids vs autistic adults and stuff, but what's it with autistic teens? how r they different from the other mentioned?

/genq

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eos0anemone · 7 months

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Late-diagnosed autism - Vent

I think one of the hardest things of being a late-diagnosed autistic person and not having had good profesionals and the correct information, is the shift at how you see and manage life, and what you expect from it - especially as a woman.

I'm very harsh at myself, and I do feel sorrow and hopelesness from time to time because I'm still getting used to the fact that I can't live the same way I did 3 years before collapsing. I was an excellent student, almost graduated with honors. Nowadays, I'm in online college, stuck at home and with a lot of difficulties.

The transition from behaving and living like a neurotypical to being fair with your needs as an autistic girl is hard. It is accepting your reality as a disabled individual, after a lot of years trying so hard to ignore it.

I still struggle, but those are some of the changes I did/experienced:

-More sleep than before (used to rest 6.5-7 hours, now I need +8 hours and a lot more decompression time, doing less things during the day).

-Keeping my hair shorter for sensory issues and convenience.

-I struggle with hygiene a lot :( The days I can't bare myself to enter the shower, I wash my hair and clean my armpits in the bathroom faucet.

-Also struggle with shaving, stopped shaving a lot of body parts.

-I wear more comfortable clothing (no bra, T-shirts, long skirts, tracksuit pants, etc) than I did before, but still keeping my own personal style.

-Stopped using makeup, because it was genuinely uncomfortable.

-Having to give up on styles I like, cosplay, travelling and other activities I enjoy due to my disability.

-Can't go to the gym anymore. I lost all my muscle and lost almost 10 kg due to problems digesting food.

-Focusing on my classes and doing homework has become an almost impossible task. My boyfriend encourages me daily to do it at my pace, but it is so hard.

-I almost never leave the house, which I try to correct, but my surroundings are horrible.

-Lost contact with a lot of friends and colleagues I had at school, especially because I feel like an imposter due to my masking.

-I developed my critical thinking beyond the ties my neurotypical peers indirectly imposed me. I'm proud of this.

-Explosive meltdowns and lots of crying...

-Still learning how to interact with others without masking.

-I sometimes have problems with my self-esteem. Since I can't work almost any job nor I can live a 'normal life', sometimes I feel as if I had less value than others.

Considering I'm one of the lucky ones, with parents who can afford therapy, a very supportive mother, a wonderful partner and a good friend whom I can trust (even long distance) it is still a hellish process. I wish I would have started unmasking a long time before, because after collapsing, autism has gotten a lot worse for me.

This is the end of the post, I will return tomorrow with more things to say.

#eos #eos autism #autism #disability #disabled #vent post #struggle #meltdown #sensory issues #masking #unmasking #stimming #autistic women #autistic things #autistic problems #autistic adults #burnout

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saienby · 10 months

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kitty cat

#kitty #kitty cat #meowwww #196 #actually autistic #autismcommunity #autist #autistic adults #autismmeme #autism community #actuallyautistic #gay #lgbtq #orange cat #orang cat #cute cats #ink #ink sketch #drip pen

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anthony-crowleys-left-nut · 29 days

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welcome back to another episode of Straining Under the Weight of Never Being Normal, how's everybody doing tonight?

#bad. the answer is bad #(for me)#personal #neurodivergent #actually autistic #autistic adults #autistic #autism #executive dysfunction #taking care of myself level impossible

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autisticdreamdrop · 1 year

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autistic adults are a thing but there are others. shout to you guys.

✨️ - The Dreamdrop System

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trashandwriting · 23 hours

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Neurotypicals really be like "I know you have a disability but why can't you just be normal also stop talking about your disability"

#autism #autistic #actually autistic #autistic adults #disability #neurospicy #neurodiversity #neurodivergent #neurodiverse stuff

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themaskedlady · 8 months

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audhddino · 1 year

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A little painting of the autism creature to bring you dopamine and serotonin!

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crazycatsiren · 11 months

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If you see an adult with a plushie out and about in public and mock them for it you deserve to be swift kicked in front of oncoming traffic.

#actually autistic #autistic adults #comfort items #autism awareness #autism acceptance #autism community

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thankyouforthefunny · 29 days

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So fucked up that autistics have such high rates of depression and anxiety, but therapy literally requires skills that we don’t have and then we’re told we must not be trying hard enough if we’re not improving.

Especially given how long it takes for many people to get diagnosed with autism, so you don’t even know that you have problems or unique needs different to other people.

#mental health #mental illness #autism #neurodivergent #autistic adults #actually autistic #therapy

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dreamdropsystem · 21 days

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autism spectrum disorder is NOT a childhood developmental disorder. autistic folks' bodies don't just stop aging.

all autistics age our symptoms don't disappear when we turn 18.

our needs for support do not disappear when we turn 18.

lot of autistics get a lot of support decreased, sometimes completely.

we are in a disability / mental health program that supports youths and teens and adults. we are about to phase out of the youth program, and will be put with a loss of a lot of support, for our autism and mental health.

we have child, teen, and adults alters, but our body is an adult. we are a dependent adult. needing support in a lot of areas

autsitic children become autistic adults

disbaled children become disbaled adults

- The Dreamdrop System

art credits - Mia Olofsson from Sketchify on Canva

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trauermaerchen · 2 years

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three kinds of autistic people

#our flag means death #our flag means gay #ofmd #izzy hands #israel hands #edward teach #black beard #stede bonnet #gentlemen pirate #autistic steddy hands #autistic stede bonnet #autistic israel hands #autistic edward teach #autistic adults #they're all autistic #steddyhands

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