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azalea-romanoff · 29 days

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HAPPY AUTISM AWARENESS DAY!

First: happy autism awareness day to all my mun/mods with autism or who have characters with autism. (in my case, it's both!)

So in honour of Autism Awareness Day and month, I'd like to tell you all about my levels of autism <3

Tics and Fidgets: I'm on the spectrum such that I have a lot of tics and fidgets. Usually it's the repititions which feel nice, and it can often annoy others. I have a tendency to: click my tongue, snap my fingers, flap my hands, rock back and forth, and i make popping sounds. the more subtle tics are pulling my hair, picking my fingernails.

Poor Eye contact: Poor eye contact with me is only with people i don't know or during stressful situations. like if i'm in a meeting with Nick Fury, i'll be fine. but if i'm greeting new agents? hell no. (//ooc: i can talk to my class teacher just fine, but with maybe the delivery man, a cashier, i can't look them in the eyes.).

Abnormal Posture: ...as an agent, this is a huge no-no. the only reason i got the job is because my abnormal posture is literally me just keeping my fists clenched at all times, and keeping my left foot a bit more in front of the other. a tense fighting stance if you will. Convenient!

Anxiety: Shockingly, it's low! I only get anxious in places which are too loud or too far from home. loud places make me really anxious because it means i have too many thoughts in my head and too many things to process at a time. and being deaf, too, with hearing aids, it makes it 100x tougher. Sorry, but Azalea Romanoff-Maximoff isn't the girl you take to a party or a club.

Social Difficulty: I have moderately high social difficulty. as in, i have trouble communicating my thoughts when in big groups, and making friends is a bit...daunting as a task. And sometimes i miss on non-verbal cues like sarcasm, subtle joking, even a few metaphors here and there. So iF YOU NEED A SPECIFIC BIRTHDAY GIFT, TELL ME TO MY FACE. DON'T HINT IT-? I WILL LITERALLY NOT GET YOUR POINT.

Noise Sensitivity: ...have you met me? i am VERY sensitive to noise. Vacuum cleaners, power drills, gunshot sounds (//ooc: movies, especially), someone typing loudly on their laptop, so many of these day-to-day sounds drive me to a meltdown sometimes because it's just so annoying.

Abnormal/Flat Speech: Nope. Most people can tell how i'm feeling by my voice, except in situations where i'm confused on how to react. like if someone says they're pregnant, i'll just say 'oh, nice.' like, are you happy or sad or like-? eH???

Fixations: I have plenty. But my biggest ones? Top Three: Animals, History, Space. iF i get bored, i will literally talk about this for hours, and dare you show even an iota of interest in the same, my friend you're gonna be there a WHILE.

Depression: only on sensory overload days, or on days where i randomly get sad. a result of the anxiety, honestly. i think wayyyyy too many 'what if' scenarios.

Aggression: And finally, I'm not a very aggressive person. Only if i'm very overstimulated, if i'm not being heard, or if i'm just having a bad day in general, i might break a pencil or two. maybe throw a few books down a shelf.

BONUS: soooo i hate the colour yellow or anything that is yellow. like, i haven't ever touched a banana. my favourite colour is red, and my favourite animal is the panda. i hate the feeling of shag carpets and i don't like the feeling of nylon on skin. i don't like the scratchiness of yarn and i don't like the sound of chalk on a chalkboard. i do like the hum of an air conditioner though, and looking outside a window helps calm me down.

SO that's all about my autism! I hope i made you all aware! Reach out to any fellow autistic people you may know, and do find out about their fixations, if they're non-verbal or verbal. accept them for who they are, don't try and fix them.

autism isn't a disease. our minds are just wired differently. if you can figure out how a complex video game works within 24 hours, how hard can a person be?

