I'm so autistic I just worked out I would like more touch after two years without a partner by imagining a switch where I can have somebody nice hold me and that seemed nice.
#Autism #autistic #neurodiverse @actuallyautistic #AutisticBurnout #ActuallyAutistic

It's been more a third of a century since most of the key ideas needed to make sense of autistic experience were formulated.

It's encouraging to see people finally starting to listen, but frustrating that it's taken so long, and infuriating that so many people (and organisations) still haven't caught up.

I wrote about the key lessons people should have learnt by now from the autistic community.

#waad @actuallyautistic #autistic #neurodiversity #monotropism

https://oolong.medium.com/506c7d649823

This is my first #AutismAcceptanceMonth. Before last September I didn't know I was autistic. I'm still learning to accept and love myself. It's been a crazy journey, but I wouldn't trade it for anything else. It's been wonderful to share these self-discovery moments with the autistic community especially here in the Fediverse. You've always been so kind to me. Thank you. I know I don't post a lot, but that's ok. I don't think I need to post a lot to let you know I appreciate you. Just knowing there's a whole community of us here makes me feel safe in a world that is constantly vile towards us. And autism acceptance month should be every month.

To allistics: You should be doing more. You should be loving us, not pitying us. You should be admiring us, not trying to turn us into something we'll never become. Instead you should be helping us become whatever we want to become. We're diverse, beautiful, and we'll keep resisting and fighting to be loved, accepted, supported, and admired.

#AutismAcceptanceMonth
#ActuallyAutistic
#AutismAwareness
#AutismAwarenessDay #AutismAwarenessMonth
#AutismAcceptanceDay #ASD #Autistic

Recordatorio para el día de hoy.
Reminder for today.

Here is something I wrote on autism awareness last year for Autism acceptance month

https://emergentdivergence.com/2024/04/04/the-internet-on-autism-awareness-month-and-acceptance/

Hi, I am new here.

I am here to find other people with #autism.

I am mid 30 and just slowly processing that I might have it. Things make sense slowly. I hope it helps to be here and connect with other people and talk about it, because in my real life I struggle with that.

Not diagnosed. Not ready for that quite yet and also not sure if I even should. Curious about your opinions on that..

Excited and bit scared to meet you all!

#neurodivergent
#autistic
#neurodiversity

Looking for easy to read resources and easy to implement suggestions for dealing with #Autistic #Burnout. I am familiar with Dr. Megan Anna Neff, Niamh Garvey, & Dr. Alice Nicholls, but am too exhausted right now to try to read their books. If any of my #ActuallyAutistic peers know of some good ways to start recovering, I would really appreciate some guidance. Links to existing posts are appreciated. Thank you. @actuallyautistic

Getting access to all of your internal information involves establishing trust with yourself.

Have a fruitful & wonderful #Autism Acceptance Month to all of us! #AutisticActually

IMG: Autistic/Autism symbol by MissLunaRose12 under CC-By-SA 4.0 International License. (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Autism_Symbol_Proposed_2.png)

#Autistic #Neuroatypical #ActuallyAutistic #Autist #Autistics #ActuallyAutistics #Autists #Neurodivergent #Neurodivergents

@autistics @actuallyautistic @actuallyautistics

Thank you to the #ADHD, #Dyslexic and #VisionImpaired people here on mastadon who asked for audiobooks of my writings. The more people tell me their access needs, the better position I am in to encourage/ convince my publishers to make my work #Accessible.

Delighted my latest publisher agreed to make an #Audiobook of Wired Our Own Way; An Anthology of #Autistic Irish voices, which will be released tomorrow. Not sure all the platforms it will be on yet.

Autistics are not socially avoidant. People avoid discomfort. And people particularly avoid communication gaps.

"There's nothing in this world stronger than a soft heart that refused to harden"

That's beautiful

(Credit to @colavsdaughter)

With #AutismAcceptanceMonth near: reject Autism Speaks' blue puzzle piece propaganda, ableist lies, and neurotypical voices talking over us. Listen to #ActuallyAutistic voices:

• Reject AS: https://autisticmama.com/do-not-support-autism-speaks/ (CW: discussion of ableism)
• AS and the Judge Rotenberg Center: https://www.autistichoya.com/2013/11/an-unholy-alliance-autism-speaks-and.html (CW: discussion of ableism, torture, murder)
• Don't "light it up blue": https://www.meriahnichols.com/light-it-up-blue-is-bad-this-is-why/
• Go #RedInstead: https://learnfromautistics.com/wear-redinstead-on-autism-acceptance-day/

@actuallyautistic

In about 2000 my friend and his brother told me Adamski used to live on the council estate I lived on. I just listened to one of his songs so looked him up. It seems exceptionally unlikely. I never properly believed this, but at the time, kind of did.
This is the gullibility of autistic people.
#Autism #autistic #neurodiverse @actuallyautistic #AutisticBurnout #ActuallyAutistic

If you missed my free public workshop about making the “I’m autistic conversation go better, the recording and transcript are now available for everyone:

https://www.autismchrysalis.com/2025/03/14/practical-tips-for-disclosing-your-autism/

Maybe it's because I'm #autistic but this shit is the opposite of helpful when you're lacking the word for a specific complex emotion (especially if it isn't your mothers tongue you're lacking it in, as emotions often don't have 1:1 translations).

Also google image searching for emotions is similarly shit.

Is there a kind of picture database with people showing all different kinds of emotions in real world settings to scroll through with descriptions in multiple languages?
#psychology #autism

Exciting to see the #book I edited about #Autistic Irish adults so prominently displayed in a bookshop- not confined to psychology or self help as usual, but displayed on a "State of the Nation" stand right inside thr door of Hodges Figgis, Dublin.

#autism I find that a lot of #autistic people speak about their own autistic experiences as if they're true for all autistic people. But autism is a heterogeneous condition and the saying that if you know one autistic person that you know one autistic person is true.

Some ways in which I differ from commonly talked about autistic traits:

1. Sensory sensitivities are relatively mild and mostly related to clothing issues.

2. Struggles a lot more with executive function and working memory, but not enough to also qualify for an ADHD diagnosis.

3. Not a terribly high masker; I don't have enough self-control to keep from stimming in public and not enough social awareness to alter my presentation drastically to please NTs.

4. My neurodivergent traits interfere with me being able to conform to a lot gender based expectations.

5. I don't experience speech shutdowns because of my high verbal ability.

6. I don't experience aleixythemia; in the past had more issues with lacking emotional control but have learned to overcome this to a large degree.

What ways do YOU differ from common social media narratives about autism?