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#autismacceptancemonth

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Valerie Roney<p>It occurs to me, there's nothing wrong with my brain. </p><p>I would thrive in a slow, gentle world focused on candor and justice with lots of quiet, natural environments to chill and let deep thoughts unfold. </p><p>I just happen to be terribly wired for a society that's pretty much going off the rails in all directions. </p><p><a href="https://disabled.social/tags/autismAwarenessMonth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>autismAwarenessMonth</span></a> <a href="https://disabled.social/tags/autismAcceptanceMonth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>autismAcceptanceMonth</span></a> <a href="https://disabled.social/tags/actuallyAutistic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>actuallyAutistic</span></a></p>
marionline<p>Day 9 - What would your perfect day look like? Dreaming is allowed; it doesn't have to be realistic! 😃 💭 </p><p><a href="https://autistics.life/tags/actuallyautistic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>actuallyautistic</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://autistics.life/@ActuallyAutistic" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>ActuallyAutistic</span></a></span> <br><a href="https://autistics.life/tags/AutismApril" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AutismApril</span></a> <a href="https://autistics.life/tags/actuallyautistic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>actuallyautistic</span></a> <br><a href="https://autistics.life/tags/autismacceptancemonth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>autismacceptancemonth</span></a><br><a href="https://autistics.life/tags/AutismAcceptanceMonth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AutismAcceptanceMonth</span></a></p>
gaze into mayz’ maze<p>Question 3: What’s your favourite stim?</p><p>My favourite way of self-soothing is rubbing my cheeks on soft fabric. It’s almost like a self-hypnosis where my inner voice is just “rub, rub, rub rub, rub rub” in the rhythm that feels best in the moment. I do it with soft cushions, plushies or blankets and it makes me incredibly self-conscious. <br>I barely let anyone see it, writing a post about it feels weird too. </p><p>Being autistic is weird sometimes. So enjoy that info i guess? Maybe I find other weirdos who feel similar hehe. </p><p><a href="https://autistics.life/tags/actuallyautistic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>actuallyautistic</span></a> <a href="https://autistics.life/tags/autism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>autism</span></a> <a href="https://autistics.life/tags/autismacceptancemonth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>autismacceptancemonth</span></a> <a href="https://autistics.life/tags/AutismApril" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AutismApril</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/actuallyautistic" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>actuallyautistic</span></a></span> </p><p>From: <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://autistics.life/@marionline" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>marionline</span></a></span><br><a href="https://autistics.life/@marionline/114262841963843028" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">autistics.life/@marionline/114</span><span class="invisible">262841963843028</span></a></p>
marionline<p>Day 8 - Have you ever been praised for being honest?</p><p>I don't remember... 😅 How about you? </p><p><a href="https://autistics.life/tags/actuallyautistic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>actuallyautistic</span></a> <br><a href="https://autistics.life/tags/AutismApril" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AutismApril</span></a> <a href="https://autistics.life/tags/actuallyautistic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>actuallyautistic</span></a> <br><a href="https://autistics.life/tags/autismacceptancemonth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>autismacceptancemonth</span></a><br><a href="https://autistics.life/tags/AutismAcceptanceMonth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AutismAcceptanceMonth</span></a></p>
Lian<p>11. I want to make a link-list, so: What websites do you recommend to learn about autism?</p><p>I learned all I know online but I can't think of a website which is not YouTube. So I forward the question, I am happy to read recommendations of others :)</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AutismAcceptanceMonth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AutismAcceptanceMonth</span></a></p>
Lian<p>10. What's the thing your autism causes the most problems for you in everyday life? Are there workarounds that help you?</p><p>Strong smells. It's worse than noise because agains noise I can use earplugs. But when I'm for example on public transport, and someone used a lot of perfume, deodorant, aftershave etc, there is nothing I can do. It directly gives me a headache, I can't concentrate on anything else.</p><p>I wish people would be more sensitive to not do this.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AutismAcceptanceMonth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AutismAcceptanceMonth</span></a></p>