🤟 love you all!

bellow is my autism spectrum evaluation results (mod's) for people who are close to me, like @moongirlwidow @wandabug @supermilkshakebanana @nevaeh-daughterofvalcarol @capt-carter-mostly-official @esmerxyaugusta and @pietro-maximoff-official <3

#marvel oc #rp oc #marvel rp #azalea romanoff-maximoff #autistic oc #autism awareness day #actually autistic #deaf autistic

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wheelie-sick · 9 months

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please remember that super hearing is not the default for autistic people.

autistic people are 10 times more likely to have hearing loss than allistic people! so many of us aren't able to hear the lights or the fridge. we're often sensory seeking for sounds because we're deprived of them. even when we are sensory avoidant for sounds our sensory avoidance frequently presents differently

hearing is not the default for autism

super hearing is not a universal autism experience

please remember deaf/hard of hearing autistics

#actually autistic #ActuallyAutistic #actually deaf #ActuallyDeaf #actually hard of hearing #actually hoh #actuallyHOH

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gayvampyr · 8 months

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one thing i hate about being “out” as autistic is suddenly all communication errors are your fault. unclear directions were given? your fault for being autistic, you must’ve misunderstood directions that were “probably perfectly clear.” not enough actionable information was provided for you? it must just be your autism, you should’ve picked up on what wasn’t said. they didn’t actually tell you what you were supposed to do and expected you to read their mind? your fault, not the allistic’s for not accommodating you or just saying what they want. because apparently it’s a one way street where autistics have to bend over backward to conform and placate allistics. its your fault even when they’re 100% culpable. i hate it

#autism #actually autistic #probably also applicable to deaf and HoH people but i can’t speak on that #i have apd but it’s not quite the same #text post #top posts

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bodhrancomedy · 1 month

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The only time that people refer to me as having “high functioning autism” is when they’re trying to reassure me when I have ceased functioning.

Them: You’re high-functioning-

Me: *shaking and crying because I had to get dressed without having a shower and now my favourite clothes are contaminated* I DONT FEEL LIKE IT.

#deaf #actually autistic

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stevesbipanic · 1 year

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Eddie sometimes went quiet.

Wayne noticed it after Eddie moved in. He didn't do it as much when he was little and Mary would bring him round, but here he was at ten years old completely silent. When Eddie was little Wayne assumed the boy was just shy, but now that he lived with Eddie he knew that sometimes a whole week would pass with not a peep from the young boy. M

The doctor said it might be a trauma response, might just be something he would do from time to time, either way, Eddie Munson, one of the loudest and dramatic kids Wayne had ever met would still be him, just nonverbal. They worked with a notebook but sometimes Eddie would get frustrated he wasn't being answered fast enough and they were running out of paper.

It was Wayne's buddy from work that presented a solution. "Have you tried sign language? My son was born deaf and Susan and I went to night classes so we could talk to the kid." So that's exactly what Wayne did, he moved his shifts to the day and spent his nights at the school learning to talk to his boy. On his days off he'd show Eddie what he'd learnt and slowly they were able to bridge the gap that the silence presented.

The silent days didn't stop as he grew older, his teachers didn't really understand and sometimes he'd end up in detention with a note saying he was being disrespectful. His friends understood though and enthusiastically asked Eddie to teach them sign language, they'd use it even when Eddie was happily chatting with them, they liked that they shared a 'secret' language from the bullies.

He hadn't had any silent days since Vecna, which Eddie thought was a miracle in itself given the circumstances. However, he woke up a couple months after spring break knowing what kind of day it was going to be. He felt frustrated with himself, he was supposed to be hanging out with Steve and Robin today and was worried with how they'd take it, especially Steve. They'd been dancing around each other's feelings lately and he didn't want to ruin everything before it even started. Resigned he grabbed a notebook and pen and headed to Family Video.

He'd spent ten minutes psyching himself up in the parking lot before heading inside, note written and ready explaining that no it wasn't anything Upside Down related, he just wouldn't be speaking today. The door's bell rings in his ear as he stops suddenly staring at the scene before him. Steve and Robin were, quite rapidly, signing at each other. Steve turns at the bell, smiling at Eddie.

"Eddie!"

Still in a bit of shock, Eddie signs on instinct, "You know sign?"

Steve has the same look of shock now, before his face breaks into an even bigger smile and signs back, "You know sign! You know sign, how, why?"

His hands are faster than his brain as he explains how he goes quiet sometimes, and Wayne and night classes and Hellfire before asking Steve how he and Robin know sign.

Steve looks bashful as he signs back, "Um, after Starcourt my hearing started to go, so Robin, ever the linguist, insisted we learn, which was actually very smart of her. I can still kinda hear but I get by mainly on lip reading."

