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appalachian autistic artist ✺ AuDHD ✺ advocate 🌻 autodidact ✺ anti-capitalist ✺ activist 🌈 she/they
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Anyone else the Kassandra of the group?
yknow, the one who sees shit coming from a mile away because you’re a slut for pattern recognition and no one believes you until it happens?
and then it’s either “wow you were right” or “nobody likes a know-it-all”?
🥲 you wanna shirt
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I’m so sorry. 78 percent??????
78% of people in the US are now living paycheck-to-paycheck, while the 400 richest people added another $500 billion to their $4.5 trillion net worth last year.
Capitalism is working as intended, and this will only get worse if we allow it to continue.
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They don’t… include chargers… with new phones anymore???????????
Remember literally earlier today when I said we’re now in the Fuck You phase of end-stage capitalism?
WELP
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Having to choose what to eat every single fucking day
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There’s no way in hell we’re born to go to work, frantically complete all necessary tasks on our days off, scrape thru the year to spend our entire savings on holiday celebrations, rinse, repeat, blink, summer, blink, halloween, blink, christmas until we die
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Normalize discussing your wages with coworkers because the only reason it was ever considered “rude” was so employers could get away with wage theft and unfair compensation
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Nearly 18,000 Americans are currently hospitalized with COVID-19, the highest since March
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If y’all have ever wondered what you would’ve done during the Holocaust, you’re doing it right now.
ISRAEL LITERALLY HAS PALESTINIAN MEN IN LITERALLY CONCENTRATION CAMPS. ITS DESCRIBED AS A TORTURE CAMP AND WE JUST OBTAINED FOOTAGE FROM IT THANKS TO CNN. MORE INFO DOWN BELOW THIS IS SO DISTURBING
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I saw a tiktok where this guy travels to the year 2073 and humanity is thriving and he was shocked that humans still exist and asked how it was possible
The future guy said ‘the Rapture, all the Christians were taken and society progressed’ and I can’t stop thinking about it
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This week, I brought up an autism assessment with my psychiatrist for the second time.
The first time, he told me I can’t be autistic because I don’t speak in a monotone voice.
During this visit, he told me I can’t be autistic because I’m a good communicator.
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My Imposter Syndrome: “you’re not autistic or ADHD, but a secret third thing”
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PALESTINE DOESN’T HAVE A MILITARY. THIS IS NOT A WAR. THIS IS NOT ISRAEL DEFENDING ITSELF.
THIS IS A GENOCIDE AND ETHNIC CLEANSING OF THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE.
ALL IN THE NAME OF NATURAL RESOURCES.
FUCK THIS FUCK-ASS COLONIAL COUNTRY.
THE US HAS CENTURIES OF BLOOD ON ITS HANDS.
Israel has a right to defend itself. As Israel does so, it matters how.
Too many innocent Palestinians have been killed. As Israel pursues its military objectives in Gaza, we believe Israel must do more to protect innocent civilians.
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AuDHD is a constant tug-of-war— contradictions that exist simultaneously that I feel equally strongly about.
I saved these shortly after being dx + medicated with ADHD last year. It was the first time I began to seriously consider the possibility that I was also autistic. 1/8 🧵
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So many things are out of kids’ control— uncomfy clothes, loud noises, icky food, confusing rules…
As an adult, I make my own choices.
I wear, eat, and do what I like, because if I don’t, I get overloaded.
That’s why I don’t remind you of your 8-year-old autistic nephew.
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The creator in the video is openly autistic & even says so here.
Phone calls are hard for many autistic folks. She scripts what she plans to say, hypes herself up for the call, and powers thru her nerves to take care of herself.
Just say you hate autistic people.
It’s quicker.
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Their “reduction of plastic” argument is misleading
Chargers end up in landfills because they stop fucking working
The goal shouldn’t be to deprive the consumer of a vital component
It should be to make a better fucking product
Stop making deliberately shitty products.
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Disorder isn’t a bad word.
Disabled isn’t a bad word.
Deficiency isn’t a bad word.
Dysfunction isn’t a bad word.
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Confession time.
I once had a sink full of dirty dishes for like… six months.
In January 2021, I threw every one of them away— The Purge.
I’ve kept an empty sink ever since because I know myself too well. If I skip one night, I’ll probably skip two. Then a week. A month.