Lian<p>9. What would your perfect day look like? Dreaming is allowed; it doesn't have to be realistic!</p><p>Well, not being asked to pick one thing as a favorite anything or the one perfect whatever would be a good start. 😆</p><p>It totally depends. Generally, a perfect day would involve having a lot of time spending with a current hyperfixation, optionally with people I like who are also passionate about it.</p><p>And/or being in nature with warm and sunny weather near the sea :).</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AutismAcceptanceMonth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AutismAcceptanceMonth</span></a></p>
Lian<p>7. What is a funny or curious fact you learned from pursing your hobbies (special interests)?</p><p>I am honestly not sure what is common knowledge and what is not.<br>But plants like philodendron push out new leaves when they are very young by using the stem of the leave they grew before. Which is working fine when they are in a high humidity environment, but as houseplants, they get stuck frequently.<br>When they're older, they do it differently (without any issues).</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AutismAcceptanceMonth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AutismAcceptanceMonth</span></a></p>
Lian<p>6. What was an occasion where you felt able to unmask and be yourself around others?</p><p>I have an autistic collegue. It's easy to be around her, I can share my thoughts and worries without being judged.</p><p>Also I have friends who I feel safe with and can be myself. They helped me feeling confident about the way I am, which helps me being more myself in environments where it might not be that safe.</p><p>I am really lucky to have so many wonderful people in my life ♥️.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AutismAcceptanceMonth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AutismAcceptanceMonth</span></a></p>
Lian<p>4. How would you explain autism to someone who never heard about it?</p><p>It's a different way of being in the world.</p><p>It means processing what you see, hear, smell or feel differently. Seeing all the small details at the same time and needing time to put them together to a whole picture, instead of seeing the picture and then being able to look closer to the details.</p><p>It means showing empathy differently than most people and therefore not as expected by most people.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AutismAcceptanceMonth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AutismAcceptanceMonth</span></a></p>
David Gray-Hammond<p>My <a href="https://disabled.social/tags/WorldAutismDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WorldAutismDay</span></a> episode of Autistic Storytime With David from the other day</p><p><a href="https://www.davidgrayhammond.co.uk/p/autistic-storytime-with-david-episode-dd0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">davidgrayhammond.co.uk/p/autis</span><span class="invisible">tic-storytime-with-david-episode-dd0</span></a></p><p><a href="https://disabled.social/tags/ActuallyAutistic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ActuallyAutistic</span></a> <a href="https://disabled.social/tags/autism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>autism</span></a> <a href="https://disabled.social/tags/AutismAcceptanceMonth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AutismAcceptanceMonth</span></a> <a href="https://disabled.social/tags/AutismAwarenessMonth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AutismAwarenessMonth</span></a> <a href="https://disabled.social/tags/AutisBewarenessMonth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AutisBewarenessMonth</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/actuallyautistic" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>actuallyautistic</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/autisticadvocacy" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>autisticadvocacy</span></a></span></p>
gaze into mayz’ maze<p>Question 2 from <a href="https://autistics.life/@marionline/114262841963843028" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">autistics.life/@marionline/114</span><span class="invisible">262841963843028</span></a></p><p>Tell us a thing about your autism you like. What do you like about yourself?</p><p>A surprisingly loaded question. Which aspects of me make me autistic? Is my whole being entirely autistic or are there aspects i could isolate?<br>I am unsure how to answer that for myself if I´m completely honest. </p><p>What I do know is that an aspect that has always set me apart from others (for the better and for the worse) is my "softness". <br>My love for soft fabrics, plushies, my calming voice, patience and cuddly-ness.<br>I'm slow to anger and rarely raise my voice. Many people appreciate my love for deeply personal conversations and open up with me easily.<br>More than a few people have started to call me an "anxiety-pet" in reference to my ability to talk them through fears and other difficult life situations. I tend to analyze people quite a lot which allows me to nudge them into certain directions or towards information they might find helpful. </p><p>I do think that these aspects are connected to me being autistic. My way of emphasizing with other people is intertwined with the need to rationalize behavior in the first place in order to understand social constructs. </p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/actuallyautistic" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>actuallyautistic</span></a></span> <a href="https://autistics.life/tags/actuallyautistic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>actuallyautistic</span></a> <a href="https://autistics.life/tags/autismacceptancemonth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>autismacceptancemonth</span></a> <a href="https://autistics.life/tags/autism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>autism</span></a> <a href="https://autistics.life/tags/AutismApril" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AutismApril</span></a></p>