Things started to make sense now to Eddie, how sometimes Steve seemed to just nod and smile at whatever the kids were saying, or would need things repeated to him. "Why didn't you tell me?"

"Why didn't you tell me about going nonverbal? Robbie has days like that too."

"Didn't want you to think I was weird."

"I like that you're weird, I like you, Eds."

Eddie blushes at what he interprets is his sign name from Steve, the letter E and the sign for love combined.

"I like you too, Stevie." Eddie signs, the letter S mixed with the sign for heart.

Eddie may still have his silent days, but now he shares them with Steve, and they can sign the things he's not allowed to say out loud, making sure they both know they're loved.

#autistic eddie munson #deaf steve harrington #stranger things #steve harrington #stranger things s4 #eddie munson #st4 #steddie #stranger things season 4 #autistic robin buckley #ficlet #fluff #nonverbal

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my-autism-adhd-blog · 6 months

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Accessibility is more than a ramp

Noise levels

Camel case (the practice of writing phrases without spaces or punctuation and with capitalized words).

Flexible time constraints

Sign interpreter

Lighting levels

Closed captioning

Subtitles

Hearing loop

Font choices

Image description + alt text

Braille

The Autistic Teacher

#disability #accessibility #sensory processing sensitivity #blindness #deaf #feel free to reblog/share #The Autistic Teacher (Facebook)

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biceratops7 · 1 year

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WAIT WAIT-

In American Sign Language, communication isn’t just about how you move your hands. Your facial expressions are vital to accurately relaying your intended message. And not just “oh be expressive for tone” I mean literally there are standardized rules for how to move your face and in what context. The signs for “big” and “little” are practically meaningless without the appropriate mouth-shape, “ice cream you like?” is no longer a question and therefore means something completely different if you aren’t raising your eyebrows, etc.

So it literally JUST occurred to me Donnie’s motivation for drawing eyebrows on his mask could be completely for practical reasons considering he canonically has at least a basic understanding of asl.

#I’m not fluent in asl nor am I Deaf #so don’t take take this as gospel truth or anything #rottmnt #rise of the teenage ninja turtles #rise Donnie #rottmnt Donnie #meta #analysis #autistic donatello #autistic donnie #rottmnt autism #biceratops

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northlight14 · 2 days

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Any fellow neurodivergent who uses music to stim understands that certain songs have a specific volume they need to be played at that just hits right

#I tend to find that volume is one that will cause me to go deaf one day but the brain wants what it wants🤷#neurodiversity #neurodivergent #actually autistic #actually adhd #autism #autistic #stimming #stimming positivity #adhd

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reserwrekt · 1 year

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BE PATIENT WITH PEOPLE WITH SPEECH DIFFICULTIES

#reminder #disabled #mute #selective mute #speech #speech difficulties #deaf #hard of hearing #hoh #stutter #autistic #autism #ect

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thateclecticbitch · 1 year

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I love how closed captions on movies now say stuff like (sarcastically) and (sighs sadly) and (whispering) and (chuckles) and (giggles) llike thank you so much for taking the time to clarify the emotion and way something was said so that Deaf and HOH and Autistic people have an easier time enjoying the movie :)

#accessibility #Closed captions #Tone tags #Movies #Actually disabled #actually autistic #deafness #Hard of hearing #Disabilities #Disability aids #Social queues are hard #My popular posts

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leverage-ot3 · 1 year

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parker in the inside job is so real to me

parker, who has had a very complicated relationship with the concept of ‘family’, who blew up her abusive foster parent’s house, who bounced around the foster system before ultimately making a run for it

who was caught pick pocketing a world-renowned thief and taken in under his wing where he molded her into the best thief that ever existed, where he then ‘released her into the world’

archie took her in, yes, but he didn’t really take her in. he kept her at arm’s length, letting her live in empty warehouses and learning how to pick locks and beat security systems instead of going to school or learning what familial love was

he raised her, but only barely

and leverage did a great job of adding subtleties to her to have her come off as neurodivergent, most likely autistic. she was never what society would deem as ‘normal’, especially back then. and then archie tells nate to his face that she would never fit in, not anywhere

(and nate is mad. eliot is mad. rightfully so.)