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FOLKS WITH EXPERIENCE IN THE SERVICE INDUSTRY:
I wanna hear your personal horror stories with customers.
The worst, the scariest, the moments that still haunt you at random times of the day, I want it all.
Some folks think we’re exaggerating. Let’s show em how bad it can get.
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Does anyone else make involuntary noises to shake themselves out of an intrusive thought or embarrassing memory?
#AskingAutistics
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I told him that there exists a generation of girls and women just like me who fell through the cracks— who always knew we were different, but couldn’t pinpoint how. We were dismissed as weird, anxious, rude, cold bitches. We’ve suffered in silence our whole lives.
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PAY ATTENTION.
THIS IS OUR GOVERNMENT’S RESPONSE TO A PEACEFUL PROTEST.
PAY ATTENTION.
DEMOCRACY IS LONG DEAD.
THERE IS NO FREEDOM.
THE US IS A FASCIST POLICE STATE.
PAY ATTENTION.
OUR RIGHTS DON’T MEAN SHIT AND THEY’RE SAYING IT WITH THEIR CHESTS & WEAPONS.
PAY ATTENTION.
DPS appears to be prepping to disperse with a heavy, heavy showing of DPS troopers prepped in riot gear.
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He’s been reported. I’ve requested, in writing, both his differential diagnosis and his refusal of treatment.
I’m keeping the audio file for my records. I asked to be referred to someone else.
This is the last time I’ll let some grossly misinformed bald man give me health advice.
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Me: “I have a lot of trouble choosing meals every day”
“Everyone struggles with that”
Me: “For me, it can result in hours-long immobilization, not eating + overload, and wishing human pellets existed for times like these”
“Who doesn’t know how to pick a food to eat 🤡”
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I was tragically murdered last night when PJ showed me this and said ‘it you’
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This, among others is a reason why autistic people are at a higher risk of suicide. The misogyny in the mental health field is insurmountable.
His interests weren’t in helping me find answers— it was in compensating for his baldness and Napoleon complex by being argumentative.
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One more and then I’ll stop—
These corporations don’t give a good goddamn about the environment.
They care about their bottom line.
End of.
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He said a “cornerstone” of autism is the inability to communicate.
He didn’t know that I’d been preparing for this for 8 months. Learning. Practicing my phrasing. Consciously unmasking my traits.
I said it wasn’t a cornerstone for all autistic people, as ASD exists on a spectrum.
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Y’all treat disabled people like shit because you don’t wanna be reminded that you’re one incident, accident, infection or illness away from becoming disabled
You don’t show us the humanity we deserve because being reminded of our humanness means we’re more alike than different
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An estimated 1 out of every 38 Americans is currently infected with C0VlD. 😬
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My brain is *constantly* optimizing the order in which I Do the Things. My autism optimizes while my ADHD gathers info.
This often results in what I like to call Roomba-ing, which looks something like this:
If you are always trying to figure out systems to do things more efficiently, then you might be
#Autistic
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“Why didn’t your parents ever have you assessed for autism?”
When I was 6, I was standing on the toilet teaching my brother how to brush his teeth. I fell off and hit the back of my head on the side of our porcelain bathtub. It swelled up to the size of an orange. I don’t
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Because of his flippant dismissals in the past, I had the wherewithal to record this appointment— legal in my state.
I am so glad I did, because this appointment was the most despicable display of gaslighting and misogyny that I’d ever endured by a so-called “professional.”
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“9-5 is baby shit, grow up loser” = “you can’t be as tired as me, I get exploited for more hours per week than you”
Laziness is a capitalist colonialist construct meant to levy the working class against each other.
We’re allowed to be tired.
We’re allowed to want better.
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I said “I’m giving you information to help you help me. Women are allowed to be confident in their abilities. We don’t have to go through life hating ourselves for existing.”
He said “you’re bragging about your IQ and how you’re smarter than everyone else.”
I was stunned.
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He responded by saying “maybe it’s narcissism. Maybe you’re a narcissist.”
He said this after I’d told him about my 11 years of narcissistic abuse. After I’d told him about autistic masking. After telling him how often girls + women go undiagnosed.
And that was his response.
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I provided him pertinent contextual information and he called it bragging.
I asked him if he was aware of the updated guidelines for ASD that were published in March’s update of the DSM-5.
He said “listen… I don’t think you have autism.”
I replied “so that’s a no.”
