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30 days of agere: day 21: favorite season

spring! 🌷🌷🌷

⚡cuties⚡

bonus:

Anti-vaxxer extremist RFK Jr, the US Health Secretary, is now actively trying to collect medical records of folks on the autism spectrum. First, he used dehumanizing and infantilizating language to insist people with autism won't 'pay taxes and live a 'normal life' which we all know is ableist bullshit and is literally a precursor to genocide. This man is a monster.

I always message first, I always start conversations when they end, the conversations are always bland, I'm sick of that, I refuse to message first, if you wanted to spend time with me, you would have messaged me first anyway, also fuck every chat thats just 'hi, how are you' instead of 9 convos at once, sick of all the people I meet.

The way most autism literature describes "literal interpretation" is often not at all similar to how I experience it. Teenage me even thought I couldn't be autistic because I've always been able to learn metaphors easily.

In fact, I love wordplay of all kinds. Teenage me was fascinated to learn all the types of figurative language there are in poetry and literature.

But paperwork and questionnaires are hard, because there's so much they don't state clearly. Or they don't leave room for enough nuance.

"List all the jobs you've had, with start and end dates." What if I don't remember the exact day or month? Is the year enough?

"Have you been suffering from blurred vision?" Well, if I take off my glasses the whole world is blurred, but I'm fairly sure that's not what the intake form at the optometrist is asking.

Or the infamous (and infuriatingly stereotypical) "Would you rather go to a library or a party?" What sort of party? Where? Who's there? I work at a library. Am I currently at the library for work or pleasure? Does it have a good collection?

It's not common figures of speech that confound me. It's ambiguity, in situations that aren't supposed to be ambiguous.

some aces are virgins

some aces love sex

some aces have sexual trauma

some aces don't want sex

some aces masturbate

some aces are teenagers

some aces are in their seventies

some aces dress modestly

some aces wear skimpy clothes

some aces only date aces

some aces don't want romance

and we're all valid : )

EDIT: EVERYONE THAT'S HAVING DISCOURSE IN THE NOTES WILL BE BLOCKED IF YOU'RE BEING AN ASS

Edit edit: Anyone that's confused about how asexuals could love/enjoy/want sex can go read this

‘sugary sweet characters that actually embody horrors beyond human comprehension’ gotta be one of my favorite tropes

Fuck off🖕

Sinner's Pupil, Fool's Master✨️

What I fear of becoming 18 is not the responsibility, getting legally held responsible if a crime occurs or yada yada, no, its being unable to interact with those below 18 even though my personality hasn't changed jackshit since 9. :/