parker is different from most people, thinks differently and acts differently. but that’s not wrong, and not her fault. but archie couldn’t see past that and take her in as she truly was, not when he had an ‘actual’ family at home. she wouldn’t fit in and that was something he wasn’t willing to risk, try or explain

and then archie calls parker asking for her thoughts on the steranko situation and she doesn’t even hesitate because his family is on the line. his real family. and he’s her father in a way no one had ever been before and looked after her in the only way she knew how and that meant something to her and she couldn’t have something like that happen to him

not on her watch

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genderimpala · 9 months

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update the obnoxious nt staying in my house just told me, a deaf auDHDer, that "we're all a little bit disabled☺️!"

SHUT THE FUCK UP

#chandler bing voice “shut up sHuT uP SHUT UP”#THE ENTIRE POINT OF DISABILITY IS THAT WE'RE NOT ON THE SAME LEVEL AS EVERYONE ELSE #this is the kind of person who would be like #“where's my straight pride flag?”#“why are they [a person with special needs] getting extra time on the test?”#autistic #adhd #autism #deaf #autismawareness #actually autistic #audhd #neurodivergency #neurodivergent #lgbtqia #neurotypicals #nd folks #ocd #avpd

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wheelie-sick · 7 months

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hearing people are strongly encouraged not to vote

I'm just curious because I've noticed I don't struggle with eye contact while signing (but I do when speaking)

#actually autistic #ActuallyAutistic #actually Deaf #ActuallyDeaf #actually hard of hearing #actuallyhardofhearing #actually hoh #actuallyhoh #neurodivergent

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groovinrightalong · 3 months

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I know literally nobody asked but I’m thinking about byler and ASL. Maybe they learn when they’re little so they can communicate when Mike is too overwhelmed for words (autistic Mike Wheeler Real) or even just so they can have conversations right in front of people without them being able to overhear. Then, later down the road, after some incident with the Upside Down, Will loses his hearing and it’s terrifying and lonely and-

And Mike’s already signing and telling him it’s going to be okay, that he’s there for him, and really Will, you’re never going to get any quiet or peace of mind with me around.

Mmm yeah. Byler sign language.

#stranger things #mike wheeler #will byers #byler #byler thoughts #american sign language #autistic mike wheeler #deaf will byers

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bodhrancomedy · 8 months

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*Trying to look for quick and easy recipes on BBC Good Food especially soups*

*Every single recipe including unclear instructions, secret prep, incredibly long prep or completely alien language of cookery*

Me, a severely ADHD autistic with major cookery sensory issues, dyscalculia, and rapidly worsening intrusive thoughts about poisoning myself or others accidentally:

#I just wanna eat #I gotta start making soups because then I can eat so many vegetables #I can’t live on potatoes and boiled broccoli #especially because there’s no freezer space #cooking is my hell #actually adhd #actually autistic #deaf #queer #tw food

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lavenderbuckyy · 9 months

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Stucky Week Day 7: Disability

I love you, Steve signs. Then again. He places his hand to his heart, then holds it up, tucking in his thumb. I love you, Bucky.

Bucky's storm-grey eyes are clear. He raises his fist for 'S' and lets his hand, fingers splayed, make an arc across his chest. Steve.

Steve is a Deaf artist. Bucky is a bookworm who's non-verbal autistic. When they meet, they find that nobody else understands them quite like the other does.

A very late fill for @stucky-week's final free prompt!

Disclaimer: I'm not Deaf/HOH myself! A big thanks to @littlemidnightnothings for letting me ask questions about Steve and Bucky's name signs and for consulting your friend on it :) Your help meant so much!

Bucky's name sign is a combination of the sign for 'B' and a reference to the heart. It's meant to reference his kind heart and the name Bucky :)

Steve's is a combination of the sign for 'S' and the sign for 'sunshine'. Steve's ma gave him his sign name — it's meant to allude to how she calls him "sunshine boy" in the comics and includes S for Steve :)

I got the signs from handspeak.com so please let me know if any are wrong!

#stucky #stevebucky #stucky moodboard #stevexbucky #stevebucky moodboard #stucky fic #stucky fanfic #stucky fanfiction #steve and bucky #stucky week #stucky week 2023 #deaf steve #autistic bucky #lav's moodboards

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