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Autism isn’t an excuse to be racist, sexist, ableist, homophobic, transphobic, fatphobic, Islamophobic, anti-SW, classist, supremacist, or anything of the sort.
Skirting accountability with “but I’m autistic” only further infantilizes autistic people.
You’re just an asshole.
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He asked if I was aware of my communication skills. I said yes. He kept harping on it, so I gave him some context. I began reading at age 3. I was the youngest in my school’s history to be in the gifted program. I’ve spent years in therapy as an adult working on my communication.
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1) Why is this such a universal experience
2) How do we change it
#ActuallyAutistic
#AuDHD
#neurodivergent
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UPDATE: A year after filing a complaint with the state board of psychiatry, they decided not to pursue disciplinary action.
I was hoping I wouldn’t have to do this, but I will be releasing the audio recording of the appointment.
I’m sick of being harmed by powerful white men.
This week, I brought up an autism assessment with my psychiatrist for the second time.
The first time, he told me I can’t be autistic because I don’t speak in a monotone voice.
During this visit, he told me I can’t be autistic because I’m a good communicator.
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“Impossible to strike debt”
MONEY IS FAKE. WE MADE IT UP.
The quality of our existence is determined by green paper & pixels on screens.
We sell our lives for it.
We kill each other for it.
We suffer endlessly & needlessly for it.
NONE OF THIS HAS TO BE THIS WAY.
people be like "noooo, it's IMPOSSIBLE to strike student debt." are ya'll for real? 40% of borrowers opted out of paying back their loans since the end of the pause. it's literally already happening.
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PJ knows how much I hate doing dishes. He volunteered to do the majority of the washing. He’s never once judged or guilted me.
Having the safe space to voice my disdain for certain chores without fear has empowered me to voice my needs more.
Be kind to yourself.
You deserve it.
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“Imagine still wearing a mask in 2024”
Imagine an airborne virus giving a shit about what year it is
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If, like me, you find yourself pivoting in place like a Roomba when you’re trying to do tasks—
“First I need to take out the trash—
no, first let’s take that to the sink—
wait, I gotta go get something upstairs first—”
Then you should count your HD’s.
There might be 80 of em.
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When a child-free adult shares their experience and opinion on good/bad parenting, that experience is still valid. We were all kids once.
Opinion about Parenting that would get you like this? Let’s have them!
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LET THIS RADICALIZE YOU.
Americans are starving, houseless, unable to survive, and our taxes are funding death & destruction.
Whether or not you’re still voting for Biden, USE YOUR VOICE. Hold our govt accountable. Tell them your vote depends on their actions— as it should.
BREAKING: The House just overwhelmingly approved the $886 billion National Defense Authorization Act.
That's nearly a trillion dollars going to weapons and war.
And a whole lot of it will line the pockets of wealthy defense contractors instead of helping working class people.
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I used to weep when my mom gave away my old clothes + toys as a kid.
I was deeply attached to them and it broke my heart to see them go.
I saw them as a part of me.
One of my first “💡!” moments was finding out that extreme emotional attachments to objects was an autistic thing.
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Adele is wearing a respirator. Great!
She recently announced that she’ll no longer take selfies with fans because quote, “everyone [she] knows & works with has COVID.” Wonderful!
Not only do more artists need to follow suit, but they need to stop hosting superspreader events.
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I was expecting maybe 10 people to see this. Not a quarter million. I’m overwhelmed by the support and stories of similar experiences. Thanks to everyone for your immense kindness and well wishes.
My autism has been in hiding for 29 years. I am nothing if not resilient.
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I wonder how different life would be in the US if the government had just
• paid us to stay home
• invested in air filtration + ventilation
• provided free masks + adequate testing and actual paid sick leave
• didn’t downplay SARS-CoV-2 for the sake of $
• given a fuck
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The autistic experience of not knowing which work rules can be broken because you tend to follow rules as long as they make sense
And you tend to break rules that don’t make sense while everyone else seems to break important rules
But *you’re* the only one that gets in trouble
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Two years ago, I had a horrible psych appt. I advocated for myself and was dismissed at every turn. I recorded the appt & posted it last year.
I was interviewed in a GLAMOUR UK article about autistic women being dismissed by doctors.
