Autistic Lauren 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️

Asking autistics, do you ever struggle with transitions between activities? (E.g. standing up to get a drink after sitting down)

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Asking autistics, what's a "helpful" suggestion that made things worse?

Asking autistics, what's something non-autistic people think is easy but is actually exhausting?

People say autistic people overthink things, but so often we get in trouble for speaking directly whilst others look for/assume hidden meanings that weren't there in the first place

Asking autistics, what's one "innocent" question people ask that feels invasive?

People be like "Can't you just forgive and forget about the trauma? Look, the one who traumatised you is already over it"

It's "Screaming Saturday" here. Got a thought of any kind that you just need to scream into the void? Do it here in the comments!

Autistic masking. It's like when you're eating something you absolutely hate, but have to pretend you like it to spare the feelings of the cook. Only this time you have to do it all day every day

Me: Why do we have to do things this certain way?

NTs: Omg are you questioning the way I run things?? >:(

Me: .... No I'm literally just asking so I can understand better, why are you mad?

"Autistic people may avoid eye contact"

Yeah but sometimes we can also give TOO MUCH eye contact. I try my best but I never know the right amount to give, so I feel like I end up staring into their soul

People will seriously call you all sorts of names without issue and then only say "you shouldn't live by a label" the moment you say you're autistic

Face reveal!

Autistic food aversion isn't just about taste. It can be texture, the food it's surrounded by, contrasting flavours and sensations etc

Caption: When you talk about an autism trait and someone responds with "That's not autism, everyone experiences that!" Image: Mr Krabs pointing at SpongeBob with a sad expression, saying to Squidward "How do we tell him?"

"How can you hate loud noises yet have your headphones on a high volume?"

Because I can control the volume of my headphones and choose what I want to listen to, but I cannot control the volume of external noises nor choose to just turn them off

In a way, autistic infodumping can kinda be a compliment. If I infodump about a special interest to someone, it means "I feel safe and comfortable enough around you to be myself"

I don’t know if anyone else would agree, but the feeling of sensory overload, I'd say it's akin to how you feel when everybody talks to you at once and you're trying to process what everyone is saying. Only the feeling goes all across your body

When taking maths test, I always thought it was strange they'd include questions asking me to explain how I calculated my previous answer.

As long as I got it right, who cares? I'm shit at explaining my thought process anyway

If I don't greet you when you enter the room, I'm not trying to be rude. I just suck at remembering a lot of social norms and often only process what I should have done once it's too late

If you're one of those people who truly "don't mind LGBT+ folk, but hate that it's pushed down your throats", maybe you should direct your anger at those trying to silence us completely. We have to be louder because those people are also being loud

Asking autistics, do you ever experience echolalia?

Routines and schedules to autistic people can be like a tower of Jenga. It's made of little things that all fit together, but any changes can knock the whole thing down if not done carefully

Doing nothing doesn't mean I'm suddenly available to hang out or do a favour, it means I'm doing nothing. Let me rest

Asking autistics, which autistic traits do you NOT relate to?

You know what I hate? When you finally start doing something to better yourself, and suddenly the people who encouraged you to do it start chastising you for not doing it sooner instead of acting supportive

Person: (treats a disabled person the same way they would anyone else)

The Media: LOCAL HERO DOES AMAZING CHARITY WORK FOR A POOR INNOCENT SOUL!

Asking autistics, what's the weirdest reason someone has given you for why you can't be autistic?

"I wouldn't have said it if I knew they were autistic!"

Maybe you just shouldn't have said it at all then 🤷‍♀️