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Pay attention to things that usually pass you by unnoticed. Discover new sounds in songs you like and new meanings in your favorite stories. And then go beyond. Listen to new songs. Read new stories. Fall in love with astronomy and then with painting. Start writing poems, songs, and love letters. The possibilities are endless and whatever you choose to do, just remember to never stop opening the doors of your existence because behind some of them you may actually find yourself.

it's okay if you get confused easily. it's okay if you forget things easily. it's okay if you lose track during conversation easily. it's okay if you have to ask for clarification often. it's okay if you struggle to parse information or sensory unit. you're not "playing dumb" or "doing it on purpose". it's okay to be disabled, some people just refuse to be accommodating.

People who are not afraid to text you 40 times in a row and don’t take it personally if you haven’t replied are literally the most valuable members of our society and should be recognized as such

oh emily wilson translation of the iliad we’re really in it now

I’m nonverbal, but I feel as if my support needs are low to medium because I am able to live by myself. I do have issues that I need assistance on like knowing when to eat and reminding myself to do things due to lack of time understanding, but I can function well on my own. 

There's a user on this site who is autistic and recently made a post about support needs, and I wanted your opinion as someone who has higher support needs than myself, cause I need to know if I'm in the right for disagreeing with them.

In their post, they claimed that when autistics refer to support needs, they're only talking about social deficits. If you're nonverbal, you're automatically high support needs. If you can speak clearly and verbally with ease but can't perform ADLs, you're still low support needs because autism is only a social disability.

Is that... right?? because a lot of autistic blogs are agreeing with them but I found it really perplexing and insulting, so I wanted to hear your thoughts.

I fully disagree with that person.

I know speaking people with high support needs. I know nonspeaking people with low support needs.

Support needs refers to how much support someone needs in daily life. I have mid-high support needs, not because I am nonspeaking, but because I will never be able to live alone, I cannot take care of myself, etc. and due to these things I NEED SUPPORT. Being nonspeaking absolutely makes my support needs higher than a speaking persons in the area of communication, but in general? Absolutely not. "Social deficits" can be related to support needs for some people, but that is most definitely not what it means.

I will always need to live with someone - that heightens my support needs.

I can not make myself food - that heightens my support needs.

I need quite a few disability aids - that heightens my support needs.

You probably get the idea.

Also, autism is NOT "only a social disability", that's part of it, yeah, but saying that's all it is is so invalidating and just-- isnt true??

Autism is a developmental disability. It affects my communication. It affects how I feel. It affects how I learn. It affects how I process. It affects how I think. There is nothing in me that isnt affected by me being autistic. Autism is not "just a social disability". A very quick google search will inform you that autism is a developmental disability.

Like, I really need people who are against self diagnosis, the majority of whom had the privilege of being diagnosed in childhood or adolescence, to understand how racist, classist, and ableist this viewpoint is.

So many people of color go undiagnosed. Their adhd/autism is chalked up to behavioral problems and no one bothers to look into it further.

So many poor people don’t have the money to be able to afford getting a formal evaluation. That shit is expensive.

So many people get misdiagnosed. Afab adults in particular are more likely to get diagnosed with BPD when they actually have adhd or autism. People with a trauma history have their symptoms chalked up to trauma and all adhd/autism specific symptoms are ignored.

If you were diagnosed as a child or teen you have absolutely no right to dismiss people (especially adults, afab people, and people of color) and act like self diagnosis is harmful. Most people who self-dx do so after extensive research and they know themselves better than you. Self-dx doesn’t take anything away from people with a formal diagnosis; it helps the individual find an understanding community and coping skills that make their lives easier. If you’re bothered by that, that says a lot about your character.

I feel like half my body needs to be soaked in ice while the other half covered in heating pads…just the issues of chronic pain ⋋_⋌

literally obsessed with the design of blobjects

I don’t know if it’s my autism, but I struggle to understand what they mean because they aren’t actively saying what the word is. Most of the time there are a lot of words that could fit there so how do I actively know which one they mean? I rather people just say what it is so I’m not left guessing.

hot take but censoring words with asterisks and slashes and other non-letter characters is not only useless but in fact actively counterproductive to its goal of preventing ppl from being triggered (also ableist)