Actually horrified when under posts made by people with autism or other neurodivergent people who are proud of it and trying to spread awareness about its symptoms, people comment shit like “you’re obviously faking it because I have autism and I’m embarrassed about it, no one would actually expose themselves like this” like bro not everyone beats themselves over the head with self hatred??? And it’s not your business to spread that hatred to others???

Those kinds of people get blocked. I’m autistic, I’ll feel however the hell I want about it. They don’t have to surf my blog if they can’t stand seeing people being happy.

that autism feel when you get to introduce your special interest to someone and they let you infodump to them and it’s Very Good

PSA:

If you deliberately keep referring to someone as a “person with autism” because we’re “people first and foremost,” even after they’ve told you they prefer “autistic person,” by not respecting their choice, you’re NOT putting the person first.

Aka, you’re being a “person with hypocrisy.”

Tumblr users: We support autistic people!

Tumblr users: Unironically liking any media is cringe oh my god stop having such Weird interests you fucking freaks why can't you just like things like a normal fucking human being oh my god lmao why do you cringe freaks all type so fucking Weird oh my god why do you care so much about this insignificant thing you crazy freaks like oh my god freak go outside just be a normal fucking person you freaks

(a photo of gold foil with a white square on top, inside the square is yellow-gold text that reads “Honoring Autistic Dignity Day” with the date “8/8” below)

The date for Autistic Dignity Day was chosen because, when written in number form, the date 8/8 looks like two infinity symbols.

Today is about recognizing and respecting the dignity and autonomy of autistic individuals everywhere. Autistic lives and experiences have value and worth.

Hey PSA for the abelist assholes

Stop adding “tard” to words. Just because you don’t say the full word doesn’t mean you’re not being a dick. Eg: Femtard, libtard, fucktard.

We all know what you’re saying. We all know what you mean. Just because you make it a portmanteau with some other thing you deem insulting does not make it less of a slur, or any better than flat out calling someone the R slur.

You’re not fooling anyone.

THANK YOU

Every time you use a baby voice when you talk to a developmentally disabled/neurodivergent person, you owe us a gift card to our favourite restaurant and an essay about why you’re unable to communicate with us respectfully.

Look.

Scripting is real. Scripting is important to autistics. 

Yes, personally i speak mostly freely. but i still have a databank of go-to words, phrases, and appropriate reactions that I conciously check.

So yeah. You can’t tell. But I’m still petrified. I’m still reviewing every mistake for next time? I’m still revising and editing scripts in my head all the time just so I can pass???

it doesn’t come naturally. it will never come naturally. i will always be terrified. i know that. 

There’s not much I or you can do to change that. So please, just make it a little easier by listening. Please don’t dismiss this. Please. Please. 

The goal is not to meet neruotypical life milestones and ideas of independence. The goal is to have a life where you are happy and have the support you need.

Understand this:

Autism is not an illness, a disease or a curse.

It can’t be “caught” or “triggered” or developed later in life. A person is born with autism.

Autism is not caused by chemicals or parental style. It is 100% genetic.

Autism is a neurodevelopmental disorder — a mental disability. It is life-long and cannot be “cured” or “trained” out of a person.

It’s who we are. Don’t try to make us “normal” — it won’t work — instead try to understand our difficulties if you really want to help us.

autistic people do not act in “inappropriate” ways

autistic people act, learn, and engage in uniquely autistic ways

dont act like our way of being and how we understand the world is wrong

just because its not your experience doesnt make it wrong

I am not a person with autism, I am autistic

(Anti-kink, radfems, queerphobes, aphobes don’t interact.)

Dismissing an autistic advocate as “not autistic enough” because they can type or communicate understandably is a missed opportunity to gain insight about autism. It’s a disservice to autistic people who can’t understandably communicate their internal experiences.

Dismissing an autistic advocate because their described internal experiences don’t fit the tragedy narrative you’ve built your nonverbal autistic child’s life on is an even greater disservice.

No two autistic people are exactly alike, but autistic people know what being autistic is really like. A neurotypical can only guess what it’s like, and they often guess wrong.

Please stop making us the sidekicks in our own stories.

autism problem #1334

When your special interest is a six year old game that no one talks about anymore or cares about so you have to infodump to *everyone* about it and it gets tiring.

That autism feel when you see something and your eyes light up and you get that spark in your chest… you’re like, “Yup, there’s my new special interest!”