Tag: autism tag

g4nseyiii:

things you need to know when talking to me:

  • i talk really fast
  • i mumble
  • sometimes i talk really fast and mumble at the same time
  • sometimes the words from my head don’t transfer right to my mouth so i sometimes just speak nonsense and im the only one who gets what im saying
  • have fun trying to understand me
  • i repeat stories a lot bc nothing interesting happens to me but i want to be validated

I’m Autistic, and I really don’t like when people call me childish. But people kept telling me it wasn’t ableist and I was being unreasonable and irrational for telling people not to call me childish. That’s why I asked.

translatingableism-archive:

It’s alright to ask! And it is ableist. And even if it weren’t, they should respect your wishes to not be referred to as so.

Autistics can present seemingly “childish” (according to others) traits, and calling us childish for those traits are demeaning.

People have talked down to me like a child my hole life. I’ve had people younger then me call me “kid”. Because my speech mannerisms were different and that’s when I even speak. Because I didn’t know how to keep a back and forth conversation and how to know when a topic ended or when to not change the topic I was treated like a child.

I was often talked to like a 9 year old talking about what I learnt in school instead of an adult talking about my interest when I info dumped. These are really demeaning. And this is why they should not be calling you “childish”.

It’s disrespectful of them and I am sorry you have to deal with that.

~admincam

me: *forgets friends birthdays*
me: *confuses memories*
me: *forgets own middle name*
me, also: hey did you know that all pennies minted prior to 1982 are pure copper pennies and not copper plated and are technically actually worth 2 cents

p–3a:

you know when harry is told, “you’re a wizard”

and all the mess and the weirdness and the Things Other People Don’t Do and the namecalling and everything, all of a sudden they make sense because he knows this thing about himself which explains it all and it’s not his fault any more, and what’s more, there’s a community of people who have experienced the exact same thing that he can now relate to?

that’s what a correct diagnosis feels like

“don’t label yourself” my arse

How to Help a Hyposensitive Autistic Person

sweet-autism-things:

This article on hyposensitivity contains useful tips… but mainly I’m putting it out here for the silly, sweet, diverse drawings of Autistic people and their loved ones having fun!

I basically screamed and started happy stimming all over the place when I saw the picture of the Autistic person sitting on an exercise ball almost exactly like me right now.

Many autistic people have different sensory needs. Some are hyposensitive, meaning we need extra stimulation, and this is what the article covers. Some are hypersensitive, meaning we get overstimulated easily. Many are a mix of both, so don’t be surprised if parts of the article don’t apply to you.

So, see if you learn a few things, and most of all enjoy the art!

(content warning for mild cartoon blood in one image near the end)

How to Help a Hyposensitive Autistic Person

sherlock–ian:

shout out to anyone out there with comprehension issues. the ones who need things broken down in a clear, concise manner, who need things repeated, explained over and over again.

shout out to the ones who find themselves in constant frustration because they just dont understand, and in turn, others dont understand them.

the ones who find reading multiple paragraphs exhausting, overstimulating. shout out to the ones that have to read things several times to understand something.

shout out to the people who fear others will think them ignorant.

you’re not ignorant. you matter, and you are loved. so much.