I’ve long since been confirmed autistic by
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After a lifetime of hearing
“Your resting face is mean”
“I hated you when we met”
“I thought you hated me when we met”
“I thought you had an attitude because of your tone”
“You walked by & didn’t say anything”
turns out I’m autistic, found out late, & this was how folks saw me
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This is what our ruling class has decided will be normal.
BREAKING: Israel just opened fire on Palestinians who were waiting for flour trucks in northern Gaza, massacring and injuring 110 civilians.
110 innocent, starving civilians awaiting food.
Israel is committing a holocaust with weapons supplied by Western regimes.
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Hitting your kids teaches them that
• their needs don’t matter
• they’re expected to love their abusers regardless of the extent of abuse
• they need to lie in order to keep the peace
• your love for them is contingent on compliance + obedience
Essentially, you’re creating
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The autistic experience of holding your breath whenever you clean up a mess, take out the trash, or walk by something stinky because of your severe aversion to bad smells
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My interests were ridiculed for many years. It got to the point where I would hide what I was watching, reading, or doing when anyone entered the room in order to avoid mockery.
I had to grow back into my comfort and be okay with enjoying my interests around other people again.
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Y’all… Dems are throwing the game.
They WANT to lose.
Nothing is a better fundraising opportunity than losing to The Other Guy and yelling about it for 4 years.
Every single thing this administration is doing is *their* fault, not the people who refuse to vote for this.
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I wish I could explain autistic burnout to the neurotypical people in my life without them conflating it with depression.
I’m not depressed. I’m in cooldown mode from using all my mana.
I’ve *been* depressed before.
This is not that.
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If you deliver for Doordash, Uber Eats, etc, maybe don’t smoke cigarettes in the car with other people’s food???
just because you can’t tell the difference in taste anymore doesn’t mean a non-smoker can’t
who the hell wants their food to taste like a fucking marlboro red
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Earlier today, I had to take off my jewelry because the lawnmower was too loud outside
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A ‘resting bitch face’ is just a patriarchal term for a woman who doesn’t gratuitously smile
I’ve been told about my ‘rbf’ by random people my whole life but ever since I started unmasking my autism I’m realizing… no? my face is just fucking fine thank you? shut up?
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A reminder that Hawaii has been illegally occupied since 1893 and if you ignore the locals who have been begging you to stop wrecking their home and you travel there anyway, you can absolutely go fuck yourself
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This is a disingenuous & willfully ignorant argument against self-dx within the autistic community, as well as a confirmation that this person is entirely out of their depth.
An autistic person is autistic whether or not they know they’re autistic. A diagnosis on a chart won’t
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Do you think the pandemic would’ve been handled differently from the beginning if we could physically see SARS-CoV-2 particles in the air and they were like purple or something
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This is the director of the CDC.
She talks like someone who doesn’t know what pandemics are or how they work.
She’s afraid to say Covid, let alone its actual name, SARS-CoV-2.
In an alternate timeline where the CDC isn’t bought, we wouldn’t have been completely abandoned.
We’re seeing a lot of virus circulating right now. If you’re feeling sick, get tested so you can get treatment. And remember, it’s not too late to get vaccinated! Learn more 👉
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I recently learned that hunter & gatherer roles were equally shared amongst men + women and the (male) researchers who ‘discovered’ this were just insecure misogynists
Too many menial tasks are still assigned genders today
‘but it’s a man/woman’s job to—’
☝️AH AH. shhhh.
No.
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I need some clapbacks for when someone asks “why are you wearing a mask” or remarks on your face mask in general
I’m the queen of Three-Day-Later Clapbacks™ but my brain turns into scrambled eggs when I’m caught off-guard
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Shit’s bad right now. Like… bad.
Advocate for safe workplaces.
Advocate for breathable air.
Advocate for safe schools.
No one signed up for this.
Stop passing a virus around until it mutates beyond recognition.
Keep your health safe.
Keep others safe.
Wear a mask.
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Disabled people deserve to exist, you eugenicist ball of wet yarn.
Disabled people deserve to thrive and love and have sex and start families and have disabled children and enjoy existing.
I formally invite you to shut the fuck up, down, and all around.
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Sorry, you blinked and four months went by.
Sorry, time will never make sense to you.
Sorry, being time-blind doesn’t allow you to hold a job down.
Sorry, your forgetfulness has cost you dearly your whole life.
Sorry, these issues have been chalked up to character flaws.
Life with ADHD:
"Sorry, this link has expired."