Lian<p>3. What is your favourite stim?</p><p>I have a wartenberg wheel with multiple wheels which helps me to calm down better than anything else.</p><p>The stim I use most is tipping my thumb on my other fingers.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AutismAcceptanceMonth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AutismAcceptanceMonth</span></a></p>
Lian<p>Question 2: Tell us a thing you like about your autism? What do you like about yourself?</p><p>I like that I am strongly attached to my values. <br>I treat people with respect and I am honest. <br>I notice small beautiful details in nature that others often don't see.<br>I am really good in understanding and structuring a lot of information in a way it can be understood by others.<br>I am creative when it comes to solving problems.</p><p>All of this is directly linked to my <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/autism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>autism</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AutismAcceptanceMonth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AutismAcceptanceMonth</span></a></p>
Lian<p>Question 1 is: What is your current hobby (special interest)?</p><p>Since I was a child, I was interested in animals and plants. I had a long time of being frustrated because sadly I accidentally always killed all hoseplants. But now with ADHS medication, I can finally care for plants and my special interest in them was able to grow with them. ♥️<br>I am currently sharing my flat with 8 guinea pigs, 2 bunnies and about 100 plants.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AutismAcceptanceMonth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AutismAcceptanceMonth</span></a></p>
Lian<p>Just saw the question list of <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://autistics.life/@marionline" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>marionline</span></a></span> for <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AutismAcceptanceMonth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AutismAcceptanceMonth</span></a> and want to answer them during the rest of the month (if my ADHD brain let's me 😁).</p><p>I will collect my answers under this post.</p>
Hugs4friends ♾🇺🇦 🇵🇸😷<p>I ventured over to reddit, after reading a comment someone made about one of my special interests.<br>It's a cold hole🥸 No place for Autistics. The mod bot kept knocking back my contributions. (Apparently, one needs to be on there 24/7, yet at any one time I was in the sub, out of 49,000 members, there were never more than 10 members online).<br>I gave up, after 3 days. April is about Acceptance, not rejection. <a href="https://aus.social/tags/ActuallyAutisticElder" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ActuallyAutisticElder</span></a> <br><a href="https://aus.social/tags/AutismAcceptanceMonth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AutismAcceptanceMonth</span></a>.</p>
marionline<p>Day 7 - Share a funny or curious fact you learned from pursing your hobbies (special interests). Please feel free to infodump as much as you like! </p><p><a href="https://autistics.life/tags/actuallyautistic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>actuallyautistic</span></a> <br><a href="https://autistics.life/tags/AutismApril" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AutismApril</span></a> <a href="https://autistics.life/tags/actuallyautistic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>actuallyautistic</span></a> <br><a href="https://autistics.life/tags/autismacceptancemonth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>autismacceptancemonth</span></a><br><a href="https://autistics.life/tags/AutismAcceptanceMonth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AutismAcceptanceMonth</span></a></p>
Green Roc Thoughts<p>Doing what works for me.<br>Finding my routine.<br>Discovering my way.</p><p>I'm different.<br>I see differently.<br>My needs are different.</p><p>Self-discovery.<br>Self Advocacy.<br>Self Respect.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ActuallyAutistic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ActuallyAutistic</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AutismAcceptanceMonth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AutismAcceptanceMonth</span></a></p>
⚡🔌ℂlaire 𝔻anielle ℂassidy♾️<p>Well, it's International Asexuality Day, during Autism Acceptance Month. </p><p>Maybe if I focus on that I can find the sudden, unexpected skyrocketing touch starvation pain I've been dealing with for a week now kinda really funny, instead of intensely overwhelming and destabilizing, causing me to be really angry about little things like accidentally brushing a friends hand. Which is also a funny state to be in. </p><p>*sigh*</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ActuallyAutistic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ActuallyAutistic</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/autismacceptancemonth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>autismacceptancemonth</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/AsexualVisibilityDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AsexualVisibilityDay</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/greysexual" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>greysexual</span></a></p>
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