Tag: autism tag

aphroditeinfurs:

my mom: you don’t need to wear that much makeup we are only going to the grocery store no one is looking at u

me: well if you’ve heard of Foucault’s concept of the Panopticon u would realize that as citizens of a capitalist western society we are all surveilled and constantly viewed and judged 247 and even when we are not in a public place, privately we subconsciously monitor our own selves, our appearances, our social interactions, we discipline ourselves and conform this is how the modern day surveillance state works someone is always watching or else u are always constantly painfully aware of ur own self. also can u buy me $50 foundation

Auditory Processing Problems

aspergersprincess:

• *someone says something* “what?” *repeats themselves* “sorry?” *repeats themselves again* “pardon?”

•"hey, y’see the red thing at the top of the shelf, will you get it?“ “Sorry, what?” “On the sh-” “oh yeah sure, I’ll get it.”

•*doesn’t hear teacher because someone’s pen is making a scratchy sound at the back of the room*

•*replays video 10 ten times to figure out what they’re saying*

•teachers asking, “why do you always stop writing in the middle of a sentence, just write down whatever I’m saying,” followed by the response, “I’m just processing it,” rebuked by, “we’ll stop processing it and just write.”

•*gets really focused on staring out the window and goes through four songs without hearing a single on*

Things Not To Do Or Say When Someone Tells You They’re Autistic

sbroxman-autisticquestions:

  1. Apologise – Don’t say “I’m sorry”. I know it’s well intentioned, but there’s nothing to apologise for. Apologising can mean to us, “It’s not good that you have this disorder”
  2. “But you don’t look autistic” – You may have good intentions again, but it’s a very ignorant comment to make. Autism is a wide spectrum and there’s no “autistic look”
  3. “You mean like (insert famous movie character)?” – More often than not these characters are never said to be autistic, only speculated. Even so, the traits are very exaggerated, and are often not an accurate portrayal of autism
  4. “So does that mean you (insert autistic stereotype)?” – This can range from asking them if they’re a maths or science genius to asking if they can’t understand emotions
  5. Talking down to them – You know this person, they’re still the same person they were previously. Don’t start talking down to them or assuming they can’t understand as much

wattpadfic:

someone: so what is your biggest fear?

me, thinking about those times when you’re sat at a window seat on the bus and a stranger sits beside you trapping you there and your stop is coming up but you’re on a seat that isn’t near a stop button so you’re going to have to communicate with this stranger to move while the bus is still in motion and navigate to a stop button in time without falling but you’re bad at socialization and maintaining your balance: heights

pdlion:

not a lot of people really understand how difficult it can be to process and respond to information with autism and/or ADHD

i get confused easily. i do things wrong. i forget how to do things i’ve already done before. i do things in weird, inefficient ways.

please try not to get frustrated with me when i move through a process slowly or clumsily, and most of all, please don’t yell at me. in these moments, i could use nothing more than patience and gentleness.

fangirlinginleatherboots:

i like that stimming is viewed positively online but like if you love me with glitter jars and light patterns, you have to love me with rocking, flapping, hair twirling, and chewing. you dont get to pick and choose what kind of stimming you embrace when you get to know a person. you cant just accept my pretty stim things and reject the others. it doesnt work like that. dont forget it.