"Sorry, that food has expired."
"Sorry, your license has expired."
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Not to oversimplify the past 3.5 years but if the government would’ve just paid us to stay home, then we’d be back to actual normal instead of this new normal of ignoring mass infections, going to work/school while sick, and catching a virus multiple times for no reason
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why do pharmacies hate folks with ADHD
why is 4 days ‘too soon’ to refill my rx
BITCH I WONT REMEMBER IN 4 DAYS
ITS NOT EVEN A STIMULANT
STRATTERA ISNT A PARTY DRUG
please stop punishing time-blind folks who are trying their damnedest to take care of their future selves
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That short period of time also demonstrated how fragile the system is. Look at how the government scrambled to get everyone back to work as quickly as possible.
Everything is held up by toothpicks.
The stay at home orders at the beginning of the pandemic were the first time many people had slowed down in years. It showcased the importance of community & caring for others over capitalism. And those in power did not like it.
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Stop pretending that you care about people’s mental health when the first thing you do is ridicule us when we describe our experiences.
Imagine living your entire life not knowing why you couldn’t just Do the Thing. Everyone else seemed to know how, but why couldn’t you?
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• tiktok’s frighteningly accurate algorithm showed me folks who perfectly described my ADHD
• was dx with ADHD + started meds
• after a few months, new + buried traits remained that ADHD didn’t explain
• tiktok’s algorithm showed me folks who perfectly described my autism
Autistic people of Twitter, how did you find out you were autistic?
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I visited my family today. I told them in advance that I’d be masked up while I’m there + I’ll take my food to go.
When they weren’t eating, they all wore masks. Didn’t think twice.
It made me cry to be so warmly accommodated like that.
I feel immensely loved.
Today was great.
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Everyone getting sick all the time and wet coughing and dropping dead IS NOT FUCKING NORMAL.
How much longer are y’all gonna keep up the charade without doing anything to keep yourself & others safe?
Stop caring about what people will think or say. Wear a good-quality mask.
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I thought everyone could smell rain before it started raining?
Can people really 'smell rain' before it actually starts raining? My friend tells me that she can, but I have a feeling she's pranking me.
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Weekly U.S. COVID update:
- New cases: 203,268 est.
- Average: 186,058 (+10,849)
- States reporting: 50/50
- In hospital: 15,290 (1,352)
- In ICU: 1,741 (+58)
- New deaths: 1,288
- Average: 1,273 (-11)
1/6
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An important note: it’s been brought to my intention that I unintentionally used ableist language in one of my tweets. When I referred to my history of abuse, I referred to it as narcissistic abuse, as a way to paraphrase my tweet. I sincerely apologize for offending. 1/2
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@Zendervai
FUCKING HELL. I hope she regularly gets paper cuts between her fingers that never quite heal.
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If you see someone take food without paying for it, no the fuck you didn’t
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Not me accidentally starting beef with cig-smokers by asking for common human courtesy when handling others’ food???
Things that exist whether y’all like it or not:
• allergies
• disabilities
• sensitivities
• other humans
Not everyone enjoys the taste of ash trays, Tracy
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Me after completing a simple 10-minute task that I’d been putting off for 3 months
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When I was a kid, I thought spontaneous combustion was a far greater threat than it ended up being
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NPD is a serious disorder and I do not take it lightly. I could have phrased my thought more appropriately, and I should have. Thanks to those who informed me. I will do better. 2/2
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The “I think I have ADHD” to
ADHD dx + meds to
“I’m a Highly Sensitive Person” to
“HSP traits are…autistic traits?” to
“am I autistic?” to
“nah I’m not *autistic stereotype*” to
learning about autism to
“I’m autistic as fuck!” to
maaajor Imposter Syndrome pipeline
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I notice a lot of autistic folks refer to their brains as separate entities from themselves
For me, it doesn’t feel right to say *I’m* overheating if my *brain* is, and sometimes I don’t have better language to explain
I also say “my brain” because sheee very much runs the show
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We have subtitles, weed, cats, the pause button, & no covid at home
2/3 of U.S. adults prefer watching movies on streaming rather than theaters, according to a new poll.
(Source: )
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I’ve spent almost a year now deep-diving + learning about undiagnosed autism in adults. The info is out there + autistic people are putting in the work to learn about themselves, but the same can’t be said for NT people who can’t be bothered to learn even the basics about autism.
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